RNS Morning Report - SCOTUS allows deportations, clergy respond

Faith leaders grieve SCOTUS deportation ruling   A Supreme Court ruling released Thursday (June 25) allows the Trump administration to end temporary protected status for Haiti and Syria, leaving more than 350,000 Haitians and roughly 6,000 Syrians living in the U.S. vulnerable to deportation.   Many faith leaders denounced the ruling, telling RNS reporters Madhiha Anis, Kathryn Post and Fiona André that the decision could reshape communities that have spent years building lives in the United States.   The decision is “terrible,” said Bishop Nicolas Homicil of Voice of the Gospel Tabernacle church in Boston’s neighborhood of Mattapan, which is home to the largest Haitian community in the state.   “It’s from bad to worse, because there was already anxiety,” Homicil told RNS.         Top Stories As Supreme Court clears way to deport Haitians and Syrians, faith leaders grieve, prepare for what’s next (RNS) — The Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration can end temporary protected status for Haiti and Syria, leaving hundreds of thousands vulnerable to deportation. Pope Leo to convene cardinals to rethink war and peace in the age of AI VATICAN CITY (RNS) — At a gathering in Rome, Pope Leo XIV will place war and peace at the center of his young pontificate, pressing cardinals to imagine how the church can respond to a world shaped by violence, fear and technological power. Asbury Theological Seminary cut by United Methodist Church over same-sex marriage issue (RNS) — The decision was attributed to Asbury’s objections to the new version of the denomination’s social principles that no longer solely affirm heterosexual marriage. As some praise Texas’ proposed ‘Judeo-Christian’ curriculum, rabbis say it dismisses Judaism AUSTIN, Texas (RNS) — The phrase ‘Judeo-Christian’ was frequently heard this week in support of Texas’ revised public school curriculum, even as many Jewish testifiers distanced themselves from the term and the curriculum. Opinion How a mother’s love and Sikh wisdom are tackling a rare childhood disease (RNS) — Riaan, now 6 years old, is the first child in history to be treated with the gene therapy that Jo Kaur’s organization, Riaan Research Initiative, fundraised for and helped develop.  Looking for the ruler Trump most resembles? (RNS) — Try this Caesar. ICYMI Who belongs in America? Five faith leaders on immigration, identity and America’s 250th (RNS) Watch the new RNS video series in which prominent faith leaders and thinkers weigh in on the questions at the heart of the American experiment. Vatican blocks women’s homilies, testing Leo’s view of women in church VATICAN CITY (RNS) — A Vatican ruling that bars laypeople, including women, from preaching the homily at Mass is testing the limits of Pope Leo XIV’s early signals of openness to women’s leadership in the Catholic Church. Support Our Work As a nonprofit newsroom that covers all faiths, RNS sits uniquely at the intersection of freedom of the press and freedom of religion. News tips or feedback? Email comments@religionnews.com. Like the Morning Report? Share it with a friend. Forwarded this newsletter? Subscribe here. We rely on reader donations to power our reporting. Donate here. Or send a check to: Religion News Foundation PO Box 1808 Columbia, MO 65205

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