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MINNEAPOLIS (RNS) — Around 200 faith leaders fanned out across the city on Thursday (Jan. 22) to observe and document the actions of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, with some clergy confronting Department of Homeland Security agents, adding a visible religious presence to widespread efforts to counter the president’s mass deportation campaign in the region.

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(RNS) — Last Friday morning (Jan. 16), students at Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda, Maryland, just outside of Washington, arrived for school to be confronted with graffiti spray-painted on a wall. The hateful, violent Islamophobic and anti-Palestinian messages were chilling and explicit: “F*** Muslims.” “Nuke Palestine.” Beside these phrases was a Star of David.

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(RNS) — Faith communities have long been places where people with different perspectives gathered and built relationships. But today, many find those spaces look different. 

Social scientist Ryan Burge, whose research examines how polarization intersects with American religious life, spoke at an RNS virtual event this week to share his insights about what polariza...


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(RNS) — Five historically Black churches have been awarded $1 million each from a grant program that aims to help preserve their assets and legacies and keep them vibrant for future generations.

The $5 million in grants, part of the Preserving Black Churches program of the


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(RNS) — John L. Allen Jr., a journalist who covered the Catholic Church for more than a quarter century, died of cancer in Rome on Thursday (Jan. 22), at age 61.

From the end of the 20th century until his death, Allen was essential reading for anyone who cared about the inner workings of the Vatican. He will be missed by all who treasured his expertise, his writing an...


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