February 11, 2025, 9:01am Churches & Religion
Pope Francis issued a major rebuke Tuesday to the Trump administration’s plans for mass deportation of migrants, warning that the forceful removal of people purely because of their illegal status deprives them of their inherent dignity and “will end badly.” Read story
February 10, 2025, 8:17am Churches & Religion
The Vatican’s charity voiced outrage Monday at what it called the “reckless” and “unhuman” U.S. plans to gut USAID, with Pope Francis’ point-man on development aid insisting that the Trump administration remember Christian principles about caring for others as it begins governing. Read story
February 8, 2025, 5:56am Churches & Religion
Amid protests against mass deportations, Yakima Bishop Joseph Tyson condemned Vice President JD Vance’s recent remarks on immigration, calling them “deeply disturbing.” Read story
February 8, 2025, 5:55am Churches & Religion
Many Maká traditions have slowly faded. Yet a few elders among these Paraguayan Indigenous people recall how their songs imitated birds. Read story
February 8, 2025, 5:43am Churches & Religion
A Maple Grove, Minn., church is planning the Twin Cities’ largest “sacred settlement,” a tiny-house community for people who have experienced chronic homelessness. Read story
February 7, 2025, 8:25am Churches & Religion
Bishop Ebli De La Rosa says his motto right now is “to prepare for the worst and pray for the best.” Read story
February 6, 2025, 8:29am Churches & Religion
The sense of Catholic unity didn’t last long. Less than a week after Vice President JD Vance shared the inauguration stage with a senior Catholic cardinal, Vance picked a fight with the top American leaders of his church. Read story
February 6, 2025, 8:28am Churches & Religion
President Donald Trump said Thursday that his relationship with religion had “changed” after a pair of failed assassination attempts last year, as he advocated at the National Prayer Breakfast at the Capitol for Americans to “bring God back” into their lives. Read story
February 4, 2025, 3:21pm Churches & Religion
The Aga Khan, who became the spiritual leader of the world’s millions of Ismaili Muslims at age 20 as a Harvard undergraduate and poured a material empire built on billions of dollars in tithes into building homes, hospitals and schools in developing countries, has died. He was 88. Read story
February 1, 2025, 6:14am Churches & Religion
s federal crackdowns on unauthorized immigration ramp up under edicts from President Donald Trump, Clark County agencies — from police departments to schools to hospitals to places of worship — seek to assure local residents that they are not involved in immigration enforcement. Read story