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Catholics hope Pope Leo’s visit to Europe’s migration hot spots will ease political tensions

Pope Leo XIV will visit two flashpoints of migration from Africa to Europe over less than a month starting on June 11.

 

Returning to the fold? Some young Spaniards embrace Catholicism and can’t wait for Pope Leo’s visit

Traveling to Spain in June and France in September, Pope Leo XIV will find traditionally Catholic but now staunchly secular countries with an abundance of historic churches but few people in the pews.

 

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Created as IDs, dog tags became a crucial link between military families and fallen troops

Military identification tags — popularly known as dog tags — became standard issue for U.S. troops at the request of an Army chaplain concerned about identifying fallen soldiers at the beginning of the 20th century.

 

Women take pride in Holy Week roles after a Spanish Catholic brotherhood’s procession excluded them

One religious brotherhood’s refusal to include women in its Holy Week procession has made front-page news in Spain.

 

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Good Friday is a unique and solemn day for Christians, with ancient prayers and fervent processions

Good Friday is a unique and uniquely solemn day in the Christian calendar. Celebrated the Friday before Easter, it commemorates the crucifixion and death of Jesus.

 

As border dynamics change, priest keeps ministering to migrants and deportees

Over the past five years, the Rev. Brian Strassburger has gone from ministering to throngs of asylum-seekers in overcrowded shelters at the U.S.

 

Faith leaders push for access to ICE detention centers during Lent and Ramadan

The long-held practice of faith leaders ministering to detained migrants has become far more contentious — and consequential — as detention numbers soar across the country during the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

 

In Minnesota, US cardinals and pope’s ambassador decry mass deportations and call for reconciliation

Two American cardinals and the Vatican’s ambassador to the U.S. denounced the mass deportations in Minnesota under the federal government’s immigration crackdown.

 

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Catholics return to confession focused on grace, not a get-out-of-hell-free card

The Lenten period for penance started this week with Ash Wednesday and Catholic priests are happily bracing for long lines outside the confessional.

 

Trump’s border czar suggests a possible drawdown in Minnesota, but only after ‘cooperation’

President Donald Trump’s border czar says immigration enforcement could reduce the number of officers in Minnesota.

 

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Trump signals interest in easing tensions, but Minneapolis sees little change on the streets

President Donald Trump seemed to signal a willingness to ease tensions in Minneapolis after a second deadly shooting by federal immigration agents.

 

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Federal and state officials both claim moral high ground in immigration crackdown after shooting

In dueling news conferences, federal and state officials offered starkly different messages about the immigration crackdown that has swept across Minneapolis and surrounding cities.

 

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Thousands rally against immigration enforcement in subzero Minnesota temperatures

Police have arrested about 100 clergy who were demonstrating against immigration enforcement at Minnesota’s largest airport.

 

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Anti-ICE protest at Minnesota church leads to arrests but no charges for journalist Don Lemon

Attorney General Pam Bondi says a woman who led an anti-immigration enforcement protest that disrupted a service at a Minnesota church has been arrested.

 

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Christian leaders urge protecting worshippers’ rights after protesters interrupt service

Several faith leaders are urgently calling for protecting the rights of worshippers while also expressing compassion for migrants.

 

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US Catholic cardinals urge Trump administration to embrace a moral compass in foreign policy

Three U.S. Catholic cardinals have urged the Trump administration to use a moral compass in foreign policy.

 

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New DHS rule aims to shorten visa wait times abroad for religious workers serving US congregations

The Department of Homeland Security is making it easier for visa-holding religious workers to serve U.S. congregations with less disruption.

 

New video of fatal Minnesota ICE shooting, from officer’s perspective, brings fresh scrutiny

A Minnesota prosecutor is calling on the public to share with investigators any recordings and evidence connected to the fatal shooting of Renee Good as new video emerged showing the final moments of her encounter with an immigration officer.

 

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Anger and outrage spills onto Minneapolis streets after ICE officer’s fatal shooting of Renee Good

Anger and outrage are spilling out onto Minneapolis’ streets over the fatal shooting of a woman the day before by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer.

 

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Family and neighbors mourn woman who was shot by ICE agent and made Minneapolis home

The woman shot and killed by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis was a U.S. citizen and mother of a 6-year-old.

 

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ICE officer kills a Minneapolis driver in a deadly start to Trump’s latest immigration operation

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer has shot and killed a Minneapolis driver during the Trump administration’s latest immigration crackdown on a major American city.

 

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US Christian leaders minister to an anxious diaspora with Venezuela’s future in flux

Faith leaders are urging prayers for peace following the U.S. capture of Nicolás Maduro. In Venezuela, Catholic and evangelical leaders are appealing for calm, while many in the diaspora welcome the change.

 

US faith leaders supporting targeted immigrants brace for a tough year ahead

Faith leaders across the United States face challenges as they support anxious immigrants. Haitians, Afghans, and Somali Americans fear policy changes under the Trump administration.

 

Half of $18B in federal funds for Minnesota-run programs may have been defrauded, official says

Federal prosecutors say about half of the roughly $18 billion in federal funds that supported 14 Minnesota-run programs since 2018 may have been stolen.

 

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Nicaraguans celebrate Virgin Mary in Miami despite fears at home and in US

Hundreds of Nicaraguans caroled the Virgin Mary at flower-and-light-filled altars set up in church parking lots as well as the back of vehicles on the streets of Miami to mark the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception.

 

Airport chapels stay on the radar of workers and travelers even as role of faith in public shifts

As travel picks up for the season, flyers can find a moment of quiet and relaxation at interfaith chapels or meditation spaces in many U.S. airports.

 

Joyful Day of the Dead commemorations rally US Latino communities despite immigration raid fears

Day of the Dead commemorations in early November are a crucial religious, family and community celebration for most Mexicans and many other Latin Americans.

 

Photos show monks and nuns harvesting olives on the Holy Land’s Mount of Olives

JERUSALEM (AP) — Jesus prayed among the olive trees in the garden of Gethsemane on his last night before the crucifixion, according to the Gospel.

 

On Mount of Olives where Jesus prayed, monks and nuns keep harvesting olives

Come October, monks and nuns are busy harvesting olives at the Mount of Olives and the Gethsemane garden — where the Gospel narrates Jesus spent the last night before being taken up the other side of the valley into Jerusalem to be crucified.

 

Just-released hostage attends funeral of fellow soldier, whose body was among few returned from Gaza

Mourners in Jerusalem gathered at Capt. Daniel Peretz’s funeral, where Matan Angrest, a recently released hostage, paid his respects.

 

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