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Reporter @RNS.org covering Latino faith & Catholicism | 🇵🇷 del DMV | disabled and proud | Se habla español | Signal: AlejaCorazonHM.47
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Study: Latino Christians disapprove of Trump, hit hard by mass deportation campaign
(RNS) — Those opinions are being shaped as a majority of Latino Christians are witnessing the impacts of Trump’s mass deportation campaign in their own neighborhoods.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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via @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social in NCR - Viral warnings of planned ICE raids on churches have pastors worried. "Maybe we shouldn't be doing this in America."
#ICE #church #raids #faith
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Viral warnings of planned ICE raids on churches have pastors worried
Rumors and viral reports about potential ICE raids have immigrant church leaders worried about their congregations. DHS says it doesn’t have plans to raid churches — but won't rule it out.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Viral warnings of planned ICE raids on churches have pastors worried
(RNS) — Rumors and viral reports about potential ICE raids have immigrant church leaders worried about their congregations. DHS says it doesn’t have plans to raid churches — but won’t rule it out.
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November 21, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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jackjenkins.me
Relatedly: hire more religion reporters.

Please.

I'm begging you.
jackjenkins.me Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 6d
Okay that's four stories with my byline on them today can i go to bed now
November 21, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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NEW from @bmietana.bsky.social, @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social and me: Viral warnings of planned ICE raids on churches have pastors worried.

And yes, we did some digging about *that* viral church raids story that has been floating around. religionnews.com/2025/11/20/v...
Viral warnings of planned ICE raids on churches have pastors worried
(RNS) — Rumors and viral reports about potential ICE raids have immigrant church leaders worried about their congregations. DHS says it doesn’t have plans to raid churches — but won’t rule it out.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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Virginia's Episcopal bishop says diocese identified sources for $10M reparations fund
(RNS) — The announcement came after former Racial Reparations Task Force members expressed doubts over the diocese’s commitment to deliver on its 2021 promise and uncertainty about its ability to secu...
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November 20, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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US Catholic leaders push forward on Pope Francis' signature theme of synodality
(RNS) — Dioceses are adapting the Synod on Synodality’s spirit and techniques into their pastoral planning.
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November 19, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Via @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social in NCR - US Catholic leaders push forward on Pope Francis' signature theme of synodality, with its emphasis on open dialogue as a way of making church decisions
#Catholic #PopeFrancis #PopeLeoXIV #PopeLeo
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US Catholic leaders push forward on Pope Francis' signature theme of synodality
In his first speech from the loggia of St. Peter's Basilica, the newly elected Pope Leo XIV took the opportunity to endorse synodality, signaling that this cornerstone theological idea of Pope Francis...
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November 19, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Our fresh roundup features insights from @duanelarson.bsky.social, @jackjenkins.me, @krystafauria.bsky.social, @amyhowe.bsky.social, @spencerhumphrey.bsky.social, @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social, @craignash.bsky.social, @jkutzie.bsky.social, @ceodonovan.bsky.social, @benedictvgallup.bsky.social, & more!
Weekly Roundup: Nov. 14
Here’s the weekly roundup from A Public Witness. In addition to a reflection for Veterans Day that is free for anyone to read, paid subscribers to A Public Witness received a look at the Christian mes...
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November 14, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
“Faith leader, Michael Woolf, minister at Lake Street Church of Evanston, is detained by Illinois State Police during a protest against immigration actions, outside the Broadview ICE facility in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., November 14, 2025. REUTERS/Jim Vondruska”
November 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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Bishops ban trans care at Catholic hospitals, sidestep nurses’ push for better work conditions religionnews.com/2025/11/13/a... @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social #USCCB25
Bishops ban trans care at Catholic hospitals, sidestep nurses’ push for better work conditions
BALTIMORE (RNS) — The bishops face criticism from transgender Catholics and their advocates, who say that the bishops failed to meaningfully consult their community, as well as from nurses, who say th...
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November 14, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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via @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social: At meeting, US Catholic bishops say they oppose "indiscriminate mass deportation of people" —> religionnews.com/2025/11/12/a...
At meeting, US Catholic bishops say they oppose ‘indiscriminate mass deportation of people’
(RNS) — The bishops approved an immigration statement with 216 in favor, five opposed and three abstentions.
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November 14, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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Bp. Oscar Cantú: “ If we don’t have the courage as bishops—as pastors to speak the truth in defense of human dignity—then who will?”

Excellent reporting on the statement process and vote by @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social.
At meeting, US Catholic bishops say they oppose ‘indiscriminate mass deportation of people’
(RNS) — The bishops approved an immigration statement with 216 in favor, five opposed and three abstentions.
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November 13, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Bishops publicly lament #Trump deportation policies after pope urges stronger voice religionnews.com/2025/11/11/b... @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social #USCCB25
Bishops publicly lament Trump deportation policies after pope urges stronger voice
BALTIMORE (RNS) — On the heels of the pope’s admonitions, there was a great deal of anticipation for how the bishops would approach immigration at their November meeting, the first since Leo’s electio...
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November 12, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Via @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social: Bishops publicly lament Trump deportation policies after pope urges stronger voice

Also, Bp. Rhoades, chair of the USCCB religious liberty committee: “We didn’t really anticipate what we’re facing now with the detention centers.” religionnews.com/2025/11/11/b...
Bishops publicly lament Trump deportation policies after pope urges stronger voice
BALTIMORE (RNS) — On the heels of the pope’s admonitions, there was a great deal of anticipation for how the bishops would approach immigration at their November meeting, the first since Leo’s electio...
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November 12, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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At meeting, US Catholic bishops say they oppose ‘indiscriminate mass deportation of people’ religionnews.com/2025/11/12/a... @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social #USCCB25
At meeting, US Catholic bishops say they oppose ‘indiscriminate mass deportation of people’
(RNS) — The bishops approved an immigration statement with 216 in favor, five opposed and three abstentions.
religionnews.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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US Catholic bishops elect Oklahoma City Archbishop Paul Coakley as conference president religionnews.com/2025/11/11/u... @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social @usccbofficial.bsky.social
US Catholic bishops elect Oklahoma City Archbishop Paul Coakley as conference president
BALTIMORE (RNS) — As the secretary of the USCCB since 2022 and the most senior member of leadership young enough to take the presidency, Coakley had been considered the favorite.
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November 11, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Listen to RNS national reporter @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social on @npr.org's Weekend Edition, where she discusses how the ICE crackdown in Chicago is impacting the way Latino migrants are practicing their faith.
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ICE crackdown in Chicago causes many immigrants to alter routines, even missing church
Since increased immigration enforcement actions began in Chicago, some Latino migrants there say they've been avoiding church out of fear of ICE arrests. But others say they're willing to take the…
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November 11, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Fear of deportation keeps Chicago Latino immigrants home from Mass
CHICAGO (RNS and NPR) — Some immigrants have made the emotionally fraught decision to give up church attendance.
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November 11, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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“Four years after promising $10M for racial reparations, Virginia's Episcopalians have little to show” - reporting by @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social and I

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Virginia Episcopalians promised reparations. Progress has lagged.
(RNS) — 'I felt like we were kind of misled as a task force in terms of level (of) engagement', said one member of a reparations task force, of the diocese's efforts.
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November 4, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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Ah, a thing I missed: It appears 3 other clergy have joined Rev. David Black as plaintiffs in this case: a Catholic priest, a UU minister and a UMC minister.

And these filings bring the number of clergy who claim to have been and/or have been *filmed* being hit with projectiles shot by ICE/DHS to 6
jackjenkins.me Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 23d
Huh.

*Real* curious what's in the redacted section of this filing by plaintiffs in the journalist, activist, and clergy-led lawsuit against DHS' treatment of all three groups at the Broadview, Illinois ICE facility. (Plaintiffs have asked it to be un-redacted.) www.courtlistener.com/docket/71559...
A series of black bars indicating a redacted section of text, followed by this text: "However, video evidence shows that federal officers on the rooftop fired pepper balls directly at Reverend David Black after he held up in arms in prayer toward them. Dkt. 22-1 15 (link to video). Either the use of force reports are false, reports ordered to be produced have not been, or Defendants are deliberately omitting unlawful uses of force from their reports."
November 3, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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Side note: Threats of military action notwithstanding, worth noting that any Christians fleeing religious persecution in Nigeria could not, at present, enter the U.S. as refugees, as the U.S. refugee program has been almost entirely frozen by Trump for months — save for Afrikaners from South Africa.
November 1, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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Oh: Episcopal Diocese of TX says one of its priests, a “legally employed Kenyan clergy member who works for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice,” was detained by ICE this week while returning home from work and “calls on our representatives in power to assist.” www.epicenter.org/the-episcopa...
The Episcopal Diocese of Texas Calls for Justice After Detention of Clergy Member Employed by the State of Texas - EDOT
Houston, Texas -The Episcopal Diocese of Texas expresses deep concern and calls for action following the detention of one of its priests, a legally employed Kenyan clergy member who works for the Texa...
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November 1, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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I’ve reported on Escucha Mi Voz for a while, but I didn’t manage to introduce myself to Fr. Treviño our first time together in person when I covered his appearance at Georgetown. I remember thinking, “I’ll catch him next time.” What a shock that won’t be possible.

Here’s what he had to say then:
matthewshadle.bsky.social Matthew Shadle @matthewshadle.bsky.social · 26d
Fr. Guillermo took part in recent immigration protests. He was a founding member of and chaplain for Escucha Mi Voz Iowa. Last month he participated in a panel at Georgetown with four Catholic bishops and other Catholic leaders on Trump’s deportation policies.
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Priest who was longtime QCA social activist dies: Diocese of Davenport
A priest who was a longtime social activist has died, according to a news release from the Diocese of Davenport. “It is with great sadness to announce that Father Guillermo Treviño passed awa…
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November 1, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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Fr. Guillermo took part in recent immigration protests. He was a founding member of and chaplain for Escucha Mi Voz Iowa. Last month he participated in a panel at Georgetown with four Catholic bishops and other Catholic leaders on Trump’s deportation policies.
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Priest who was longtime QCA social activist dies: Diocese of Davenport
A priest who was a longtime social activist has died, according to a news release from the Diocese of Davenport. “It is with great sadness to announce that Father Guillermo Treviño passed awa…
www.ourquadcities.com
November 1, 2025 at 2:45 AM