refugees
It’s New York City’s moral responsibility to welcome the stranger
By Jacqui Lewis — March 4, 2024
(RNS) — Caring for migrants cannot be shouldered alone by houses of worship.
Meet Elder Patrick Kearon, the first LDS convert in a century to be named apostle
By Bob Smietana — January 24, 2024
(RNS) — The 62-year-old British and Irish citizen, who joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in his 20s, was named an apostle in December. He's best known for a 2016 talk about the refugee crisis.
Inconvenient truths at Christmastime
By Phyllis Zagano — December 15, 2023
(RNS) — It seems civility has left the planet.
In Advent God comforts us so we can comfort others
By Thomas Reese — December 13, 2023
(RNS) — God does not comfort us so we can simply be comfortable. God comforts us so we can comfort others.
Storytelling, cooking biryani: How displaced Shia Ismaili Muslim women rebuilt community
By Kathryn Post — July 7, 2023
(RNS) — Shenila Khoja-Moolji's new book records the histories of women in her faith community that are absent from religious archives.
Five people in a submersible? OMG. Five hundred refugees? Meh.
By Jeffrey Salkin — June 26, 2023
The moral calculations should not be this hard. And yet ...
Women of Welcome looks to evangelical women to change the conversation on immigration
By Emily McFarlan Miller — May 30, 2023
(RNS) — Research has shown evangelical women are more supportive than their male counterparts of policies impacting immigrants and refugees.
In NC, a church network turns unused church buildings into homes for refugees
By Yonat Shimron — May 1, 2023
(RNS) — A glut of underutilized church properties offers a solution to the severe shortage of affordable housing for newly arrived refugees.
Earthquake survivors face a ‘dark’ Ramadan in Turkey
By Kathryn Post — March 30, 2023
(RNS) — Relief workers are pivoting to meet the evolving needs of Muslims during the holy month of fasting.
Lutheran World Federation head Anne Burghardt on historic firsts and helping Ukraine
By Emily McFarlan Miller — February 6, 2023
CHICAGO (RNS) — The secretary general spoke to Religion News Service while in Chicago last week visiting the headquarters of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the largest Lutheran denomination in the country and a member of the Lutheran World Federation.
Faith-based organizations urge Biden not to enact ‘asylum ban’
By Emily McFarlan Miller — January 23, 2023
(RNS) — The proposed policy 'borders on a wealth test for some of the most vulnerable children and families,' said one advocate.
Faith leaders prep for border changes amid tension, hope
By Giovanna Dell'orto — December 19, 2022
REYNOSA, Mexico (AP) — Faith leaders working on the border are wary of what's to come. They expect tensions will keep rising if new restrictions are imposed.
An act of grace: Passing the Afghan Adjustment Act
By Jeff Heidkamp — December 8, 2022
(RNS) — Congress can do right by our wartime allies. We’ve done it before.
This Thanksgiving, give thanks for refugees
By Darcy Hirsh — November 23, 2022
(RNS) — Let us be grateful — with words and actions — for the refugees who have helped make this country what it is.
MacKenzie Scott gives $15 million to Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service
By Jack Jenkins — November 14, 2022
It's the single largest donation in the organization's 83-year history.
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