NEWS STORY
RNS-Fasting-Immigration: Clergy and immigrants fast to pressure lawmakers for pathway to citizenship
(RNS) — Clergy and immigrants at Lutheran Church of Reformation in Washington, D.C., and across the nation fasted during a three-week period to pressure Congress to include a pathway to citizenship for essential workers and undocumented immigrants as part of the infrastructure bill and budget reconciliation process. By Alejandra Molina. 830 words. (category: a)
NEWS STORY
RNS-Surfside-Rabbi: Rabbi Sholom Lipskar on the Surfside, Florida, synagogue’s response: ‘No Jew is left behind’
(RNS) — Since the collapse of the Champlain Towers South, The Shul has taken on a massive relief operation to help the Jewish families of Surfside, Florida, whose homes — and in many cases, lives — were turned to rubble. Leading The Shul is 74-year-old Sholom Lipskar, a Chabad Lubavitch rabbi who wants to make sure no Jew is left behind. A Q&A with Lipskar. By Yonat Shimron. 1,100 words. (category: a)
NEWS BRIEF
RNS-USCCB-Indigenous: U.S. Catholic bishops pledge to assist country’s review of past Indigenous boarding schools
(RNS) — “By bringing this painful story to light, may it bring some measure of peace to the victims and a heightened awareness so that this disturbing history is never repeated,” said Chieko Noguchi, spokesperson for the USCCB. By Emily McFarlan Miller. 480 words. (category: a)
COMMENTARY
RNS-Camosy-Oped: Common ground on abortion is staring us right in the face
(RNS) — let’s face it, it isn’t easy to dialogue and plan and strategize with someone who has diametrically opposed views to our own on important issues. But in such situations it is important to tie ourselves to the practices of “Jesus Forsaken” and work to build unity across difference, despite its difficulty. By Charles Camosy. 850 words. (category: k)