RNS Morning Report: Hispanic Catholics; Chinese Christians; Illinois priest

San Antonio Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller, far right, led an opening prayer at the V Encuentro meeting in Grapevine, Texas, on Sept. 20, 2018. RNS photo by Bobby Ross Jr.

Need to know: Tuesday, September 25, 2018

National meeting signals ‘coming of age’ for Hispanic Catholics in US

U.S. bishops called the meeting a "crucial turning point for the Catholic Church in America" as they discerned ways to better respond to its coming Latino majority.

In Nigeria, fears that a crackdown on Muslim group will court another Boko Haram

Analysts and Muslims on the ground worry that the detention of a Shiite cleric and the killings of his followers will provoke the Islamic Movement of Nigeria into waging war.

With Vatican talks and bulldozers, China aims to control Christianity

Over the last two years, China’s estimated 60 million Christians have felt the power of a newly assertive government eager to bring their faith to heel.

An Illinois priest living legally in the U.S. for 14 years is being deported — over a single vote he shouldn’t have cast

On Friday, the Rev. David Boase – a legal permanent resident – expects to be removed from the country by an immigration judge because of a violation 12 years ago.

#MeToo founder Tarana Burke: ‘Jesus was the first activist that I knew’

Despite the lack of coverage her faith has gotten, the influence of Christianity on her advocacy has remained constant.

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New website hopes to make sermons a vital part of life

(RNS) — The leader of VitalSermons.com is 'listening for those nuggets of truth that are universal in the human condition,' pastor says.

Pope warns Lithuanians to guard against anti-Semitism

Francis denounced those who get caught up in debating who was more virtuous in the past and fail to address the tasks of the present — an apparent reference to historic revisionism.

Vatican, China make breakthrough deal on bishop appointments

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The deal resolved one of the major sticking points in recent years, with the Vatican agreeing to accept seven bishops who were previously named by Beijing without the pope's consent.

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