Immigrants from Honduras and Guatemala seeking asylum arrive at the bus station after they were processed and released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection on June 21, 2018, in McAllen, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Need to know: Friday, June 29, 2018
Faith-based agencies open doors to kids separated at the border
In the past few weeks, at least two faith-based agencies have sheltered or are currently caring for as many as 171 immigrant children who were separated from their families.
Orthodox rabbi chosen to lead multifaith California theological center
Daniel Lehmann, president of Hebrew College, will become Berkeley’s Graduate Theological Union's first non-Christian president in its history.
Keep kids with parents at border — and remember how we got here
"The ugly scenes of families being separated are blatant examples of the cruelty that flows from ignoring the law," Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council says.
Buddhist leader sexually assaulted students, report finds
A prominent Tibetan Buddhist leader in Canada sexually assaulted three of his students and engaged in coercive sexual relationships with others, according to advocacy group Buddhist Project Sunshine.
Blockchain was always a religion. And now it’s got its own church
A cryptocurrency entrepreneur launched a blockchain religion. Absolutely no one is surprised
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2 more Chilean bishops are out as Pope Francis cleans house
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Thursday accepted the resignations of two more Chilean bishops, the latest fallout from a sex abuse scandal whose scope and gravity were initially underestimated by the pontiff.
Spirit of mythical princess looms over Thai cave crisis
(AP) — Along a muddy mountain path not far from the entrance to a flooded cave where 12 young members of a Thai soccer team have been missing for four days is a shrine to a mythical princess whose spirit is said to inhabit the caverns below.
Pope to new cardinals: Defend dignity of others
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Thursday gave the church 14 new cardinals, exhorting them to resist temptations toward vanity and to stay on mission, which he specified means serving the needy instead of their own interests.
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The country will miss Justice Kennedy
He sought to resist the polarization of the times.
At last, bad news is good news in the Catholic sex abuse scandal
(RNS) — The truly bad news of the scandal, of course, has been the horrible abuse of children and the negative effects of the abuse will be with them for the rest of their lives. The good news is that perpetrators have been caught and exposed. Accusations are being investigated and the guilty are being punished.
Why millennials are really leaving religion (it’s not just politics, folks)
(RNS) — If the political alienation theory fully explained what’s going on in American religion, millennials would be leaving conservative religions in favor of ones that are liberal and LGBT-affirming. Instead, they're just exiting religion altogether.
