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Unknown Holocaust photos – found in attics and archives – are helping researchers recover lost stories and providing a tool against denial
By Wolf Gruner — September 23, 2022
(The Conversation) — Holocaust scholars long relied on documents and survivor testimonies to help reconstruct the history of that tragic event. Now, they’re turning to wordless witnesses to learn more: pictures.
With new executive order, this immigrant is leaving church sanctuary after 3.5 years
By Yonat Shimron — January 21, 2021
DURHAM, N.C. — Dozens of others who took sanctuary in churches after former President Trump’s aggressive deportation policies are now checking with their lawyers to see if it might be safe for them to leave.
At Border Mosque, a Muslim prayer is shared across the US-Mexico divide
By Alejandra Molina — October 28, 2019
PLAYAS DE TIJUANA, Mexico (RNS) — Imam Omar Suleiman led a binational prayer Sunday (Oct. 27) at Friendship Park, a historic meeting place on the US-Mexico border that overlooks the Pacific Ocean between San Diego and Tijuana.
Religious groups, leaders respond to new immigration policies
By Kimberly Winston — February 22, 2017
(RNS) One faith leader called the new policies 'malicious,' and another deemed them 'violent.'
‘Sanctuary churches’ vow to shield immigrants from Trump crackdown
By Yonat Shimron — November 18, 2016
PHILADELPHIA (RNS) An undocumented Mexican and father of three has taken refuge in a United Methodist Church here. It's one of a small but growing number of U.S. congregations willing to harbor immigrants facing deportation.
Welcoming the stranger, even if it’s against the law (COMMENTARY)
By Shane Claiborne — October 2, 2014
(RNS) Jesus says that when we welcome the stranger we welcome him. To God’s question: "When I was a stranger, did you welcome me?" we are not going to say: "Sorry, God. Congress wouldn't let us."
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