Catholic nuns among the last providing migrant aid at California border

Chicago Theological Seminary to leave Hyde Park home
Block Club Chicago: The 171-year-old seminary’s lease is ending in the University of Chicago-owned building it’s called home for a decade. Neither institution immediately announced plans for what’s next.

 

Paxton, Talarico tap contrary versions of God and Christianity in appeal to Texas voters
The Texas Tribune: Campaigning for the U.S. Senate, Paxton says he was “delivered by God” to protect Texas from leftists. Talarico’s focus: “You can’t love God and hate other people.”

 

The Episcopal Church is a story of renewal, not decline
Religion News Service: Ours is a story of renewal and change, not decline and death. The invitation is simply to say so, plainly, and to live it across our communities and neighborhoods.

 

Not giving up: A group of social justice warriors sustains the resistance with community and meditation
Religion News Service: Over the past decade, a group of democracy activists with a long history of involvement in social and political causes has found a balm in Buddhist meditation.

 

Israeli settlers creating ‘climate of fear’ for West Bank Christians
Crux: The parish priest in Palestine’s last entirely Christian village has said that Israeli settlers are creating a “climate of fear” with the intention of driving locals from their land.

 

ICE detained Adventist pastor at Houston airport, church says he has legal work authorization
Religion News Service: Pastor Luis Morales Pérez is at least the third Texas pastor detained by ICE at an airport in the last month amid a mass deportation campaign spreading to airports.

 

Catholic nuns among the last providing migrant aid at California border
National Catholic Reporter: Sisters say they find themselves with little to offer, but they still show up to share food, company and a little cheer as the last of humanitarian groups standing by migrants.

 

More than 85,000 of other faiths enroll in seminary and institute
Deseret News: With the help of the Invite a Friend initiative, students at Seminaries and Institutes of Religion for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are inviting their friends at an unprecedented rate.

 

Why bald eagle Jackie's remains have ‘spiritual significance’
USA Today: Bald eagle Jackie, a 14‑year‑old star of the Big Bear Valley nest cam, died on Aug. 10 and her remains have been sent to the National Eagle Repository for cultural use by federally recognized tribes.

 

Welsh Christians launch the Gospels in Pembrokeshire dialect
Christian Today: A translation of the four Gospels into the Welsh dialect spoken in north Pembrokeshire has been launched at one of Wales’ largest cultural events.