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Churches face uphill fight on immigration reform
WASHINGTON (RNS) Religious leaders hope to bring tens of thousands of activists to Capitol Hill next week to push Congress to act on immigration reform, but at least one study shows they may have to convince the pews before they can try to sway the politicians.
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Muslim woman expelled from school in veil dispute
TORONTO (RNS/ENI) A Muslim woman has filed a human rights complaint after she was expelled from a Canadian college for refusing to remove her face veil.
The Egyptian-born woman, who is a permanent resident of Canada, was enrolled in a government-sponsored French language class for new...
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Priest faces nine years in immigration fraud case
LONDON (RNS) An African man who once sought asylum and set up his own church as a cover for smuggling illegal migrants into Britain has been sentenced to nine years in prison on 14 charges of violating immigration laws.
The Rev. Anthony Quarco built a reputation as a respectable pilla...
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Jews launch new year appeal aimed at Iowa meat plant
(RNS) Rebuffed after seeking a meeting with the new owners of an Iowa kosher meat plant that was devastated by an immigration raid last year, a social justice group is using the upcoming Jewish New Year to send a message from the marketplace.
The Agriprocessors plant in Postville, Iow...
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10 minutes with ... David Plotz
(UNDATED) For more than 30 years, David Plotz, a self-described proud but less-than-pious Jew, would robot through religious rituals.
One day, bored at a bat mitzvah, he picked up the Bible and started reading. Until, then, Plotz had always assumed the Good Book was the collection of...
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Woman aids immigrants, one hot meal at a time
ESSEX COUNTY, N.J. -- It is 30 degrees on a Friday evening, just 14 with the wind chill. Twenty-one Hispanic men, all undocumented immigrants who could use an extra layer or two, bump into each other as they form a shivering, ragged line across an empty parking lot.
They arrived at th...
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Clergy, lawmakers launch immigration reform push
WASHINGTON (RNS) Members of Congress joined religious leaders on Capitol Hill Wednesday (Feb. 11) to launch a coalition to promote a humanitarian approach to immigration reform.
The new Interfaith Immigration Coalition seeks cooperation from the White House in reforming immigration po...
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No “Doubt” about the Holocaust
The culture page of tomorrow's edition of the official Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano obliquely addresses the themes of this week's two big Vatican stories: sex abuse and Holocaust denial.
A laudatory review of Doubt, about a priest accused of child molestation, says the movie...
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Hispanic Christians rally for immigration reform
WASHINGTON (RNS) A Hispanic Christian group plans to hold monthly prayer vigils on Capitol Hill in hopes of pushing Congress toward passing an immigration reform bill.
Leaders of the National Coalition of Latino Clergy and Christian Leaders (CONLAMIC) joined Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill...
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