Today's News & Ideas - 3/25/2025
- Churches offer immigrants sanctuary
- George Foreman's faith
- Pastor reflects on inmate killed by firing squad
- Palestinian pastor criticizes global church
- Why the abortion rate is rising
- Animal photography winners
These churches offer shelter and sanctuary to vulnerable migrants. Here's why
NPR: Under the Trump administration, churches are now thinking more expansively about the concept of sanctuary to include migrants who fear that new policies could suddenly make them vulnerable to arrest or deportation.
National Catholic Reporter: NY's Mother Cabrini Shrine a refuge amid immigration crackdown
The remarkable journey of George Foreman
Baptist News Global: In 1977, after a loss to Jimmy Young and a near-death experience in the locker room, Foreman experienced what he described as an encounter with God. He became an ordained Christian minister and devoted his life to faith, preaching in Houston and working with troubled youth.
'We're more than the worst thing we've done', says spiritual adviser to man executed by firing squad
Religion News Service: United Methodist minister Hillary Taylor had worked since 2020 with Brad Sigmon, who was put to death in South Carolina. It was the first time in 15 years that an execution in the United States had been carried out by a firing squad.
‘This is no longer just about Palestine; it’s about our collective humanity’
Baptist News Global: Palestinian Christian pastor Munther Isaac has harsh words for what he called worldwide Christianity’s failure to hold Israel to account for slaughtering Palestinians. “Can we rely on the global church in this crucial moment? The same global church that hasn’t called Israel’s action genocide?” he asked.
Why overturning Roe v. Wade only made America's abortion rate rise
Salon: The new book, “After Dobbs: How the Supreme Court Ended Roe but Not Abortion," explores a reason the birth rate is declining while the abortion rate went up after the Dobbs decision: providers and activists created an infrastructure of helpers.
The Spark
See 15 captivating images from the British Wildlife Photography Awards, from a majestic shark to hungry pigeons
The winning photographs highlight the diversity of animal and plant life in Britain as well as the often hidden behaviors of wild creatures, says Smithsonian magazine.
