Tuesday's News & Ideas - 2/25/2025
- Immigration raids in churches
- Black church preservation
- End times theology & immigration
- Malcolm X’s murder
- Francis remains in critical condition
- Coastal wolf pack
Federal judge pauses immigration raids in some houses of worship*
The Washington Post: Several Quaker groups, a Baptist denomination and a Sikh temple challenged the Trump administration’s order allowing immigration agents to make arrests at churches.
Historic Black churches receive $8.5 million in preservation grants
Religion News Service: The grants will help the churches avoid demolition, pay for maintenance and fix structural problems.
How end times theology shaped U.S. immigration policy
Sojourners: The U.S. has always considered itself as a New Jerusalem — a land specially blessed by God — but also one that is only available to those specially chosen.
60 years after Malcolm X’s killing, his message can’t be silenced or ignored
Religion News Service: Malcolm X understood something painfully relevant today: The American empire does not just oppress — it manipulates. It does not just colonize — it gaslights.
Pope Francis sees ‘slight improvement’ but remains in critical condition
The Guardian: Prognosis for the pontiff, 88, remains guarded as he is treated in hospital for pneumonia and kidney failure.
The Spark
Life lessons from a coastal wolf pack
In Alaska, a biologist and her family learn how quickly these iconic predators* can change the menu — and bend the rules.
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