“Desert Chaplains”: Pastor-led group seeks missing migrants in border desert
GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO, of Associated Press, reports from Arizona on how the Capellanes del Desierto (Desert Chaplains) rescue and recovery group work to find missing migrants along the US-Mexico border…
Caught in a political battle: Thousands of asylum seekers sent on buses from US border to New York, Washington
BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and ASHRAF KHALIL, of Associated Press, report on how migrants have become caught up in a fight over US immigration policy…
Texas Governor sends migrants to New York City as immigration standoff accelerates
New York, USReuters Texas Governor Greg Abbott, a Republican, said on Friday he has started to send buses carrying migrants to New York City in an effort to push responsibility for border crossers to Democratic mayors and US President Joe Biden, a Democrat. The first bus arrived early on Friday at the city’s Port Authority […]
Like in Arizona, botched baptisms roiled Michigan church
Detroit, Michigan USAP One word caught the ear of a young priest a few years ago when his father shared a video of his 1990 baptism at a suburban Detroit church. “Wait,” Rev Matthew Hood recalled thinking. “Something doesn’t seem right here.” Indeed, an error by a deacon who said “We baptise” instead of “I […]
Baptisms by Arizona priest presumed invalid due to error
Phoenix, Arizona, USAP Thousands of baptisms performed by a priest who served in Arizona for 16 years are now presumed to be invalid because he used incorrect wording on a subtle but key component of the sacrament, Roman Catholic officials said. People affected were baptised by the Rev Andres Arango, who served in three parishes […]
In the US, King family rally in Arizona for voting bills for MLK Day
Phoenix, Arizona, USAP As the nation prepares to mark the birthday of Rev Martin Luther King, Jr, some members of his family are spending it in conservative-leaning Arizona to mobilise support for languishing federal voting rights legislation. Martin Luther King III; his wife, Arndrea Waters King; and their daughter Yolanda Renee King, 13, took part […]
The Reformed Church in America moves toward restructuring, prepares for departures
RNS The Reformed Church in America’s 214th General Synod, taking place in Tucson, Arizona, voted on Saturday to appoint a team to develop a restructuring plan for the nearly 400-year-old denomination as it divides over LGBTQ ordination and same-sex marriage. The convention also adopted regulations for churches that have chosen to leave the RCA to […]
Rethinking church: How San Xavier del Bac Mission is reconsidering the impact of tourism
A correspondent for the Associated Press reports from the US state of Arizona on how the coronavirus pandemic has helped one mission church consider a different future…
Postcards: On virus-stricken Native reservations, church shares food and light
ERIC TRYGGESTAD, in an article first published on The Christian Chronicle, reports on how one US church is looking to share its resources with American Indian communities suffering during the coronavirus pandemic…
US election – Trump wants Supreme Court involved in election
AP President Donald Trump is vowing to ask the Supreme Court to weigh in on the inconclusive election. The Associated Press has not declared a winner in the presidential race. Trump appeared before supporters at the White House early Wednesday morning and cried foul over the election results, calling the process “a major fraud on […]