“Growing up I started playing baseball but back then we didn’t have that big dream to become a pro baseball player so at the age of 15 I had to transition to softball … and then I heard the great news,” said Claudia Santana, 27, from Dominican Republic.

She came to her #ICE check-in backed by an Episcopal bishop and 500 supporters religionnews.com/2025/09/16/e... @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social

Appeals court: #Trump can halt #refugee admissions but must serve those already here religionnews.com/2025/09/16/a... @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social

Nurses' union report criticizes Ascension heath system for investments against Catholic values religionnews.com/2025/09/14/n... @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social

Reposting @jackjenkins.me link as there is some good convo and reposting comments coming from it. @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social’s piece is by far the best one I’ve seen on the event thus far.

@alejacorazonhm.bsky.social offers a helpful report at @rns.org about the roundtable I participated in last night at Georgetown University alongside four Catholic bishops and three Catholic activists. I was there as the moral theologian outlining Catholic social teaching on immigration.

A significant thing here: El Paso Bishop Mark Seitz, chair of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ committee on migration, tells @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social he is questioning whether Catholics can, in good conscience, join ICE. religionnews.com/2025/09/12/c...

Important detail in here from @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social: El Paso Bishop Mark Seitz told RNS he is questioning whether Catholics can, in good conscience, join ICE.

Catholic bishops call immigration crackdown a 'category 4 storm' religionnews.com/2025/09/12/c... @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social

Federal agents detained a man who was in a car with his wife and two children on Monday night in D.C. The man said he didn't know why he had been pulled over.

Listen to RNS national reporter @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social on @npr.org's Morning Edition, where she reports on how Catholic officials are stepping up safety measures and calling for increased gun safety laws. www.npr.org/2025/09/01/n...

Two weeks into the Trump administration's takeover of the police in Washington, D.C., some local churches are experiencing drops in attendance as worshippers fear being detained. www.npr.org/2025/08/24/n...

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, per WaPo: “Don’t just say this is about thoughts and prayers right now. These kids were literally praying.”

A thing that shows up in here: I last saw Johnnie Moore, now head of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, in February. He was a featured speaker at the National Religious Broadcasters gathering. But his talk wasn't on Gaza. It was on crisis communications for U.S. churches that encounter scandals.

Over 30 MPD officers and ICE agents doing their second checkpoint this week on Rhode Island Avenue this time between South Dakota Ave and Central Ave. I believe I’m hearing MPD ask questions about immigration status although it’s hard to hear from the sidewalk.

Listen to RNS national reporter @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social on @npr.org's Weekend Edition, where she reports on how the Trump administration's takeover of the police in Washington, D.C., is impacting local churches. www.npr.org/2025/08/24/n...

This DHS tweet is in reference to @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social's NPR spot on our story (see next post). The tweet is almost exactly what they sent me when I asked about similar situations in LA. When asked for examples of "gang members" taking "safe haven" in churches under Biden, they didn't reply.

FULL STORY from me: Clergy rally to defend Kilmar Abrego García as he is detained by ICE —> religionnews.com/2025/08/25/o...

MPD alongside masked unmarked law enforcement at Rhode Island Avenue and Eastern Avenue in NE DC. MPD said they are doing commercial vehicle inspections and did not identify which agency the feds are with but locals are making signs warning about ICE. Looking to see if faith leaders will show up

Religion aside: note the sign on the bed as Kilmar Abrego Garcia arrives, which features a cross. In Spanish, it cites Jeremiah 29:11: “For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope.”

You can catch my reporting about fear in DC immigrant churches and hear some local voices on NPR’s Up First at 10:35 at the link: www.npr.org/2025/08/23/n...

Some of the top stories on our site include: - @jeremyfuzy.bsky.social on religious leaders denouncing gas executions - Daoud Kuttab on the first Arab to lead the World Evangelical Alliance - @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social & @jackjenkins.me on Trump's DC takeover impacting church worship services (4/x)

NEW from @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social and me: As Trump seeks to flood DC’s streets with federal agents and troops, churches are seeing attendance drops, fear, and detentions. Seven members of one church have been detained — including an usher on his way to worship. religionnews.com/2025/08/19/a...

Beats I’d like to see more news outlets have, in no particular order: - homelessness - Native issues - disability - addiction - mental health - immigration *court* - veterans’ issues - labor (again) - housing/development but investigative - religion (again) - federal courts (again)

FYI: Wilson doesn’t just hold this position with regard to non-Christians. He told me back in 2023 that, in his ideal Christian nation, *liberal Christians* couldn’t hold office either. religionnews.com/2023/02/22/h...

NEW: @rns.org has tracked at least 10 incidents of apparent federal agents conducting immigration enforcement activity on church grounds or in the immediate area, with incidents spread across five states and Puerto Rico. “This is domestic terror,” one pastor said. religionnews.com/2025/08/04/w...

Just because something confirms your priors doesn’t make it true.

NEW: Indigenous activists opposed to Nevada’s Thacker Pass lithium mine have for years been surveilled by law enforcement agencies and the company behind the mine, records show. “They treat us like we’re domestic terrorists,” an organizer said.

The man's arrest is the latest case of federal authorities detaining immigrants with legal status during immigration check-ins. Lawmakers call the detainment of those who helped U.S. troops at war a betrayal. [via @wbur.org]

My colleague @jackjenkins.me with an impressive alien theology follow-up question for Rep. Burchett. One of many reasons it’s so cool to work with Jack!! (And also look what happens when you hire religion reporters!!)

NEW from American victim’s family: “…our beloved Sayfollah Musallet (nicknamed Saif) was brutally beaten to death by Israeli settlers while he was protecting his family’s land…” They surrounded him for 3+ hours, blocking medics from him. He died before getting to the hospital. He was only 20.

NEW from me and @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social: Last month something odd happened: Catholic bishops signed two conflicting statements on the GOP budget bill. It’s a split emerging among Catholic leaders — and nuns! — that’s years in the making, accelerated by Trump. religionnews.com/2025/07/09/t...

Via @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social and Helen Teixeira: After immigration raids, Southern California Catholic bishop lifts Mass obligation —> religionnews.com/2025/07/09/s...

The speech @theintercept.com published here was given by a Harvard Divinity School student, not an undergrad. That makes the censorship especially notable: HDS students are *known* for bold moral stances, but it’s also been a big part of the school’s fight w/Trump. theintercept.com/2025/07/05/h...

Caught this because of Riley’s tip: Jeffries is quoting Matthew 25 during this marathon floor speech against the GOP-led tax bill right now. Democratic leaders are on their feet applauding. Of note: religion has been a mainstay of opposition to the bill. religionnews.com/2025/05/07/t...

NEW from @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social and myself: In an unusual public display of disagreement within the U.S. Catholic bishops conference, prelates signed dueling letters Thursday criticizing the GOP budget bill. Religious criticism of the bill continues to grow. religionnews.com/2025/06/27/i...

In rare move, Catholic leaders issue dueling letters criticizing GOP budget bill religionnews.com/2025/06/27/i... @jackjenkins.me @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social

LA Archbishop Gomez: "The current administration has offered no immigration policy beyond the stated goal of deporting thousands of people each day. ...This is not policy, it is punishment, and it can only result in cruel and arbitrary outcomes." angelusnews.com/voices/ice-r...

What this description leaves out is that the Deseret News isn’t just a publication in Sen. Mike Lee’s state. It’s a publication owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — Lee’s religious tradition.

New @pewresearch.org report shows #Catholicism's deep roots and dire challenges in US life religionnews.com/2025/06/16/n... @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social

Fear and hope for #Latinos at @bread4theworld.bsky.social 50th anniversary religionnews.com/2025/06/10/f... @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is ousting all members of a key CDC vaccination advisory committee and replacing them with his own picks. The move appears to contradict a pledge he made during his confirmation process.

A grassroots team of Nashville immigrants rights' activists organized night patrols during the ICE/THP mass traffic sweep to monitor civil liberty violations. @angelelatham.bsky.social and Nicole Hester joined some of those patrols and here's their dispatch: www.tennessean.com/story/news/2...

Physical Interactions during Holy Mass Restricted in Sierra Leone’s Capital Freetown as Thousands Infected by Mpox www.aciafrica.org/news/15813/p...

Russia does not see the Vatican as a serious venue for peace talks with Ukraine because the Holy See is the seat of Catholicism and is surrounded by Italy, a NATO and EU member, three senior Russian sources told Reuters.

Catholics see a familiar political divide in #PopeLeoXIV and his eldest brother religionnews.com/2025/05/23/c... @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social

Resettling #Afrikaners is a ‘Faustian bargain,’ says Episcopal Church’s Sean Rowe religionnews.com/2025/05/20/r... @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social

Via @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social: Resettling Afrikaners is a ‘Faustian bargain,’ says Episcopal Church’s Sean Rowe religionnews.com/2025/05/20/r...

#PopeLeoXIV draws praise on handling sex abuse — and some complicated allegations religionnews.com/2025/05/13/p... @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social @clairegiangrave.bsky.social

US cardinals say #PopeLeoXIV election was not about #Trump religionnews.com/2025/05/09/u... @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social