I wrote about one part of my reaction to recent events: the importance and nuance of what it means to subscribe to something.

quite the image. from a carnival parade in Germany this week. via @rns.org religionnews.com/2026/02/18/p...

“There are points that leave us somewhat perplexed." www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-c...

Jesse Jackson vs. Marvin Gaye, 1976

RIP Robert Duvall, one of the greats. I have a soft spot for the "The Apostle," when he preached with that holy ghost fire 🔥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_r6...

“A joint review by ICE and the Department of Justice of video evidence has revealed that sworn testimony provided by two separate officers appears to have made untruthful statements." www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

A Dakota prayer camp has gone up across the highway from Whipple Federal Building to protest U.S. immigration enforcement. Organizers draw connections between current practices and historical injustices.

100s of rabbis, cantors and other Jews outside ICE today protesting the Trump Administration’s immigration actions

I think I need to go to Rome to cover this important story www.cbssports.com/college-bask...

Breaking News: A White House election denier set off the FBI investigation of the 2020 election in Georgia and relied heavily on claims about ballots that have been widely debunked, unsealed records show.

‪ At a time when many Americans don't show much reverence toward anything or anyone ... people's reactions to these Buddhist monks has been fascinating www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...

Extremely or very confident Donald Trump acts ethically in office White evangelicals 40% US adult avg. 21% Unaffiliated 10% Black Protestants 7% https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2026/02/09/white-evangelicals-remain-among-trumps-strongest-supporters-but-theyre-less-supportive-than-a-year-ago/

A group of Buddhist monks reached Washington, D.C., on foot Tuesday, walking single file across a bridge over the Potomac River to cap a 15-week trek from Texas that has captivated the country.

Standard “prayer breakfast” fare.

BREAKING: The Trump administration repeatedly said the aggressive apartment raid in Chicago last fall was prompted by intel on a gang takeover. New docs show the real motivation was to get alleged squatters. And the landlord and manager helped them. www.propublica.org/article/chic...

Just a note to say how grateful we are for all the work of the Washington Post foreign staff bringing ground truth about the world to a hometown that desperately needs it. -30-

What's happening at the Post is a tragedy for the DC area, for journalism, for a number of my good friends. Please consider donating to the GoFundMe for laid off employees. www.gofundme.com/f/standing-t...

John did an amazing job with Books coverage at WaPo. Wide and deep coverage of books new and old. Becca's essays are always bracing and smart. Today's move is a major loss for readers.

"We’re witnessing a murder," writes @ashleyrparker.bsky.social. "Jeff Bezos ... and Will Lewis, the publisher he appointed at the end of 2023, are embarking on the latest step of their plan to kill everything that makes the paper special." www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

A retiree wrote this email to a DHS attorney. Within five hours, DHS demanded Google turn over records for his account. A Kafkaesque form of domestic surveillance, intimidating Americans for lawful speech. New from us at the Post: www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio... @johnwoodrowcox.bsky.social

Via @rns.org: Judge stops Noem from ending Haitians' protected status, but fear of ICE remains. Also: "DHS Secretary Tricia McLaughlin (told RNS) the government would appeal the decision …" “Supreme Court, here we come,” she wrote. religionnews.com/2026/02/02/j...

talk about your frozen chosen... (i'll see myself out)

"Hope, I know, is a fighter and a screamer."

Should Christians work for ICE? Should protesters disrupt worship services? What does the parable of the prodigal son really mean? @derosejason.bsky.social brings it all together www.npr.org/2026/01/30/n...

A legal asylum-seeker who works at Chipotle and plays music at a church in Maine went missing. His pastor searched and searched, eventually finding his abandoned car with the keys on the floor. ICE grabbed him. No criminal record. No explanation.

A Catholic priest worked alongside Pretti for 10 years as a chaplain at a VA Medical Center, where Pretti was an ICU nurse. “He was known for his kindness and gentleness to patients. So don’t, please, pay any attention to the vilification from our national leaders.” www.wlbt.com/2026/01/26/p...

Is @michaelpollan.bsky.social going full Zen now? ("Don't know mind" is a famous Zen phrase.)

How are faith communities in Minneapolis responding to the escalating crisis in the Twin Cities? Join a live virtual discussion this Tuesday, Jan. 27, with RNS reporter @jackjenkins.me and faith leaders involved in community responses to ICE. Register now: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

❤️‍🩹 “It’s a demonstration of safety and security.” The MN National Guard greeted protesters and the media with coffee, donuts, and hot chocolate in Minneapolis today. “We’re here to help” (via @wcconews.bsky.social on IG)

NEW: I was one of 3 reporters granted access to the convening of 600+ clergy in Minneapolis this week. It was a striking show of solidarity with MN clergy resisting ICE, but heralded something else: the emergence of a vast, faith-based network trained to resist ICE. religionnews.com/2026/01/23/i...

Police have arrived. Arrests seem imminent. The crowd chants “let them pray” and “Minnesota nice means prosecute ICE”

Commissioned by NPR in December in partnership with Ipsos, the share of people who believe the U.S. is a moral leader dropped to 39% from 60% in a similar poll conducted in 2017. n.pr/3Z3IbnD

via Minneapolis photographer Chris Juhn on Facebook

Forensic analysis of objective video evidence. This is how you serve readers searching for clarity.

Today would be a good day to start following @mprnews.org, which is doing excellent reporting on the ground in Minneapolis

Amazing work by my colleagues here. apps.npr.org/jan-6-archive/

He's from the Chicago area, speaks fluent Spanish, spent significant time in Latin America and is known as a nice guy with moderate views. Sounds familiar www.npr.org/2025/12/18/n...

We remember Pope Francis on what would have been his 89th birthday. Requiescat in pace.

What does it mean for the Governor of Texas to declare CAIR a "foreign terrorist organization"? Good coverage here from the @texastribune.org www.texastribune.org/2025/11/18/g...

The U.S.-born pope has spoken out several times against his native country's treatment of migrants in the U.S. n.pr/4i4exY4

Pope Leo comments on treatment of migrants in the U.S. "When people have lived good lives—many of them for 10, 15, 20 years—treating them in a way that is, to say the least, extremely disrespectful, and with instances of violence, is troubling.” www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...

Via @charlotteobserver.com: Church members flee as federal agents arrive at east Charlotte place of worship “Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.” www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...

Clergy outside the Broadview ICE detention center

“Twenty-three deaths is not a statistic—it’s 23 human lives.” More immigrants are dying in ICE detention www.americamagazine.org/weekly-dispa...

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"With the abuse of vulnerable migrants, we are witnessing, not the legitimate exercise of national sovereignty, but rather grave crimes committed or tolerated by the state." www.reuters.com/world/pope-l...

The apostolic exhortation is Pope Leo's first since his election in May. n.pr/3VWUvEJ

"She knows that her proclamation of the Gospel is credible only when it is translated into gestures of closeness and welcome. And she knows that in every rejected migrant, it is Christ himself who knocks at the door of the community." www.npr.org/2025/10/09/n...

"Before, we might get two or three discerners. But after Pope Leo, I now have 15. It's unbelievable." @derosejason.bsky.social takes us inside Pope Leo's Augustinian order. www.npr.org/2025/10/02/n...