Episcopal church says it won’t help resettle white South Africans granted refugee status

The Episcopal church’s migration service is refusing a directive from the federal government to help resettle white South Africans granted refugee status, citing the church’s longstanding “commitment to racial justice and reconciliation”.

Presiding bishop Sean Rowe announced the step on Monday, shortly before 59 South Africans arrived at Dulles international airport outside Washington DC on a private charter plane and were greeted by a government delegation.

Biden memo let feds target Americans for 'non-criminal behavior' before Catholics, parents probed

The Biden administration authorized federal law enforcement four years ago to target Americans engaged in "concerning non-criminal behavior" in the name of fighting domestic terrorism, with a specific eye on those serving in the military, owning firearms, or spreading what officials considered to be "xenophobic" disinformation, according to newly declassified documents.

AG Pam Bondi holds first meeting of anti-Christian bias task force

Attorney General Pam Bondi on Tuesday held the inaugural meeting of a task force dedicated to eradicating "anti-Christian bias" in the federal government.

According to Bondi, the task force will identify any anti-Christian policies across the U.S. government, seek input from faith-based organizations to end anti-Christian bias, and fix deficiencies and regulations that may contribute to anti-Christian bias.

Trump Task Force Hears Out Christians Who Challenged Biden Administration

The Justice Department lent a listening ear on Tuesday to conservative Christians with stories of investigations, fines, and bitter clashes with the Biden administration.

A task force established by President Donald Trump to address anti-Christian bias in the federal government met for the first time—gathering Attorney General Pamela Bondi, Faith Office leaders Paula White-Cain and Jennifer Korn, and several members of Trump’s cabinet to discuss previous cases of Christian discrimination in their agencies.

Make Christianity cool again: Why Gen Z is flocking to church

It’s 10am on Sunday, and people are already starting to filter through the doors of Harbour Church. Sun streams through the windows – there’s an air of anticipation as congregation members greet each other and catch up on the week just gone. Soon, the room is filling up, the sound of gentle chatter swelling as the throng grows and people take their seats. The five-piece worship band strikes up; the crowd gets to its feet; the air vibrates as more than a hundred voices sing praises to God.

Christian revival isn’t surprising in an age of public shaming By Niall Gooch

Is Christianity back? Across several countries, the last few months have seen numerous anecdotal reports of a resurgence of Christian observance. Many British clerics are noting strong attendances at Lenten and Easter services. Similar reports are emerging in the USA, where younger people make up much of the increase. Meanwhile, France has had a 50% rise in adult baptisms, and survey data suggests a fourfold increase in Catholic observance among 18 to 24-year-olds in Britain.

Young people are converting to Catholicism en masse — driven by pandemic, internet, ‘lax’ alternatives

Sydney Johnston grew up in a nondenominational Christian household — but now the Upper West Side millennial is a devout Catholic.

“There’s just something so beautiful and transcendent about the rituals and the ancient history in the Catholic Mass that’s been preserved,” Johnston, 30, told The Post. “The church really communicates a degree of reverence that I didn’t find in the more liberal, laissez-faire approach of nondenominational churches.”

Pope Francis Dead At 88, Sending Catholic Church Into Mourning, Reflection As World Speculates On Possible Successor

Francis, the 266th supreme pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church and spiritual shepherd of her estimated 1.39 billion members for nearly twelve years, died Monday in Rome at the age of 88 weeks after after being hospitalized Feb. 14 to treat double pneumonia, the Vatican announced.

Vice President JD Vance met with the Holy Father only hours earlier.

Pope Francis dies at 88

Pope Francis, the trailblazing Catholic leader known for his human-rights advocacy and sharp political edge, died Monday, April 21, at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican’s Casa Santa Marta after battling a long series of health complications stemming from a chronic lung disease, the Vatican announced.

The pontiff had been hospitalized on Feb. 14 with bronchitis, contracted pneumonia four days later and was listed in “critical condition” by the Vatican on Saturday, Feb. 22. He never fully recovered.

Pope Francis, first Latin American pontiff who ministered with a charming, humble style, dies at 88

Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but alienated conservatives with critiques of capitalism and climate change, died Monday. He was 88.

Bells tolled in church towers across Rome after the announcement, which was read out by Cardinal Kevin Ferrell, the Vatican camerlengo, from the chapel of the Domus Santa Marta, where Francis lived.