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Catholics, Immigration, and Deportation | April 15, 2016 | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly | PBS

April 19, 2016
“One of our great strengths is to make visible in appropriate ways the migrant men, women, and children we serve,” says Rev. Sean Carroll, SJ, executive director of the Kino Border Initiative, a Catholic ministry in Mexico and the US. “The more visible they become, even to our political leaders, I think that will change their minds and hearts and help them find the political will to pass immigration reform that’s just and humane.” More →

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New Christian Contemplatives | April 15, 2016 | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly | PBS

April 19, 2016
“It wasn’t that there was a failure on the part of the church at all,” says Millie Cain, a parishioner at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Richmond, Virginia. “It was just that I was hungry for a more visceral experience of the divine. And it’s such a gift to experience that together in community, that awakening of the God within.” More →

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Stemming Chicago Gun Violence | April 7, 2016 | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly | PBS

April 12, 2016
“I look at crime or violence as a violation of relationships. Some people are harmed, some people do that harm. So the role of restorative justice is to repair, as best we can, those relationships” says Father Dave Kelly. He directs the Precious Blood Ministry of Reconciliation on Chicago’s South Side, a center that offers support to survivors of gun violence. More →

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