A Kaduna priest has reportedly died while held after an October abduction. Family still waits for word below #ValidUpdates #Kaduna #kidnapping #bandits #clergy #ransom #Nigeria #security
#clergy
Palm Sunday, parvis of the basilica. Armenian Patriarch's official entry into basilica [1941]
Matson Photo Service
1 photographic print : gelatin silver. | Group of Armenian clergy in procession at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem.
#Armenian #Jerusalem #Christian #1940-1950 #Armenians #Clergy #HolyWeek #Jerusalem #Orthodoxchurches #PalmSunday #Patriarchs #Spirituallife #photography
NOT SATIRE. The Catholics are tipping the scales to Megyn Kelly, by way of an excuse to tar homosexuals as pedophiles. It's a head scratcher which makes sense to the faithful.
How dare we accuse her of defending abuse? How dare we ask the Catholic church to stop such abuse? This is logic to them.
#BillDonohue #Catholic #pedophile #ring #protect #deny #relocate #accuse #homophobia #homosexuality #priest #sexual #abuse #not the #Onion #church #clergy #sex #minor #children https://www.catholicleague.org/megyn-kelly-is-right-about-epstein/
The #Trump admin asked for the pause on Nov 10, saying the judge’s order impermissibly micromanaged federal law enforcement in #Chicago.
US Dist Judge Sara Ellis in Chicago issued the order on Nov 6 after siding with a group of #protesters, #journalists & #clergy members who claimed they were being specifically targeted for violence in violation of their rights to #FreeSpeech, #FreedomOfAssembly & #ReligiousFreedom under the #US #Constitution.
WTAF?
US appeals court halts order limiting #immigration agents' response to #Chicago #protests
A US court on Wednesday paused a judge’s order that restricted when federal immigration agents can use #TearGas & other anti-riot weapons on Chicago area #residents, #journalists & #clergy members protesting the #Trump admin’s immigration crackdown in the city.
#law #Constitution #CivilRights #HumanRights #AbuseOfPower #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-appeals-court-halts-order-limiting-immigration-agents-response-chicago-2025-11-19/
#Chancen | The Harvard University Center for Jewish Studies invites applications for the 2026-2027 Daniel Jeremy Silver Fellowship | Details: https://www.jewishstudies.de/de/nachrichten/2026-2027-daniel-jeremy-silver-fellowship-harvard-university/
Deadline for applications: January 15, 2026
“We have spiritual care to deliver & our neighbors are being denied the right to their #religious expression & to the small amount of comfort we might be able to deliver with communion or some other kind of support,” Westerfield said.
When Westerfield saw #clergy of different faiths linking arms in the streets, she decided to join them. When the demonstration escalated, she was pushed to the ground & suffered bruises from the fall.
#Chicago Christian #Clergy Open Letter
As the photos of arrested pastors circulate, it’s important to know why this large group of #interfaith leaders have taken their stand. Here are their words (full text at link).
“What Kristi Noem and her #ICE agents are doing is immoral. They aren’t arresting criminals; they are arresting our neighbors. They are tearing families apart. They wait at bus stops to detain children and use them as bait to lure parents from their homes. People of all ages are in hiding, businesses shuttered, and our friends and congregants—the people we have been ordained to serve—are being taken to #Broadview in unmarked vans.”
#faith #LoveThyNeighbor #InterfaithAction
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1I5QOjMoeS-oxx-1U5vTuu8CPJqV7pLULPCR7pNaIdYA/mobilebasic
⬆️⬆️⬆️ This is to highlight the bravery of these #clergy members and #faith leaders in the greater #Chicago land area. Some were arrested today.
#1stAmendment
#FreedomOfReligion
#FreedomOfAssembly
#FreedomOfSpeech
#ICE
#Clergy in #Philly are Using their POWER to Help the #WorkingClass
https://wordinblack.com/2025/11/using-their-power-to-help-the-working-class/
“It’s about their practices targeting #journalists, targeting #clergy & people exercising their constitutional rights,” said Craig Futterman, atty for the #media orgs. “We have #children, #parents & #grandparents who will forever be afraid to exercise their very rights that make this country great, assaulted by the very people assigned to protect those freedoms.”
#Trump #Chicago #law #immigration #ExcessiveForce #PoliceBrutality #Constitution #FreeSpeech #RightToProtest #CivilRights #ICE #CBP
Ellis held an all-day hearing Wednesday in her courtroom at the Dirksen Federal Building in downtown #Chicago where she heard from members of the #clergy, #protesters & Chicago #residents that they had been terrified by the aggressive actions of federal agents carrying out what the #Trump admin calls “Operation Midway Blitz.”
#law #immigration #DueProcess #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #Constitution #FreedomOfAssembly #RightToProtest #CivilRights #AbuseOfPower #fascism #ICE #CBP #Gestapo
Hundreds Of Clergy Issue Stinging Rebuke of DHS Sec. Kristi Noem’s ‘Immoral’ Mass Deportation Agenda
“As Christians, we cannot look away,” write the clergy members, who according to Religion News Service come from the Presbyterian, Catholic, Black Protestant, United Church of Christ, Methodist, Lutheran, Mennonite, Episcopalian, Anglican, Unitarian Universalist, Disciples of Christ and Baptist traditions. “We must act to stop this evil and witness to the goodness and dignity of all God’s children,” the letter states. “For us, the stakes couldn’t be higher. As Matt 25:46 clarifies, those who refuse hospitality to the stranger, refuse to see Jesus in the faces of the persecuted, stand condemned.”
The open letter, “Jesus is Being Tear Gassed at Broadview,” references the Trump administration’s violent attacks on several faith leaders, some of whom have sought to bear witness outside a Chicago-area ICE facility only to be shot with pepper balls by federal immigration agents. Peaceful actions like prayer “have meant little to ICE agents,” clergy write.
#ice #Gestapo #maga #trump #fascism #kristinoem #clergy #christianity #heresy #apostasy #deportation #massdeportations
#Trump Administration's Arrival on #Bluesky Highlights Growing Pains for #Open #Networks. "Last week, the #DHS last seen brutalizing# journalists, children, and #clergy in the streets of #Chicago joined the Bluesky social #internet platform and began, with the #WhiteHouse and other #federal agency accounts, #trolling and #threatening #Trump administration #political opponents. https://www.techpolicy.press/trump-administrations-arrival-on-bluesky-highlights-growing-pains-for-open-networks/ #socialmedia #news #censorship #freespeech #internet
WRITING CLERGY 101: Come for the worship, stay for the plot twists
Career Authors
Pastor and acclaimed author JANE WILLAN shares the secrets of writing clergy, one confession, clue, and coffee hour at a time.
WRITING CLERGY 101: Come for the worship, stay for the plot twists Our Special Guest…
https://careerauthors.com/writing-clergy-101-come-for-the-worship-stay-for-the-plot-twists/
A temporary restraining order [#TRO] issued by a federal judge last week requires agents to issue 2 warnings before using riot control weapons such as tear gas, chemical sprays, plastic bullets & flash bangs. The order also bars firing at #protesters, #reporters & #clergy members & limits using #force such as tackling — unless the person represents an immediate threat.
#Trump #law #immigration #RightToProtest #MilitaryState #ICE #CBP #Gestapo #PoliceBrutality #fascism #tyranny #WhiteSupremacy
The Courier offers video of Trump's ICE troops shooting Presbyterian minister David Black in the head with a pepper ball.
#Trump #Chicago #DHS #military #ReligiousFreedom #FreeSpeech #clergy #ICE #violence
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Black and other clergy who have been protesting the threats being made against Chicago citizens are now suing Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and noting that their religious freedom rights and free speech rights are being infringed.
#Trump #Chicago #DHS #military #ReligiousFreedom #FreeSpeech #clergy
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Dan Froomkin notes that "the moment agents shoot Black in the head is captured in this video. Black was also sprayed in the face the week before, as you can see in this dramatic photo taken by Ashlee Rezin of the Chicago Sun-Times."
#Trump #Chicago #DHS #military #ReligiousFreedom #FreeSpeech #clergy
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https://www.headsupnews.org/p/fighting-for-the-first-amendment
"One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.
'We could hear them laughing,' Black said."
#Trump #Chicago #DHS #military #ReligiousFreedom #FreeSpeech #clergy
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