When life tees up such a perfect headline opportunity, you're obliged to take it. 🚫📸💔 sojo.net/articles/new...
Bad Bunny Meets Pope Leo in Madrid, Should Have Taken More Photos
The pope met the reggaeton sensation, whose album ‘Debí Tirar Más Fotos’ (I Should Have Taken More Pictures) won Album of the Year at this year’s Grammys, with his family and other people.
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A march like this takes real courage, esp. amid escalating ICE presence here in DC. The Archdiocese of Washington saw a 30% drop in Spanish-language mass attendance after Trump took office. sojo.net/articles/new...
Carrying the Body of Christ, Catholics Lead Procession for Immigrants
In Washington, D.C., a Corpus Christi festival emphasized “communion with those families who are experiencing hardship because of immigration enforcement.”
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Cannot overstate how much this piece knocked me over.
What I Witnessed In Palestine Made Me Think About My Gun
What’s happening in Palestine is a crisis. My friend Omar, a Palestinian activist and theologian, helped me see that it’s also a mirror.
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This essay by my @sojo.net colleague Josiah Daniels is powerful and worth your attention. It's a testimony of sorts to the way solidarity with those on the margins transforms us. sojo.net/articles/opi...
What I Witnessed In Palestine Made Me Think About My Gun
What’s happening in Palestine is a crisis. My friend Omar, a Palestinian activist and theologian, helped me see that it’s also a mirror.
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BREAKING a small bit of news: Zondervan will put Alan Chambers’s memoir out of print following the news of the former Exodus International leader's arrest for solicitation of a minor. Chambers had previously renounced the ex-gay ministry and apologized for the harms of "conversion therapy."
Zondervan to Pull Alan Chambers’ Memoir After Arrest
Chambers, who led and later renounced ex-gay ministry Exodus International, was arrested for solicitation of a minor earlier this week.
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Really wish I could have been down in Atlanta for the Religion News Association conference this weekend, but so honored that Sojourners earned first place from RNA this year. It takes a village to make a magazine, so sending extra congrats to our editors, writers, and artists!
Sojourners@sojo.net · 5mo agoSojourners is honored to be named "Best Religion Publication" this year by the Religion News Association! We'd like to thank to all of our writers, contributors, and audience members who make our coverage possible. Read all of our stories and more here: sojo.net
A quick look at all the *OTHER* times President Trump has likened himself to Jesus, by @revdrmichaelwoolf.bsky.social via @sojo.net : sojo.net/articles/opi...
Trump Has a Pattern of Thinking He’s America’s Messiah
This isn’t the first time he’s done this. Here are four other times Trump portrayed himself as a savior.
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“The Catholic Social Teaching tradition that Pope Leo belongs to would frame this as: No, he’s not a politician; yes, the gospel is political," Anna Rowlands told @mitchellatencio.com for @sojo.net. sojo.net/articles/new...
How Pope Leo XIV Understands His Role in Politics
Leo doesn’t want to be seen as a rival to President Trump. That doesn’t mean he thinks the gospel is apolitical.
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We don't generally publish expletives on @sojo.net but I think everyone should read the president's exact words about his plans for Iran--and weep. sojo.net/articles/new...
Trump Threatens Iran: ‘A Whole Civilization Will Die Tonight’
Trump’s remarks “could plausibly be interpreted as a threat to commit genocide” under U.S. and international law, said Brian Finucane, a former U.S. State Department legal advisor now with the Interna...
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Sounds super fun. The study "suggests that men [who support tradwife lifestyles] rely on women for intimacy and resent that this is the case,” Robnett said. www.thetimes.com/life-style/s...
Tradwife movement ‘attracts men who are hostile to women’
The strongest predictor of support for women staying at home and deferring to their husband is not, as researchers expected, chivalry but ‘hostile sexism’
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Extremely proud to see the latest issue of Sojourners out in the world. It features a beautiful essay by (and photo of!) @artwithin.bsky.social. We're not really a publication that does a lot of cover photoshoots, but this special story merited an exception. 💞
Happy "what exactly does 'maundy' mean anyway" day to all who observe:
Sacrifice from those at the bottom and privilege for the leadership level is the opposite of a real movement that claims to represent the most vulnerable, Baldemar Velásquez, leader of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee, told Bekah McNeel in her reporting for @sojo.net sojo.net/articles/new...
After Chávez Abuse Allegations, Faith Leaders Refocus on Farmworkers
How movements inspired by Chávez’ Catholic nonviolence and labor justice are reckoning with the fallout of his disgrace.
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Our readers are the best (and also have great handwriting) sojo.net/articles/new...
The Best ‘No Kings’ Protest Signs From Our Readers
Protesting the Trump administration’s authoritarianism, Christian nationalism, violence at home, and war abroad, millions of Christians joined their neighbors to stand for democracy.
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"No kings. No theocracy. No Christian nationalism. Each of these is an expression of following Jesus." Thanks to @guthriegf.bsky.social for this piece on @sojo.net looking forward to this weekend's protests. sojo.net/articles/opi...
For Millions, ‘No Kings’ Is a Statement of Faith
Let’s make this weekend’s the biggest No Kings yet.
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This is one of my favorite pieces we publish every year @sojo.net. I am so grateful for the many women whose creativity, wisdom, and leadership shapes the church's work for faith and justice. A big congrats to this year's honorees!
Sojourners@sojo.net · 6mo agoFor the last decade, Sojourners has marked Women’s History Month by spotlighting women who embody the intersection of faith-rooted justice work. See who's on this year's list and find some inspiration here: sojo.net/articles/10-...
new from me: “War kills people. That’s what it does. War kills and maims and rapes and, over the whole course of history, has proven to be far more effective at creating orphans and widows than in delivering justice and peace.”
Kings Start Wars. Christians Stop Them
The violence Trump has unleashed in Iran ignores what the prophets teach: War is more effective at creating orphans and widows than in delivering justice and peace.
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War doesn't bring peace. War "has proven to be far more effective at creating orphans and widows than in delivering justice and peace." Grateful for clear-eyed analysis here from @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social for @sojo.net sojo.net/articles/opi...
Kings Start Wars. Christians Stop Them
The violence Trump has unleashed in Iran ignores what the prophets teach: War is more effective at creating orphans and widows than in delivering justice and peace.
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A reminder that no one was 'lifted' off of food stamps; the Trump Administration cut the budget, kicking millions of people out of the program. sojo.net/articles/opi...
Who Deserves SNAP? Jesus Has a Parable for That
When we start asking who is worthy of care, we've already lost the plot.
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NEW: I spoke with Justin Giboney, president of the AND Campaign, to try and better understand his criticism of progressive Christians. Things got a little tense.
Justin Giboney Wants Us to Stop Co-opting the Civil Rights Movement
The AND Campaign’s president explains why he doesn’t think King’s generation would endorse progressive politics of sex and gender.
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i.e. Lenten devotional guides that we'd use ourselves here at @sojo.net sojo.net/articles/11-...
11 Lenten Devotionals You Won’t Be Able To Give Up
Lent can be intimidating; these resources can help.
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If you're not signed up for emails from @sojo.net you're missing poetic inbox gems like my attempt today to find a link between Valentines day and anti-nuclear work 💞🚫💣
"Ann’s dream of utopia is flawed, but there’s certainly a lot of beauty and a lot of grace in her experiment that I wanted to lift up and look at," the film's director Mona Fastvold tells @zacharylee.bsky.social for @sojoaction.bsky.social. sojo.net/articles/cul...
A Forgotten Utopia Comes to Life in ‘The Testament of Ann Lee’
Director Mona Fastvold was determined to remember the ecstatic Shaker “who mothered the world.”
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“Unrestrained violence and unthinkable cruelty of federal immigration agents has been captured on video by hundreds ... Federal immigration agents’ actions have been memorialized in scores of court cases. Abuse is happening in public, not private. And there is no shame.”—Vincent Lloyd for @sojo.net
This Nation’s Violence Is No Longer Private
Once confined to prisons and wars, our worst human instincts are no longer hidden—they’re paraded on city streets.
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Just gonna leave this here: "Autocratic movements and regimes tend to weaken not only freedom of speech and of the press, but also the influence of public voices (often media or civil society) that could serve as vocal counterpoints to the autocratic faction." protectdemocracy.org/work/the-aut...
The Authoritarian Playbook - Protect Democracy
Today’s authoritarian playbook is a process that happens piecemeal and is hard to distinguish from normal political jockeying.
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Journalists who report on protests establish facts of what happens; they hold both protesters and law enforcement accountable. Arresting journalists suggests people in power want to keep the public from knowing the truth. It's easier to lie when there aren't facts. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
Federal Agents Arrest Don Lemon Over Minnesota Church Protest
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It’s bananas to me that a judge had to order this. Lawfully admitted refugees are just that: *lawfully admitted* to this country to escape a threat. Everything we’ve seen in Minnesota is bad, but when agents go after even those who have legal status, it reveals that this isn’t about the law.
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 8mo agoA federal judge on Wednesday ordered federal agents to stop detaining and deporting refugees in Minnesota who were lawfully admitted to the U.S., granting a temporary restraining order, which halts for now the Trump administration’s operation. The administration is likely to appeal the ruling.
