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By Holly Meyer and David Crary |
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By Holly Meyer and David Crary |
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Hello, World of Faith readers.
This week, we’re documenting the aftermath of the anti-immigration enforcement protest at a St. Paul, Minnesota, church, including the arrest of protesters. We also report on an unusual appeal from three U.S. cardinals urging a more moral approach to foreign policy. On a lighter note, we take you to a small Kentucky city that has been watched over by gargoyles for more than a century. |
Tear gas is deployed as federal agents make arrests In Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis) |
Attorney general announces the arrest of activists involved in a Minnesota church protest |
A prominent civil rights attorney and at least two other people involved in an anti-immigration enforcement protest that disrupted a service at a Minnesota church have been arrested, according to Trump administration officials. Vice President JD Vance, speaking in Minneapolis, urged state and local law enforcement to collaborate with federal officials and said protesters must stop getting in their way. Read more.
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On Sunday, protesters entered the Cities Church in St. Paul, where a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement official serves as a pastor. The church belongs to the Southern Baptist Convention and lists one of its pastors as David Easterwood, who leads an ICE field office.
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Attorney General Pam Bondi posted online that Nekima Levy Armstrong, the civil rights lawyer, had been arrested. Bondi later posted that a second person had been arrested; FBI Director Kash Patel announced a third.
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The Justice Department quickly opened a civil rights investigation after the protesters interrupted services by chanting “ICE out” and “Justice for Renee Good," referring to the 37-year-old mother of three who was fatally shot by an ICE officer in Minneapolis earlier this month.
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US Catholic cardinals urge Trump administration to embrace a moral compass in foreign policy |
Three U.S. Catholic cardinals have urged the Trump administration to use a moral compass in foreign policy. In an unusual joint statement, they warned that U.S. military actions in Venezuela, threats to acquire Greenland and cuts in foreign aid could cause suffering instead of promoting peace. Read more.
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The statement was issued by Cardinals Blase Cupich of Chicago, Robert McElroy of Washington, D.C. and Joseph Tobin of Newark, New Jersey.
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It was the second time in recent months that members of the U.S. Catholic hierarchy have collectively questioned Trump administration priorities. In November, the entire U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops condemned the mass deportation of migrants.
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Cupich and McElroy said they were inspired to issue a statement after hearing from several fellow cardinals during a Jan. 7-8 meeting at the Vatican. These other cardinals expressed alarm about various aspects of U.S. foreign policy, Cupich said.
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A Kentucky cathedral called 'America's Notre Dame' gets a rehab, gargoyles and all |
Gargoyles have watched over the small city of Covington, Kentucky, for more than a century from their lofty perches on a Catholic cathedral known as “America’s Notre Dame.” A new renovation will ensure they keep their posts for years to come on the meticulously restored facade of the towering stone sanctuary. Workers in recent weeks have been installing new terra cotta gargoyles as one of the final steps of a two-year restoration of the Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption. Read more.
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The nickname of Covington’s cathedral stems from how its exterior was modeled on the larger Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris — from the pointed arches and flying buttresses to the gargoyles and chimeras with their reptilian grins and piercing, canine eyes.
Unlike the Paris landmark, which recently underwent a massive renovation because of a devastating fire, the Covington cathedral needed a rehab due to the slow deterioration of old stone, metal and terra cotta after 125 years of exposure to the elements in its Ohio River city across from Cincinnati.
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Workers have faced numerous challenges throughout the Covington project: hoisting and fitting heavy stones into the façade while operating cranes above a busy street in the heat, cold and wind. They have been patching and fixing what they can and replacing other parts entirely.
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