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Forward this email to someone you know who would like it! Did someone forward this email to you? Sign up here to receive this newsletter in your inbox every weekday. Verse of the day My brothers and sisters, whenever you face various trials, consider it all joy, because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance. - James 1:2-3 Voice of the day Rain may pour as if it would sweep everything away. But once the sun starts blazing again, life rises again, no matter what. - Yang Gwan-sik, “When Life Gives You Tangerines” (2025) Prayer of the day God, grant us the ability to endure with faith, regardless of the hindrances we might encounter. Advertisement Our Latest Stories Anti-ICE Nativities Are the Reason for the Season (by Emma Cieslik) The churches putting up these nativities are declaring that they refuse to be complicit in the very same violence that threatened Jesus at his birth. Read more Bethlehem Is Still a Reminder of Joy Amid Grief (by Elom Tettey-Tamaklo) For two years, the Israeli-occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem canceled its traditional Christmas celebration. This year, the festivities resume. Read more DHS Bars Norma Pimentel’s Charity From Federal Funding (by Ken Chitwood) The department appeared to cite Catholic Social Teaching while alleging that Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley mismanaged funds in its service of noncitizen immigrants. Read more Help Doctors Without Borders Save Lives As humanitarian crises intensify and emergencies compound, our patients need us now more than ever. When you make a donation to Doctors Without Borders, you will help us continue providing urgently needed medical care in places like Gaza, Sudan, and around the world. Doctors Without Borders Needs You Now More Than Ever Doctors Without Borders is on the ground providing medical care, delivering aid, and saving lives in over 75 countries worldwide. We can’t do this work without your support. Now more than ever, we need you. Donate Subscribe Copyright © 2025 Sojourners. All rights reserved. Email: sojourners@sojo.net | Tel.: 202.328.8842