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A handmade sign attached to a street lamp pole reads "KEEP FAMILIES TOGETHER" in red and blue marker. Tree branches with green foliage are visible in the background.

Faith communities become 'sanctuary people' for Haitian immigrants facing uncertainty

The broader understanding of sanctuary is rooted in Catholic social teaching, especially the idea of accompaniment, which prioritizes closeness to people who are suffering.

Gothic Revival church with spire and clock tower surrounded by modern skyscrapers, with construction scaffolding visible on its roof and a rainbow flag hanging on an adjacent building.

NYC church where Alexander Hamilton is buried to build 120 affordable apartments

The parish was founded in 1697 and also offers food assistance services seven days a week.

Nuns stand on the sidelines of the Chicago Half Marathon, holding encouraging signs and smiling

She gave up her Olympic dreams to become a nun. Now, she's raised $2.6M to feed families by running marathons

Sister Stephanie Baliga has spent 15 years running marathons to help her community.

The exterior of Menno House, a mennonite boarding home in Gramercy, Manhattan

At this mennonite house in Manhattan, rent is less than $900 a month. It's surprisingly LGBTQ+ inclusive

Amid surging rent prices, some are opting for a unique alternative.

Young women sit around a dining table with nuns

Young women move in with NYC nuns to save money. Rent is $200 a week, and no boys are allowed after curfew

Young women, with or without a religious affiliation, have found an affordable, welcoming home in Centro Maria.

A projection on the National Gallery in Washington DC reads: "Religious freedom for all. Christian nationalism threatens everyone’s religious freedom."

Interfaith leaders protest Trump Admin-backed Christian nationalist 'prayer rally' in DC with bold art project

The White House-backed “Rededicate 250” prayer event includes speakers like Pete Hegseth, but interfaith leaders have another message to spread.

A monastery in a green field with a rainbow shining through the sky

Since the 1950s, these Benedictine sisters have painstakingly transformed their monastery's land into a 170-acre oasis

Decades ago, the sanctuary was just 40 acres, consisting of farmland cleared in the early 1900s.

Alfred Street Baptist Church in Alexandria, Virginia

Virginia megachurch donates $1M to wipe out rent for 300+ families and keep them from being evicted

Alfred Street Baptist Church stepped up for Alexandria residents who were facing eviction.

A close-up of one hand putting a round, pink pill in another hand

A Catholic college banned birth control. So students started the 'Womb Service' to deliver it instead

Students provide condoms and morning-after pills with no judgement.

A photo collage of the Wales flag, a bag of Keats & Co. coffee beans, a Monarch butterfly, an aerial view of the mountains and ocean, and a rescuer stands inside a tractor's bucket

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The exterior of Washington View Apartments, which was once the Pierce Brothers Mortuary, in Los Angeles

Old Los Angeles funeral home transformed into apartments for homeless seniors: 'A one-stop shop'

The historic chapel still maintains some of its most famous features.

A corner of a church, topped with a cross, peeks out from behind a cherry blossom tree in full bloom

NY churches and developers work together to build affordable housing: 'A model of how real estate should be'

Worship spaces across the country are increasingly open to building affordable housing on their properties. A group of experts is helping to make it happen.