Sanctuary
SANCTUARY. As etymology suggests, a sanctuary is a sacred place, a place set apart from the space of ordinary existence (LL, sanctuarium, from sanctus, "sacred, holy," by analo...
Read more
Illegal Immigration: As Elvira Arellano goes to Washington to plead her case for sanctuary, another illegal alien who benefited from it stands accused of a heinous crime. Whom should our laws prote...
Read more
For the first time in a year, an illegal immigrant who took refuge in a church to avoid deportation has left the sanctuary to attend an immigration rights rally in Los Angeles.Elvira Arellano left ...
Read more
An effort being billed as a new sanctuary movement for immigrants is loosely based on a 1980s movement in which churches harbored Central American refugees fleeing wars in their home countries.As r...
Read more
Churches in a handful of U.S. cities are preparing to launch a "sanctuary" movement to help illegal immigrants avoid deportation and unite faith-based groups in a push for immigration reform.The "N...
Read more
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is drawing contrasts with rival Rudy Giuliani on the issue of immigration in a new mailing being sent to Iowa Republican activists.In the mailing, Romn...
Read more
A group of female protesters locked in a land dispute with the Greek Orthodox Church defied a 1,000-year-old ban and entered the all-male Mount Athos monastic sanctuary in northern Greece, a police...
Read more
Republican Mitt Romney tried to link rivals Rudy Giuliani and Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday, suggesting the two share a "sanctuary state of mind" when it comes to illegal immigration.First in a ...
Read more
An illegal immigrant who took refuge in a church one year ago to escape deportation said Wednesday that she plans to leave her sanctuary soon to lobby Congress for immigration reform, even if that ...
Read more