Mark Wollschlager

2025-05-12 19:58:30

Episcopal Church refuses to resettle white Afrikaners, ends partnership with US government

In a striking move that ends a nearly four-decades-old relationship between the federal government and the Episcopal Church, the denomination announced on Monday (May 12) that it is terminating its partnership with the government to resettle refugees, citing moral opposition to resettling white Afrikaners from South Africa who have been classified as refugees by President Donald Trump’s administration.

RNS- Episcopal Church refuses to resettle white Afrikaners, ends partnership with US government

Episcopal Church refuses to resettle white Afrikaners, ends partnership with US government

(RNS) — 'In light of our church’s steadfast commitment to racial justice and reconciliation and our historic ties with the Anglican Church of Southern Africa, we are not able to take this step,' the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church said in a …

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