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Southside Presbyterian Church, located in Tucson, Ariz., is the church Rosa Robles stayed in sanctuary at. Photo by: Elisabeth Morales/ Arizona Sonora News

Sanctuary movement: perception or power?

Elisabeth Morales February 16, 2017

After 94 days in sanctuary, Francisco Perez Cordova left his Tucson office-turned-bedroom at St. Francis in the Foothills United Methodist Church. A year later in 2015, Rosa Robles left her...

Participantes del programa gratuito de St. Andrews Presbyterian Church se encargan de sus pies con talco y se cortan las uñas. Foto por Jorden Glenn, El Independiente

Ducha movil disponible para quien lo necesite

Sara Cline April 29, 2016

Son las 7:30 en una fresca mañana de miércoles. Más de 20 hombres se juntan alrededor del cerco de alambre en los afueras del comedor de beneficencia Casa María Soup Kitchen. Una camioneta modelo...

The old tabernacle of the Bible college remains, even after new ownership. (Photograph by Devon Confrey / Arizona Sonora News)

Miracle Valley: A land sullied by history

Devon Confrey March 31, 2016

MIRACLE VALLEY — Once home to a Bible college, a cult, a bombing, a shooting and a police brawl, Miracle Valley can be a transformative place. The small place with a complicated history where...

The sun beats down over the Church of the Painted Hills-United Church of Christ in Tucson (Photo by: Emily Huddleston/Arizona Sonora News)

Having faith through climate change

Emily Huddleston March 10, 2016

  Climate Change and faith aren’t two ideas you often hear in the same sentence. Yet there is a long history of religious thought about the role of humans as stewards of the environment....

Tucson's Southside Presbyterian Church is home to the newly revived Sanctuary Movement. (Photo by: Cole Malham / Arizona Sonoran News Service)

Revived sanctuary movement growing nationwide

Cole Malham October 15, 2014

Churches across the country are opening their doors to illegal immigrants facing deportation as the newly revived sanctuary movement gains more supporters. According to the Colorado Alliance for Immigration...

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