Read a July 8, 2007, USA Today article about the New Sanctuary Movement and the different kinds of sanctuary it provides, including legal assistance, food and clothing.

Read an Associated Press article dated July 12, 2008, about immigrants seeking sanctuary in churches. It’s on the Web site of The Christian Post.

Information from the Vatican on the CDF, which was founded in 1542 by Pope Paul III.

An April 7, 2010, analysis defending the pope, “The Passion of Pope Benedict. Six Accusations, One Question,” from the Italian Vaticanista, Sandro Magister.

NewCAJE, previously the Coalition for the Advancement of Jewish Education, is a transdenominational organization for Jewish educators in North America. NewCAJE works with all settings of Jewish education including day schools, complementary schools, camps, JCC’s, independent schools, afterschool programs and online programs. Rabbi Cherie Koller-Fox is the president.

The Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion trains rabbis, cantors, teachers and others in Reform Judaism at campuses in Cincinnati, New York City, Los Angeles and Jerusalem. It ordains both men and women. Contact Allison Glazer or Jean Bloch Rosensaft.  

Raymond Flynn is chairman of the Catholic Alliance, a former mayor of Boston and former U.S. ambassador to the Vatican. His group supported the “Houses of Worship Free Speech Restoration Act of 2005.”

Kevin Hasson is chairman and president of the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty. Contact through Tom Carter.

Nicholas P. Cafardi is a leading experts on the Catholic Church’s response to abusive clergy and an expert on canon law. He is an attorney with Cafardi Ferguson Wyrick Weis and Stotler in Sewickley, Pa.