Find ‘courage to respond’ — Utah religious leaders pray for immigrants and refugees, condemn government crackdown

Catholics, Protestants, Latter-day Saints, Muslims and others gather to support the “strangers and foreigners.”

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Rev. Irene Pak Lee, a second-generation Korean American pastor, prays during an interfaith prayer service at First Presbyterian Church in Salt Lake City to demand justice and safety for immigrants and refugees on Thursday, May 8, 2025.

Find ‘courage to respond’ — Utah religious leaders pray for immigrants and refugees, condemn government crackdown

Catholics, Protestants, Latter-day Saints, Muslims and others gather to support the “strangers and foreigners.”

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