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Need to know: Wednesday, May 18, 2016
Methodist leader acknowledges struggle to maintain unity
Bishop Bruce Ough cites a “brokenness” in the church over scripture and sexuality
Methodists vote to cut ties with group some consider anti-Israel
Delegates vote 478-318 to pull out of “one-sided” anti-occupation group
Top nun pushes for greater role for Catholic women
Pope Francis has put a spring in the step of women religious
Two New York rabbis drown in rip current at Miami area beach
Rabbis Chaim Parnes and Isaac Rosenberg reportedly chose an unguarded spot away from scantily clad bathers
Major Atlanta area church closes its doors
Rehoboth Presbyterian Church was apparently a victim of changing social mores and a divided congregation
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At commencement services for the Rev. Clementa Pinckney, my heart ached
(RNS) The country has come to “know” the girls' father in mythical terms, as a martyr, hero and fallen soldier in the struggle for justice. But they knew him as “Daddy.”
Supreme Court ups pressure on Little Sisters to settle
There were good reasons to push for a negotiated settlement.
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‘The prophet will never lead the LDS Church astray,’ and other Mormon heresies
The LDS Church is on a journey, just as we are. Let’s give it the space it needs to be true and living, not just true and dead.
Yes, there was an Armenian genocide
All Jews should affirm that the Armenian catastrophe was a genocide. The first of its kind, in fact.
A retreat into silence amid our culture’s ugly noise
Vulgarity, meanness, conflict. Lather, rinse, repeat. Unless we choose silence.
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