NEWS STORY
RNS-Unclaimed-Dead: Los Angeles honors the unclaimed with interfaith burial service
LOS ANGELES (RNS) — Dozens of people gathered under blue tents in the pouring rain Wednesday (Dec. 4) for an interfaith service honoring the unclaimed dead who were buried at the Los Angeles County Crematorium Cemetery. The ceremony was held in remembrance of those 1,457 who died in 2016 and whose cremated remains have stayed in the county’s possession for three years. By Alejandra Molina. 605 words. (category: a)
COMMENTARY
RNS-Silk-Oped: Let the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom expire
(RNS) — On December 21, USCIRF will run out of funding. Originally devised to show up the Clinton administration, it now only serves to furnish Trump court evangelicals with a bully pulpit. By Mark Silk. 670 words. (category: k)
