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RNS Updated Budget — Thursday, March 5, 2020

NEWS STORY
RNS-Francis-RollsRoyce: Rolls-Royce promotes exclusive mass with pope — for $155,000
(RNS) — A luxury travel company is advertising a private audience and mass with Pope Francis to owners of Rolls-Royce automobiles through an exclusive app, encouraging buyers to shell out at least $155,000 to meet the pontiff. By Jack Jenkins. 680 words. (category: a)

NEWS STORY
RNS-NAE-President: New NAE president calls for evangelicals to address ‘identity crisis’ without fear
WASHINGTON (RNS) — The Rev. Walter Kim, inaugurated as the new president of the National Association of Evangelicals, called on the nation’s evangelicals to address questions about their identity with a commitment to the common good. By Adelle M. Banks. 550 words. (category: a)

NEWS STORY
RNS-Citizenship-Laws: Citizenship laws threaten India’s Muslims, hurt minorities elsewhere, panel says
WASHINGTON (RNS) — A human rights lawyer from India brought the concerns of Muslims about its new citizenship law to a hearing on Capitol Hill. By Adelle M. Banks. 715 words. (category: a)


NEWS STORY
RNS-Religious-Preppers: Religious preppers put faith in God and plan for the worst
NASHVILLE (RNS):  Faith-based preppers in the “American Redoubt” plan for society’s collapse and a conservative takeover of the Northwest. By Tracy Simmons. 1,100 words. (category: a)

COMMENTARY
RNS-Riess-Oped: Prepping for the coronavirus the Mormon way
(RNS) — My religion’s fixation on being prepared for disaster runs deep due to a history that says it isn’t a question of if but when — the period of unemployment, the winter storms that knock out power for days and prevent travel, or a Coronapocalypse that could keep you quarantined at home for weeks. By Jana Riess. 900 words. (category: k)

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