RNS Opening Budget—Monday, March 16, 2020

NEWS STORY RNS-Vatican-Easter: Faithful may be banned from Easter celebrations with Pope, says Vatican VATICAN CITY (RNS) – As of Saturday night, Catholic faithful are no longer able to purchase tickets to attend the Holy Week celebrations in St. Peter’s as concerns about the coronavirus pandemic in Italy risk affecting Easter. By Claire Giangravé. 300 […]

NEWS STORY
RNS-Vatican-Easter: Faithful may be banned from Easter celebrations with Pope, says Vatican
VATICAN CITY (RNS) – As of Saturday night, Catholic faithful are no longer able to purchase tickets to attend the Holy Week celebrations in St. Peter’s as concerns about the coronavirus pandemic in Italy risk affecting Easter. By Claire Giangravé. 300 words. (category: i)

NEWS STORY
RNS-Harris-Obituary: Bishop Barbara Harris, first woman bishop of Anglican Communion, dies at 89
(RNS) — Retired Bishop Barbara Harris, the first woman to be ordained and consecrated as a bishop in the worldwide Anglican Communion, died on Friday (March 13). By Adelle M. Banks. 650 words. (category: a)

NEWS STORY
RNS-Astral-Travel: Crystals, astral travel and good vibes: Toronto studio sees good and bad as metaphysics gets trendy
TORONTO (RNS) — Crystals aren’t just trendy. I AM Academy is using them to build “a community of people who are looking to change themselves and change this world” through astral travel, meditation and other metaphysical means. By Emily McFarlan Miller. 1,000 words. (category: a)


COMMENTARY
RNS-Reese-Oped: Spirituality in a time of quarantine
(RNS) — It is time to put the common good over our personal good; it is time to respect science not partisan spin masters; it is time to be our better selves. By Thomas Reese. 841 words. (category: k)

COMMENTARY
RNS-Silk-Oped: Why white evangelicals are at odds with America
(RNS) — According to polling from the Pew Research Center, white evangelicals are losing touch not only with the secular culture, but with other Christian denominations in how they view American life. By Mark Silk. 640 words. (category: k)