RNS Updated Budget—Wednesday, October 14, 2020

NEWS STORY VATICAN-ARREST: Woman tied to ousted cardinal is arrested for embezzling Vatican funds (RNS) – Italian police arrested Cecilia Marogna, known as “the cardinal’s lady” for her ties to Cardinal Angelo Becciu, in Milan last night (Oct. 13) for allegedly embezzling Vatican funds. By Claire Giangravè. 1,000 words. (categories c,i) NEWS STORY RNS-ANIMAL- CULT: […]

NEWS STORY
VATICAN-ARREST: Woman tied to ousted cardinal is arrested for embezzling Vatican funds
(RNS) – Italian police arrested Cecilia Marogna, known as “the cardinal’s lady” for her ties to Cardinal Angelo Becciu, in Milan last night (Oct. 13) for allegedly embezzling Vatican funds. By Claire Giangravè. 1,000 words. (categories c,i)

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RNS-ANIMAL- CULT:   ’Reluctant cultist’ survives an end times cult turned pet rescue group to find his own faith
RNS): Like many Americans, Jared Garrett gave up on his childhood religion and sought a faith of his own. But few can match his spiritual journey. Raised in a nomadic end-times Christian sect , he was separated from his parents at a young age. He fled as a teenager, claiming to be done with God, only to find a new home in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. By Bob Smietana. 2,200 words. (categories: a) 

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RNS- SWARTZENDRUBER-OBIT: Former CCM editor and Christian music publicist Jay Swartzendruber, dies at 52
(RNS):  Jay Swartzendruber, Christian journalist and former editor of CCM magazine who urged Christian artist sget involved in the AIDS crisis, died this week at 52. By Bob Smietana 750 words. (categories: a)


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RNS-NCC-Reparations: Maryland Episcopal diocese reparations fund gained $100,000 in community donations
(RNS) — A Maryland Episcopal diocese has received more than $100,000 in donations for its new fund for reparations that it announced last month, its bishop said during a panel discussion on reparations at the National Council of Churches. By Adelle M. Banks. 450 words. (category: a)

NEWS STORY
RNS-LECRAE-QA: Lecrae on growing uncomfortable with white evangelicalism and finding ‘Restoration’
(RNS) — Restoration isn’t just the theme of Lecrae’s new book or the title of his latest album, it also seems to be his mission in this chapter of life. The the hip-hop artist talks politics, race and redemption in a Q&A. By Emily McFarlan Miller. 1,300 words.

COMMENTARY
RNS-REESE-OPED: How to make our politics better: Pray first, says a Jesuit guide
(RNS) — The Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States has produced a 17-page guide (available free at Jesuits.org) that shows the way to better civic engagement. They urge us to invest in the kind of prayer that helps us listen, detached from our own preconceptions and prejudices. By Thomas Reese. 1,043 words. (category: k)

COMMENTARY
RNS-SALKIN-OPED: COVID Judaism is now competitive religion
(RNS) — The danger of online worship is that the worshipper abandons his or her own community and becomes a browser via the browser for spiritual audiovisual experiences. If Jews are looking for the big productions out in the cyber world. how can smaller shuls possibly compete? By Jeffrey Salkin. 625 words. (category: k)