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RNS Opening Budget — Tuesday, March 2, 2021

NEWS STORY
RNS-Conservative-Methodists: Conservative United Methodists announce new name, logo, website for planned denomination
(RNS) — Conservative United Methodists have chosen a name for the denomination they plan to form if a proposal to split the United Methodist Church is successful: The Global Methodist Church. They unveiled the new name, logo and website days after it was once again postponing the May 2020 meeting that was set to consider that proposal. By Emily McFarlan Miller. 600 words. (category: a)

COMMENTARY
RNS-Reese-Oped: Workers deserve a living wage, not just a minimum wage
(RNS) — For over a century, Catholic social teaching has advocated not for a minimum wage but for a living wage for workers, but sadly, the U.S. Congress cannot even increase the minimum wage because of parliamentary rules and Republican opposition. By Thomas Reese. 698 words. (category: k)

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