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NEWS STORY
RNS-Vatican-USBishops: Biden communion debate suggests rift between US bishops and Pope Francis
(RNS) – According to some Vatican observers, discussions about banning communion for pro-choice politicians are less about the sacrament of communion and more about the lack of communion between the US episcopacy and the Vatican. By Claire Giangravè. 1,000 words. (category i)
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RNS-Vatican-Biden: US Bishops try to rein in the Biden administration, but the Vatican is all smiles
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Even as President Joe Biden faces mounting pressure from U.S. Catholic bishops for his views on abortion, experts say the president’s policy positions on issues from immigration to poverty are likely to find resonance with the Vatican. By Jack Jenkins. 1,100 words. (category: a)
NEWS STORY
RNS-Unknown-Soldier: Unknown Soldier’s precarious journey home included chaplain’s prayer
(RNS) — The story of the USS Olympia, which transported the Unknown Soldier through stormy seas, is being highlighted by a Philadelphia museum 100 years after its little-known journey. A curator says a captain’s seeking the prayer of a chaplain showed how dangerous the trip was. By Adelle M. Banks. 800 words (category: a)
NEWS STORY
RNS-Jews-Palestinians: For many younger Jews, supporting Palestinian right is in line with their Jewish identities
(RNS) — Younger Jews in and around the U.S. are publicly questioning their relationship to Israel and Zionism in the midst of the violence that killed at least a dozen people in Israel and hundreds in the occupied Palestinian territories. By Alejandra Molina. 950 words. (category: a)
COMMENTARY
RNS-Brunson-Oped: This Supreme Court decision could increase discrimination against religious minorities
(RNS) — If a taxpayer-funded religious social services organization can discriminate against individuals based on the assertion their sexual orientations are inconsistent with the organization’s own religious tenets, it can almost certainly discriminate against individuals whose religious beliefs are inconsistent with its religious tenets. By Samuel D. Brunson. 783 words. (category: k)
COMMENTARY
RNS-Gilkes-Oped: The meaning of Tulsa
(RNS) — Unspoken and unspeakable, the Greenwood massacre is a painful bulwark in the broken soul of America. Centennials can be occasions for asking and answering the question famously asked by Toni Cade Bambara in her novel “The Salteaters”: “Do you want to be healed?” Centennials can be reflection points and inflection points about meanings and missions. By Cheryl Townsend Gilkes. 1,205 words. (category: k)
COMMENTARY
RNS-Camosy-Oped: Supreme Court’s hearing of Mississippi abortion law is a gut check for pro-lifers
(RNS) — We must pursue prenatal justice confident in the hope that human beings can and will similarly be taught by laws that defend the most vulnerable human beings imaginable, even (and perhaps especially) when their dignity is inconvenient for a patriarchal culture to acknowledge. By Charles C. Camosy. 1,030 words. (category: k)