EDS: RNS-Clergy-Abortion will transmit tomorrow.
NEWS STORY
RNS-Evangelicals-Vaccine: In COVID hot-spots, a pattern: High concentrations of white evangelicals
(RNS) — As COVID-19 cases surge again, two things are true about many counties seeing hotspots: vaccination rates are low and white evangelical Protestant populations are high, according to a new data analysis. By Jack Jenkins. 1,200 words. (category: a)
NEWS STORY
RNS-Jewish-Cemeteries: Report: Nearly half of Jewish cemeteries in Europe are falling apart
(RNS) — A new report cataloguing 1,700 Jewish cemeteries across Central and Eastern Europe found that almost half them are in a severe state of disrepair.m The report, to be published in September, was undertaken by the European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative, a group funded by the European Union. By Yonat Shimron. 450 words. (category: a)
NEWS STORY
RNS-Historic-Churches: Historic African American churches receive preservation grant
(RNS) — On Thursday, the National Trust for Historic Preservation announced more than $3 million in grant funding to be distributed through the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund. Among the 40 organizations receiving funding are four historic Black churches. By Renée Roden. 590 words. (category: a)
NEWS STORY
RNS- ACNAtoo-Letter: Abuse prevention advocates call for ACNA bishop to be permanently removed
(RNS) — ACNAtoo – an advocacy group concerned about abuse in a province of the Anglican Church in North America — want a prominent bishop permanently removed from office for mishandling abuse allegations. By Bob Smietana 400 words. (category: a)
COMMENTARY
RNS-Camosy-Oped: Will those suffering late-stage dementia be the next to be called less than human?
(RNS) — As health care resources become more scarce, one population at risk is those human beings with late-stage dementia, who are increasingly thought to have had “their personal identity destroyed” by their disease — and thus not owed life-sustaining treatment or care. By Charles C. Camosy. 634 words. (category: k)
COMMENTARY
RNS-Kemsley-Oped: LDS outreach to immigrants grows, pushing church members to examine GOP ties
(RNS) — As a progressive and a Mormon, I have come to regard cognitive dissonance as predictable a part of my life as cappuccinos and cosmopolitans. So it is with equal parts confusion and relief that I have lately found myself agreeing with the leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. By Tamarra Kemsley. 1,037 words. (category: k)
COMMENTARY
RNS-Silk-Oped: White evangelicals in numerical, political decline
(RNS) — A lesson from the new PRRI religious census: more nones, more non-Christians, fewer “white evangelicals.” That’s also the story of religion in American electoral politics today. By Mark Silk. 426 words. (category: k)