RNS Opening Budget—Monday, August 16, 2021

Religion News Service

August 16, 2021 at 12:07 p.m. ET

NEWS STORY
RNS-COVID-Kids: Unvaccinated children drive congregations’ back-to-school decisions
(RNS) — Across the country, congregations of a variety of faiths are grappling with what to do and what not to do as children — especially those under 12 who do not have access to a COVID-19 vaccine — are returning to academic classrooms amid rising cases often attributed to the delta variant. By Adelle M. Banks. 1,200 words. (category: a)

NEWS STORY
RNS-Burke-Ventilator: Cardinal Burke is placed on ventilator days after testing positive for COVID-19
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — A message from the Twitter account of Cardinal Raymond L. Burke, a conservative prelate and outspoken skeptic of the COVID-19 vaccine, confirmed Saturday (Aug. 14) via Twitter that he had been placed on a ventilator after testing positive for the virus. By Claire Giangravé. 430 words. (category: a)

COMMENTARY
RNS-Davie-Lewis-Oped: LGBTQ freedoms — all of our freedoms — depend on restoring voting rights
(RNS) — The future of racial justice, defending the rights of women and enshrining LGBTQ nondiscrimination into law depends on this democracy remaining a democracy. The clear solution to this crisis is to pass the For the People Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Act. By Frederick A. Davie and Jacqui Lewis. 680 words. (category: k)

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