NEWS STORY
RNS-Capuchins-Padrepio: Actor Shia LaBeuof prepared for Padre Pio biopic with Capuchin friars
(RNS) – Capuchin friars in California hosted actor Shia LaBeuof in mid-August to help him immerse himself in the spiritual life of the community as he prepares to interpret Saint Padre Pio in an upcoming feature on the famed stigmatic friar. By Claire Giangravè. 800 words. (category i)
NEWS STORY
RNS-RFD-Congregations: Texas churches identifying as ‘Reproductive Freedom Congregations’ to fight stigma on abortion
(RNS) — Similar to churches declaring as LGBTQ-affirming, houses of worship in Texas — where a new law allows any person to sue those who help a woman get an abortion — are affirming as Reproductive Freedom Congregations (RFD). This designation affirms that Texas houses of faith are working toward building trust and respect for women as well as removing the stigma on reproductive health, including abortion. By Alejandra Molina. 1,050 words. (category: a)
COMMENTARY
RNS-Salkin-Oped: During the High Holy Days, ‘each of us is a cemetery’
(RNS) — This is always how I feel during the Days of Awe, but particularly and most poignantly, during the Yizkor service, the memorial service on Yom Kippur. For me, the “holy of holies” in that service is the silent meditation, in which some liturgies contain soliloquies addressed to the dead — “to my dear mother,” etc. During those moments of silence, I reflect on all those whom I have lost. My parents, aunts and uncles, grandparents – this year, a dear cousin. By Jeffrey Salkin. 540 words. (category: k)
