Monthly Archives: September 2021
Catholic lawmakers can’t justify a vote for the Women’s Health Protection Act
By Charles C. Camosy — September 28, 2021
(RNS) — Catholics can debate many abortion measures in good faith. Some are beyond the pale.
Kirk Franklin rereleases ‘Lean on Me’ with virtual global children’s choir
By Adelle M. Banks — September 28, 2021
(RNS) — ‘You have hundreds of kids that are living in marginalized situations,' Franklin said, 'that this song is giving them an opportunity to have a voice.’
Canada’s First Nations await ‘concrete actions’ as bishops apologize for boarding schools
By John Longhurst — September 28, 2021
(RNS) — Assembly of First Nations National Chief RoseAnne Archibald said that, while she welcomed the bishops' Sept. 24 apology, she will wait to see if the bishops' promises will be kept.
Amid pandemic and personal struggles, Max Lucado finds peace in divine purpose
By Emily McFarlan Miller — September 28, 2021
(RNS) — The biblical book of Esther has helped the pastor and bestselling author through his own bout with a breakthrough case of COVID-19 and his recent diagnosis with a serious health condition, called an ascending aortic aneurysm.
Amid global vaccine inequality, Vatican weighs ethics of booster shots
By Claire Giangravé — September 28, 2021
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — While it remains unclear whether Pope Francis will receive a booster dose of the vaccine, Vatican experts weigh the ethics involved in global vaccine distribution.
Pope recognizes errors as Mexico celebrates independence
By Mark Stevenson — September 28, 2021
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Pope Francis sent a message to Mexico bishops marking the occasion, saying it 'necessarily includes a process of purifying memory, that is, to recognize the very painful errors committed in the past.'
What Ötzi the prehistoric iceman can teach us about the use of tattoos in ceremonial healing or religious rites
By Allison Hawn — September 28, 2021
(The Conversation) — When the 5,300-year-old mummy of Ötzi the Iceman was found 30 years ago, researchers found 61 tattoos on it. A scholar explains how tattoos have been a sacred part of many cultures across the world.
Who is this award-winning scientist and future saint?
By RNS Press Release Distribution Service — September 28, 2021
Soularize announces last call to submit for $10K in potential awards for Spiritual Innovators
By RNS Press Release Distribution Service — September 28, 2021
Lexham Press to launch FatCat children’s books line teaching Christian essentials
By RNS Press Release Distribution Service — September 28, 2021
As billionaires grow richer, children go to sleep hungry
By Diane Randall — September 27, 2021
(RNS) — We must adjust a tax code that bends over backward for the extremely wealthy while treating those who struggle as a burden.
From hajj to Italian Jews: Egypt’s national dish has a mixed heritage
By Joseph Hammond — September 27, 2021
(RNS) — Unlike the national dish of other nations, the origins of Koshari are much disputed, and it may have come to Egypt by way of religious minorities.
This Simchat Torah, one ancient Czech scroll has returned to its country of origin
By Yonat Shimron — September 27, 2021
(RNS) — Jewish life was nearly extinguished by the Nazis. But because of a historical quirk, Czech Jewish liturgical objects, such as Torah scrolls, survived. Now, one such scroll has made it back.
Cardinal Raymond Burke says his recovery slow after COVID-19
By Todd Richmond — September 27, 2021
As he recuperates, he has urged the public to pray for his recovery, the world and the church.
Russia declares groups linked to Church of Scientology as ‘undesirable’
By Alejandra Molina — September 27, 2021
(RNS) — The Prosecutor General’s Office on Friday (Sept. 24) said the World Institute of Scientology Enterprises International and the Church of Spiritual Technology "pose a threat to the security of the Russian Federation.”
