NEWS STORY
RNS-DuVernay-SweetHome: Ava DuVernay takes viewers inside homes of different faiths in ‘Home Sweet Home’
(RNS) — Filmmaker Ava DuVernay gets families to venture into places many have never gone before — the homes of people of a different religious or racial group — through her new docuseries “Home Sweet Home.” By Emily McFarlan Miller and Adelle M. Banks. 750 words. (category: a)
NEWS STORY
RNS-Bruce-Cockburn: ‘Hey, isn’t that—?’ Singer-songwriter Bruce Cockburn goes incognito in worship band
(RNS) — Known for a string of moody folk-rock Billboard 100 hits from the 1980s and his stints playing with The Grateful Dead, Cockburn joined his new church’s worship band and in May released four songs he’d written as a fundraiser for the church’s programs to assist homeless people and combat human trafficking. By John Longhurst. 638 words. (category: a)
NEWS BRIEF
RNS-Pope-Pelosi: Pope Francis meets with US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi at the Vatican
(RNS) — Pope Francis welcomed U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to the Vatican on Saturday (Oct. 9), as she arrived in Rome for a gathering of legislative leaders of G20 countries ahead of the U.N. Climate Change Summit in Scotland later this month. “It was a spiritual, personal and official honor to have an audience with His Holiness Pope Francis this morning,” the speaker said in a statement. By Paul O’Donnell. 469 words. (category: i)
NEWS BRIEF
RNS-Vatican-Ambassador: Biden to nominate Joseph Donnelly as Vatican ambassador
WASHINGTON (RNS) — President Joe Biden has announced his intention to nominate former lawmaker and anti-abortion Democrat Joseph Donnelly to serve as his Vatican ambassador. Donnelly, a Catholic lawyer, served as one of Indiana’s U.S. senators from 2013 to 2019 and as a House member from 2007 to 2013. By Jack Jenkins. 485 words. (category: a)
COMMENTARY
RNS-Kipp-Magid-Ralph-Oped: For Natives, land is sacred. Why aren’t we protecting their religious freedom?
(RNS) — For Natives, the land is the connection to spirituality and a critical part of rituals and practices, and, today, there is a long list of failed attempts to protect Indigenous sacred land through policy and litigation. If we aren’t able to expand our understanding of religion and get clear on who we are protecting, we will continue to leave people and communities behind. By Billie Jo Kipp, Mohamed Magid and Allison K. Ralph. 872 words. (category: k)
