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NEWS BRIEF
RNS-Jones-Belmont: Duke Divinity School dean tapped as Belmont University president
(RNS) — L. Gregory Jones, the longtime dean of the United Methodist-affiliated Duke Divinity School, will become the new president of Belmont University, a nondenominational Christian school next to Music Row in Nashville. By Yonat Shimron. 400 words. (category: a)
NEWS STORY
RNS-Warren-Video: Pastor Rick Warren apologizes for children’s Sunday school video loaded with Asian culture stereotypes
(RNS) — Saddleback Church pastor Rick Warren has apologized for a children’s Sunday school curriculum video that used Asian culture stereotypes to teach kids about the Bible. The video has been removed, but Michelle Ami Reyes, vice president for the Asian American Christian Collaborative, on Twitter described the video as using Asian culture “as a prop for slapstick humor.” By Alejandra Molina. 625 words. (category: a)
NEWS STORY
RNS-BlackWomen-Ministry: Rev. Suzan Johnson Cook’s Black women in ministry program gains $1 million grant
(RNS) — A new program pairing Black women in ministry with mentors has received a $1 million grant from Lilly Endowment. The Rev. Suzan Johnson Cook, former U.S. international religious freedom ambassador, and her home church in Harlem, New York, have partnered on the initiative that includes women in about a dozen denominations. By Adelle M. Banks. 300 words. (category: a)
NEWS STORY
RNS-Greene-Expel: Jewish groups join chorus of voices calling for expulsion of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Jewish groups are decrying remarks by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a freshman Republican lawmaker from Georgia who has expressed support for numerous conspiracy theories, with at least one organization calling on lawmakers to expel her for endorsing views they say are anti-Semitic. By Jack Jenkins. 656 words. (category: a)
NEWS STORY
RNS-Imbolc-Pandemic: Imbolc’s celebration of hearth and home resonates with Pagans in a pandemic year
(RNS) — As Brigid’s feast at Imbolc approaches Tuesday (Feb. 2), it turns out a celebration of a goddess associated with hearth and home resonates in the midst of a pandemic, when most people are staying close to said home. By Emily McFarlan Miller. 1,000 words. (category: a)
NEWS STORY
RNS-German-Synod: German bishops to resume Synodal Path to address old and new crises
(RNS) – Following a hiatus due to the pandemic, German bishops will resume discussions this week for the Synodal Path, a set of conferences with lay and religious to address important questions in the Catholic Church, just as the country faces yet another scandal of sexual abuse by clergy. By Claire Giangravè. 1500 words. (category: i)
COMMENTARY
RNS-Salkin-Oped: Marjorie Taylor Greene must go — now!
(RNS) — There is a sadistic Jew-hating conspiracy theorist in Congress. Get rid of her. The Republican Jewish Coalition has condemned Rep. Greene, as have other major Jewish organizations. Now it is time for Jews in the Republican trenches to get up and scream about her. By Jeffrey Salkin. 998 words. (category: k)