Pastor Craig Groeschel. Photo courtesy of Life.Church
Need to know: Thursday, March 5, 2020
Craig Groeschel, Life.Church pastor, quarantined at home after coronavirus exposure
Craig Groeschel, pastor at one of the largest churches in the U.S., is in isolation after exposure to the coronavirus while at a conference in Germany.
Albany becomes third city to condemn India’s citizenship laws
The capital of New York state has passed the United States' third resolution denouncing the far-right Indian government’s changes to citizenship laws that allege anti-Muslim bias.
How Reddit is helping ex-La Luz del Mundo members cope with life after the church
The subreddit appears to include commentary from former and current members of the church who may be nonbelievers but who remain in La Luz del Mundo for their families and loved ones.
Dorothy Day defied definition. Now the potential saint is the subject of a new film.
The former journalist who founded the Catholic Worker movement was a committed Catholic who gave her life to the cause of the poor, yet also disdained government assistance.
Pope Francis in the jungle
When it comes to the Amazon, he's got a plan for dealing with capitalism, but not for addressing the priest shortage, writes Mark Silk.
Buttigieg’s candidacy made being gay and openly Christian normal, LGBT activists say
Pete Buttigieg made history as the first openly gay presidential candidate to win primary delegates before ending his campaign on Sunday. But LGBT advocates say he broke another, equally important barrier: He spoke openly of his Christian faith in a country where religion and gay rights are often seen at odds with each other.
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2012 Wisconsin Sikh temple shooting survivor dies of wounds
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Baba Punjab Singh died Monday, bringing the death toll in the temple attack to seven and making it the worst mass shooting in Wisconsin since 2005.
JD Greear, Omar Suleiman to discuss Christian-Muslim relations at NC college
Evangelical students will hear the Southern Baptist Convention president and prominent imam discuss how evangelicals and Muslims can find a way forward ‘in a time of unprecedented division and distrust.’
On Super Tuesday, new book encourages Christian voters ‘Thou Shalt Not Be A Jerk’
Pastor and author Eugene Cho talked to Religion News Service about a better way for Christians to engage politics in a contentious election year and discussed his new book, 'Thou Shalt Not Be A Jerk.'
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How we respond to coronavirus outbreaks may depend on what we want from religion
(RNS) — Now is the time to faithfully prepare while rejecting fear-driven panic, stigmatization and prejudice.
Democrats ignore Catholic voters at their own peril
With Catholics almost evenly split between Republicans and Democrats, they may be the key to those prized swing states that can determine the outcome in November, writes Thomas Reese.
Fleeing coronavirus and finding our mortality
(RNS) — Our reaction to the coronavirus threat is also a statement about our need for control: our bodies, our world.
