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Need to know: Wednesday, January 15, 2020
Teach your children well: Viral tweet sparks debate over passing on faith
A viral tweet sparked a conversation among Christians about the morality of parents passing on the faith to their children.
Cyntoia Brown-Long to speak at Catholic church anti-abortion rally
Cyntoia Brown-Long will be the keynote speaker at OneLife LA, an anti-abortion event hosted by the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.
Benedict XVI steps back from book that put him at odds with pope
Former Pope Benedict XVI asked Tuesday (Jan. 14) not to be mentioned as co-author of a book scheduled for release in February, according to a close aide. Excerpts from the book published on Monday appeared to place the pope emeritus at odds with Pope Francis on priestly celibacy.
Survey: Protestant pastors don’t think geopolitics hastens Second Coming
Only 12% of Protestant pastors say that they strongly or somewhat agreed with the idea that Christians can speed up the return of Christ by supporting geopolitical changes mentioned in the Bible.
The age of nones may favor churches that welcome doubters
Ryan Burge asks, can people who are plagued with doubt feel welcomed by a church that is filled with those who are certain about what they believe?
Who is an Evangelical? An interview with Thomas Kidd
A new book from Thomas S. Kidd, "Who Is an Evangelical? The History of a Movement in Crisis," challenges the popular impression that evangelicals are only white and Republican.
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Why schism? United Methodist leaders explain proposal to split the denomination
Participants offered a behind-the-scenes look at how they arrived at a proposal, announced earlier this month, that would allow conservative United Methodist churches and conferences to split from the denomination over their beliefs barring LGBTQ United Methodists from ordination and marriage.
First woman Muslim chaplain commissioned in the US military
Saleha Jabeen became a second lieutenant in a December ceremony at the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago.
New Benedict book promotes priestly celibacy, suggesting rift with Francis
In a new book he co-authored, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI defends clerical celibacy at a time when Pope Francis in considering allowing more married men to become Catholic priests.
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Fairness for All: Caught between gender equality and religious liberty
The Fairness for All Act, designed to sort out the right to provide services or not based on one's faith, works as sentiment, but falls short as policy, writes Mark Silk.
Why ‘Cats’ is a musical for our time
The earnest shlock and high camp of 'Cats' — what else can we call Taylor Swift playing a feline in a pastiche of Eliot's Anglo-Catholic mysticism? — captures our current state of dread, writes Tara Isabella Burton.
Two popes are one too many
(RNS) — Although technically Benedict lost his papal authority when he resigned, his new book on priestly celibacy shows how he still flexes his authority.
