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Need to know: Friday, September 2, 2016
NJ priest suspended for supporting gay groups
Newark Archbishop John Myers has again taken action against the Rev. Warren Hall, this time for publicly backing gay support groups and gay Catholics.
What American women who wear the hijab want you to know
In the short film ‘Hijabi World,’ Muslim women talk about why they wear the headscarf, and how it both enriches and makes life more challenging.
New Smithsonian museum features stories of African-American faith
‘There is no way you can … understand the African-American journey without understanding the very real role faith played in its history,’ said a museum official.
Leaked script shows what advisers want Donald Trump to say at black church
The pastor of the Detroit church was given the questions to ask at Saturday’s event, designed to help the GOP nominee with African-Americans, and Trump’s aides prepared answers for the closed-door, pre-taped session.
Archbishop of Canterbury reveals what keeps him awake
“I am constantly consumed with horror at the way we have treated LGBTI people,” Justin Welby, head of the Anglican Communion, said in a very personal interview. Church unity and keeping children safe are other major concerns.
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Georgetown seeks to make amends for slavery history
WASHINGTON (RNS) Georgetown University officials said steps will include a 'Mass of Reconciliation' with the Jesuits and the Archdiocese of Washington and a memorial to slaves from whom the university benefited.
Pope Francis says care of environment a new ‘work of mercy’
The pope has called for urgent action to stop climate change, saying care of the environment should be added to the traditional seven works of mercy like feeding the hungry and sheltering the homeless.
Mother Teresa is ‘Saint of the Doubters,’ says Jesuit author
The Rev. James Martin, author of the best-selling memoir ‘My Life With the Saints,’ talks about the canonization of Mother Teresa and sainthood in the modern era.
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Please don’t write that memoir
I'm joining Rachel Held Evans, Father James Martin, and others in teaching a $99 online course to help writers become published authors. But one piece of advice is: you might want to hold off on that memoir. 😉
The Christian intellectual tradition is alive and well
So why have commentators bemoaned the absence of Christian thinkers as authoritative voices in American public debates?
Moral injury: An assault on the soul
...just to watch parades or hear macho defenses of the military or ponder theological “just war” arguments will not go far enough, now that we realize anew that moral injury of this sort can be fatal to individuals and cultures.
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Bonus tracks
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- Georgia county will end ban, mosque project can go forward
- Rejecting fear, despair to confront climate crisis as people of faith
