Will Graham, left, with Luke Zamperini, Louis Zamperini’s only son, on the set of “Unbroken: Path to Redemption.” Photo courtesy of WTA Group/Universal 1440 Entertainment
Need to know: Friday, September 14, 2018
Will Graham: It’s ‘daunting’ to portray his famous granddad in ‘Unbroken’ sequel
"I carry on what he's taught me on an everyday basis," the famed evangelist's grandson said. "That doesn't bother me. But trying to do it on a movie set is different."
‘Connecting the dots’ between faith and climate change
The Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco is a chance to raise the profile of the small and large ways California’s faith communities are fighting for the environment.
Sikh group to Department Of Education: Treat our religion as an ethnicity, too
The Department of Education is embracing a definition of Judaism as both a religion and an ethnicity. Other groups have asked for the same treatment.
Free speech on campus: The real crisis is the confrontation that never happens
Students are failing to learn how to engage the arguments they hate, which puts all of us at risk, according to First Amendment scholars, policymakers and university professors.
Cars, laptops and a ranch: how Brazil bishop allegedly misused church funds
Bishop José Ronaldo Ribeiro resigned after he and 10 others went on trial for racketeering, money laundering and embezzlement.
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Abuse scandal hits diocese of cardinal set to meet with pope
(AP) — Daniel DiNardo, the cardinal leading a delegation to a Vatican meeting about the church abuse crisis, has been accused of not doing enough to stop a priest who was arrested this week on abuse charges.
Pope OKs probe into West Virginia bishop as he meets with US delegation
(AP) — Francis on Thursday accepted the resignation of a West Virginia bishop, Michael Bransfield, who has been accused of sexually harassing adults.
Faith-based disaster-relief teams on standby as Florence nears
The biggest of the volunteer groups ready to clean up from Hurricane Florence have the words ‘Baptist’ and ‘Methodist’ in their titles.
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Pressing pope to accept his resignation, Cardinal Wuerl does the right thing
(RNS) — Cardinal Wuerl is certainly not the worst bishop of his generation in handling abuse. In fact, he was one of the best, but that is still not good enough. Today we have a higher standard.
Mormonism and the dangers of empire
This week's leaked document about Mormon cover-ups for alleged sexual abusers raises the uncomfortable reminder that my religion is firmly enmeshed with the politics of empire. Which really never ends well.
Siri doesn’t know squat
They are smart phones. They are not wise phones.
