Archbishop Christophe Pierre, the Vatican’s apostolic nuncio to the U.S., addresses a gathering of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Baltimore on Nov. 12, 2018. RNS photo by Jack Jenkins
Need to know: Tuesday, November 13, 2018
Vatican instructs U.S. bishops to halt voting on sex abuse measures
But Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago, citing the urgency of the abuse crisis for the American church, urged that the bishops still discuss the "action items."
Notre Dame students cite faith as they kneel during national anthem to protest racism
The students argued their demonstration was in the spirit of Notre Dame's former president, the Rev. Theodore Hesburgh, who protested with Martin Luther King Jr.
Welcoming veterans to belated college careers with yoga and a dose of Taoism
The Manhattan College program seeks to help veterans reintegrate into civilian and academic life after being separated from both for years of isolating service.
How the Great War gave us the US Conference of Catholic Bishops
The USCCB began as a war council gathered to present a patriotic Catholic face at a critical time for the U.S. and American Catholics.
‘Profoundly dismayed’: Amnesty strips Suu Kyi of top honor
The UK-based human rights group said it was revoking the Ambassador of Conscience Award it gave the Myanmar leader in 2009 during her 15-year house arrest.
Rep-elect Ilhan Omar backs BDS movement in new interview
Omar, one of the first two Muslim women elected to Congress, will likely be the first member of Congress to explicitly support the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement against Israel.
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Jerusalem mayoral race exposes religious-secular rift
JERUSALEM (RNS) — A fight over nightclub closures on the sabbath represents a larger tug-of-war over whose values will prevail — the ultra-Orthodox Jews' or those of their more mainstream Jewish neighbors.
Michigan lay group releases clergy sex abuse reader for US bishops
‘No More Victims’ wants bishops to address clergy sex abuse of adults in fall meetings as well as the abuse of minors
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For more information or to arrange an interview with one of the board members of No More Victims, please contact Kevin Wandra (404-788-1276 or [email protected]) of Carmel Communications.Lutheran school in Thousand Oaks learns how to grieve after losing one of its own
Mourners packed the chapel at California Lutheran University, not quite 24 hours after a mass shooting at the Borderline Bar and Grill claimed the lives of a dozen people.
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Is schism possible in the Catholic Church?
(RNS) — There is talk of schism as the American bishops meet in Baltimore this week, but In order to have a schism, you need truly divisive issues that split the community.
What the California fires cannot destroy
If you’re looking for (spiritual) sparks, sift through the ashes, writes Jeff Salkin.
An ancient Jewish WWI veteran speaks
The most haunting story that I know. It’s about Veterans’ Day.
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