Cardinal expects ‘significant progress’ at sex abuse summit
Source: Associated Press By JEFF KAROUB and NICOLE WINFIELD DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. archbishop helping to organize next week’s summit of the world’s bishops at the Vatican on sexual […]
‘It Will Cause a Scandal.’ The Pope and a Trusted U.S. Cardinal Clash Over Sex-Abuse Crisis
Source: The Wall Street Journal By Francis X. Rocca VATICAN CITY—Cardinal Sean O’Malley of Boston, chief adviser to Pope Francis on protecting children from sexual abuse, called a meeting with […]
Amish Facts You Need To Know: Rumspringa, Buggies, And More
Source: http://www.hooch.net The Amish are renowned for their unique traditions, from their desire to live a simple life without the complications of modern technology to their unmistakable dress code. Being […]
Drinking two or more diet beverages a day linked to high risk of stroke, heart attacks
Source: CNN By Sandee LaMotte (CNN)More bad news for diet soda lovers: Drinking two or more of any kind ofartificially sweetened drinks a day is linked to an increased risk […]
This Presidential Candidate Wants to Give Every Adult $1,000 a Month
Source: Time By ABBY VESOULIS Andrew Yang’s presidential platform is idiosyncratic. He’d like to fine companies that harass you with robocalls, force the NCAA to pay its college athletes, modernize voting […]
Why Does the Catholic Church Keep Failing on Sexual Abuse?
Source: The Atlantic A few years after seán o’malley took over the Archdiocese of Boston in 2003, at the peak of the clergy sexual-abuse crisis in America, he led novenas of […]
Call to ban killer robots in wars
By Pallab GhoshScience correspondent, BBC News, Washington DC 15 February 2019 Image captionThis is not about terminator robots but “conventional weapons systems with autonomy” A group of scientists has called […]
North Carolina To Have Its First Black Woman As Supreme Court Chief Justice
Source: Huffington Post By Kimberley Richards North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) on Tuesday appointed Cheri Beasley to be the chief justice of the state’s Supreme Court. Beasley will be the […]
It’s Christian politics, not AIPAC money, that explains American support for Israel
Source: The Washington Post By Sam Goldman Why do so many American politicians, from state legislators and governors to members of Congress to presidents, express such passionate support for the State of Israel? Rep. Ilhan Omar […]
US ex-cardinal Theodore McCarrick defrocked over abuse claims
Source: BBC Theodore McCarrick is the most senior Catholic figure to be dismissed from the priesthood in modern times. US Church officials said allegations he had sexually assaulted a teenager five decades ago were credible. Mr McCarrick, 88, had previously resigned but said he had “no recollection” of the alleged […]
METHODIST MADNESS
Source: First Things by Charlotte Allen Duke University, which prides itself on being an elite and cosmopolitan institution of higher learning, has suddenly reminded the world—and probably many of its own […]
Christian student challenged a school history lesson on Islam and lost in court
Source: The Washington Post By Ann E. Marimow As a high school junior, Caleigh Wood refused to complete a history lesson on “The Muslim World” that she said forced her to […]
Turkey seeks 1,112 suspects linked to failed coup
Source: Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s state-run news agency says authorities have issued detention warrants for 1,112 people suspected of links to the U.S.-based Muslim cleric who is […]
Smoking Among Teens Has Stopped Declining. And Vaping Is to Blame, Officials Say
Source: Time By MIKE STOBBE / AP (NEW YORK) — Cigarette smoking rates have stopped falling among U.S. kids, and health officials believe youth vaping is responsible. For decades, the percentage […]
The West is encouraging a vicious war between Sunnis and Shias — that’s the real truth about Iran and Saudi Arabia
It is pitiful to listen to Netanyahu blathering on about ‘the last anniversary of the revolution [the Iranians] will celebrate’ if Iran attacks Tel Aviv. It is equally pitiful to listen to a Revolutionary Guards commander claiming that Iran could demolish entire cities in Israel if the US attacked Iran […]
If Trump and his friends seriously cared about antisemitism, Ilhan Omar wouldn’t be their priority
Ilhan Omar was accused of being antisemitic for tweeting about AIPAC Democrats and Republicans alike have seemed much more eager to make an issue of a progressive’s jokes about a […]
Whose History Matters? Students Can Name Columbus, But Most Have Never Heard of the Taíno People
Columbus’s treatment of the Taíno people meets the UN definition of genocide. But there has also been a curricular genocide — erasing the memory of the Taíno from our nation’s […]
Ilhan Omar ignites new anti-Semitism controversy with comments on AIPAC
Source: Politico By JOHN BRESNAHAN Freshman Minnesota Democrat Ilhan Omar ignited a new controversy on Sunday night when she suggested GOP support for Israel is driven by campaign donations from a […]
Abuse of Faith
Source: Houston Chronicle By Robert Downen, Lise Olsen, and John Tedesco Multimedia by Jon Shapley First of three parts Thirty-five years later, Debbie Vasquez’s voice trembled as she described her trauma to a […]
The Church With the $6 Billion Portfolio
Source: The New York Times By Jane Margolies [What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] Since the blockbuster musical “Hamilton,” tourists have been […]