Swords Into Plowshares: Charlottesville’s Robert E Lee statue melted down
“It’s taking that culture of death and repurposing it for the sake of life, telling this very long story of resistance to that white supremacist culture,” said Rev Isaac Collins, a Methodist minister who attended the melting. JACK JENKINS, of Religion News Service, reports…
Vatican synod ends without clear stances on women deacons, LGBT
Vatican CityReuters A month-long Vatican meeting on the future of the Roman Catholic Church ended on Saturday without clear stands on hot-button issues such as women deacons and welcoming the LGBT community. The gathering, known as a Synod of Bishops, followed an unprecedented two-year canvassing of rank-and-file Catholics. The 365 synod participants included 300 bishops […]