Friday's News & Ideas - 9/29/2023
- Pope & climate change
- Southwest Airlines avoids training
- Church & suicide
- Seminary turned luxury hotel
- Tension in Israel on Yom Kippur
- Passing down the family’s language
The pope is concerned about climate change. How do U.S. Catholics feel about it?
Pew Research Center: Despite Francis’ years of outspokenness on the subject, not all Catholics in the United States share his concerns
Southwest Airlines lawyers win reprieve from religious liberty training order
Reuters: Three lawyers at Southwest Airlines have received a last-minute reprieve from a judge’s order requiring them to attend a “religious-liberty training” set to be conducted on Tuesday by the conservative Christian legal group Alliance Defending Freedom.
Our church lost three men to suicide in two years*
Christianity Today: The church can play a vital role in helping members with mental health issues, a pastor writes.
How an abandoned seminary became Milan’s finest hotel*
Forbes: The luxury hotel isn’t just another 5-star property for wealthy tourists; it’s a welcoming space for locals, offering shopping, dining and public events.
How a prayer meeting split Israeli Jews on their holiest day*
The New York Times: A confrontation in Tel Aviv on Yom Kippur is part of a wider battle over the character of Israel as the government tries to weaken the judiciary.
The Spark
The parents trying to pass down a language they hardly speak
Losing your family’s language* can feel like an inevitable side effect of immigration — but it’s one I want to prevent, Kat Chow writes at The Atlantic.
*access is limited for nonsubscribers
