Monday's News & Ideas - 10/26/2020
- Wilton Gregory named cardinal
- TikTok televangelism
- Hillsong Church buys music venue
- MI clergy abuse probe
- The Catholic voting bloc
- Rebooting the 2016 horror show
Pope names US Archbishop Wilton Gregory 1st African American cardinal
ABC News: The 72-year-old Gregory, who led the Roman Catholic Church’s response to an internal sexual abuse scandal in the early 2000s, was one of 13 new cardinals named by Pope Francis.
Reuters: Pope names new cardinals, putting his stamp on Church’s future
Meet the TikTok generation of televangelists
Christianity Today: Christian TikTok creators hope to leverage the easy virality for the sake of evangelism.
From Faith No More to faith healing: Melbourne’s Festival Hall sold to Hillsong Church
The Guardian: Purchase of beloved building by evangelical church sparks backlash, with some musicians vowing to boycott venue, which will remain open to outside performances.
Michigan’s clergy abuse probe identifies 454 accused priests, 811 victims*
MLive: A two-year investigation into sexual abuse in Michigan’s Catholic churches has, so far, identified 454 accused priests and 811 victims, and led to charges against 11 clergymen.
Are Trump and Biden chasing a voting bloc that doesn’t exist?
Deseret News: Amid discussion of the presidential candidates courting the Catholic vote, we ask if the Catholic vote truly exists.
The Spark
Don’t reboot the 2016 horror show
The center-left in this 2020 sequel* didn’t heed the clear lessons of its cataclysmic defeat in 2016, The New Republic says.
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