Monday's News & Ideas - 12/9/2024
- New Notre Dame’s first mass
- New cardinal appointments
- Our Lady of Guadalupe image
- Microbes in the manger
- Brain preservation
- Converting to Judaism
Notre Dame celebrates first mass in five years after devastating fire
The Guardian: The Archbishop of Paris consecrated the cathedral’s new altar with perfumed oil to the sound of the restored organ.
New crop of cardinals cements Pope Francis’ legacy of diversity and global dialogue
Religion News Service: The pope has now handpicked 80% of the cardinals who will elect his successor.
Religion News Service: A consistory of underdogs: Pope Francis’ new cardinals highlight peripheries
Photographer pays homage to Our Lady of Guadalupe and reclaims her connection with the divine
NPR: For photographer Amanda Lopez, Our Lady of Guadalupe’s image goes beyond religion, serving as a powerful emblem of home.
Microbes in the manger*
The Christian Century: God is humbly present in every living creature. Maybe closer than we’ve imagined.
‘With brain preservation, nobody has to die’: Meet the neuroscientist who believes life could be eternal
The Guardian: A brilliant young scientist believes that if we preserve our brains, they could be revived in the future, helping us live for centuries.
The Spark
Converting to Judaism in the wake of October 7th
For decades, I maintained a status quo of living like a Jew without being one. When I finally pursued conversion,* I discovered that I was part of a larger movement born of crisis, Jeannie Suk Gersen writes for The New Yorker.
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