Monday's News & Ideas - 6/28/2021

Pope sends more mixed messages on L.G.B.T.Q. rights*
The New York Times: An encouraging note from Pope Francis capped an especially disorienting week on the Vatican’s stance toward gay rights.

White hysteria, Critical Race Theory, and eyes that dare not see
Baptist News Global: A significant portion of the U.S. white population simply cannot face the vicious history and ongoing reality of white racism in this country.

Trudeau says Pope should apologize on Canadian soil for church’s role in residential schools
Reuters: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday he has asked the pope to come to Canada to apologize for the Catholic Church’s role running residential schools for indigenous children, after nearly 1,000 bodies were found in two mass graves.
Religion News Service: The American church needs to reckon with its legacy in Indigenous boarding schools

Science should not try to absorb religion and other ways of knowing*
Scientific American: Our diverse ways of seeing reality will never, and should never, meld into a monolithic worldview.

First denomination to condemn Uyghur Muslim genocide? Southern Baptists
Christianity Today: While headlines focused on intra-Baptist fights during the recent Southern Baptist Convention in Nashville, many commentators overlooked a remarkable resolution advocating for Uyghur Muslims in China.

The Spark

This startup is training doctors to deliver better care for people of color
Spora is aiming to make primary care* more culturally competent, Fast Company says.

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