Thursday's News & Ideas - 11/14/2024
- Church attendance under Welby
- Latino evangelicals & Trump
- Wrongful termination for vaccine
- History of Canterbury drama
- TX town opposes LDS temple
- Art forgeries bust
How church attendance continued to decline under Justin Welby*
The Telegraph: The number of congregants has fallen by 25,000 a year since Archbishop of Canterbury took office in 2013.
Latino evangelicals praise Donald Trump as president-elect who respects Christians
NPR: At First Bilingual Christian Church in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, this Sunday, the congregation was praying, in both Spanish and English, for President Biden and President-elect Donald Trump.
Former Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan employee who refused COVID-19 vaccine awarded $13 million
CBS News: A federal jury awarded a $13 million verdict to a former Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan employee who says she was wrongfully terminated for refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccine due to her religion.
The Archbishop of Canterbury has resigned in shame. The job has survived much worse.
Religion News Service: Justin Welby’s predecessors have at times met gruesome fates — being stabbed or burned at the stake — but over 16 centuries the position itself has not only survived but retained its significance and power.
Texas mayor won't let LDS Church ‘bully’ town into building massive temple*
Chron: In August, the Fairview City Council denied the Latter-day Saints a permit to build a massive temple in a residential zone. But the battle hasn’t stopped.
The Spark
2,100 fakes rounded up in art forgeries bust
Italian officials said they had dismantled a Europe-wide network of forgers* and dealers selling works purported to be by A-list artists, mostly through auction houses, The New York Times says.
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