Tuesday's News & Ideas - 10/27/2020

Seeking power in Jesus’ name: Trump sparks a rise of Patriot Churches*
The Washington Post: A new congregation is gathered in a barn in Lenoir City, Tenn., with a roof that has a 60-foot American flag painted on it. And they are praying for a Trump landslide.

U.S. Christian right groups are pouring millions into conservative and anti-LGBTQ causes in Europe, new report says
Time: Twenty-eight U.S. Christian right groups have spent millions of dollars pursuing conservative agendas that threaten LGBTQ and women’s rights in Europe, a new investigation by British news website openDemocracy found Tuesday.

COVID-19 has shone a light on the millennia-old balance between public and private worship
The Conversation: As religious services went online to protect congregants from the coronavirus, a paradox emerged: Worshipers were connected via the internet to a potentially wide community, but it felt like a more private affair.

3 reasons some Latino Catholics lean toward Trump, and what the church can do
National Catholic Reporter: Headlines affirming that President Donald Trump's numbers are up with Latinos, especially in Florida and Arizona, left many of us scratching our heads.

Pope Francis calls Trump’s family separation border policy ‘cruelty of the highest form’*
America: “It’s cruelty, and separating kids from parents goes against natural rights,” the pope says in the documentary “Francesco.” “It’s something a Christian cannot do. It’s cruelty of the highest form.”

The Spark

How to talk to friends and family who share conspiracy theories
Fringe movements* will persist long after Election Day. Here’s how to help according to The New York Times.

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