Tuesday's News & Ideas -11/8/2022
- People’s power in midterms
- UMC conference announced
- Embracing Christian nationalism
- Ricard admits to abuse of girl
- Relics of ministry
- Iran’s national soccer team
This midterms, the Bible reminds us poor people have all the power
Sojourners: According to data collected by The Poor People’s Campaign from the 2020 elections, over 50 million poor and low-income voters cast a ballot in the presidential contest which amounted to nearly one-third of all the votes in that election.
United Methodist Church announces date, location for thrice-postponed General Conference
Religion News Service: The next General Conference will be held April 23 to May 3, 2024, at the Charlotte Convention Center in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Who is a Christian nationalist?*
The Dallas Morning News: Formerly hidden ideology is now becoming a brand identity.
French cardinal Jean-Pierre Ricard admits to abusing 14-year-old girl 35 years ago
Associated Press: Ricard released a statement confessing to sexually abusing the child during his early days in the Catholic Church
The sacred relics of a lifetime of ministry*
Christian Century: A widow wasn’t sure she could stomach the sight of a truck carting 56 years of her husband’s work to the dump.
The Spark
A soccer team once united Iran. Now it reflects its divisions.
Team Melli* was long seen as a unifying force in a fractious nation. As it heads to the World Cup, it has become ensnared in its country’s internal politics, The New York Times says.
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