Tuesday's News & Ideas - 12/13/2022
- AL Methodists split
- Advent calendars, explained
- Guadalupe pilgrimage
- Reinvention of Catholic Church
- Argentina’s soccer saints
- Rewilding India
After split, Methodists go in different directions
AL.com: After an emotional meeting Saturday in Birmingham that sent long-time United Methodists heading off in different directions, the goodbyes quickly turned into questions of what’s next.
Advent calendars, explained: Where they came from and why they’re everywhere now
NPR: Companies are getting increasingly creative, meaning there’s a much wider variety of Advent goodies to choose from these days.
Mexico’s Guadalupe pilgrimage draws millions of devotees
Al Jazeera: The Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe is the second-most-visited Catholic shrine in the world after St Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City.
The reinvention of the Catholic Church*
The Atlantic: Scandals have taken a toll, and faith is flagging in Europe and the U.S. But Catholicism isn’t on the wane — it’s changing in influential ways.
As their World Cup team advances, Argentines call on folk saints for help
Religion News Service: One expert said that while official Catholic saints tend to be invoked in church, ‘folk saints tend to be more visible in public spaces, including soccer fields.’
The Spark
The promise and the politics of rewilding India
Ecologists are trying to undo environmental damage* in rain forests, deserts, and cities, The New Yorker says. Can their efforts succeed even as Narendra Modi pushes for rapid development?
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