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Tuesday's News & Ideas - 5/30/2023

  • CA Catholic Church facing lawsuits
  • Religious character on TV
  • Nun’s exhumed body intact
  • Seminarian & NFL coach
  • Ethnic minority in China defend mosque
  • Guide to meditation

Catholic Church in California grapples with more than 3,000 lawsuits, alleging child sex abuse
Religion News Service: Advocates have been left stunned by the number of cases that surfaced during this revival window.

Playing a religious character without making faith the punchline
NPR: Jeff Hiller brilliantly plays Joel in “Someone Somewhere” and himself was raised in the church and almost became a pastor.

Nun’s body intact four years after death draws people to Missouri monastery
The Guardian: Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster’s body was exhumed and found to be ‘incorrupt,’ a sign of holiness and later justification for sainthood.

Inside Frank Reich’s journey from NFL QB to Panthers coach
ESPN: Reich believed, as several at Reformed Theological Seminary recalled, he could fulfill his vision for ministry as a coach rather than a preacher.

Thousands of ethnic minority Muslims defy Chinese authorities in defense of mosque
CNN: Thousands of ethnic minority Muslims surrounded a mosque in southwestern China over the weekend in a last-ditch effort to prevent what they said was an attempt by authorities to remove its dome and minarets, as a crackdown on religious freedoms widens.

The Spark

A guide to meditation for people who think they can’t meditate
A no-rules approach to building a meditation practice according to Vox.

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