Tuesday's News & Ideas - 7/2/2024
- First millennial saint
- PCUSA to divest from Israel bonds
- Pro-Russian bishop in Bulgaria
- Conversation with Rowan Williams
- Muslims’ ‘silent flight’ from France
- Earliest known photograph of a first lady
A teen tech whiz nicknamed ‘God's influencer’ will become the first millennial saint
NPR: A teenage computer whiz who used the early-aughts internet to spread awareness of the Catholic faith will become the church's first millennial saint.
Presbyterian Church (USA) votes to divest from Israel bonds
Religion News Service: The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) voted Monday (July 1) to divest from Israel bonds and begin the process of encouraging two companies it believes are contributing to human rights abuses against Palestinians in the occupied territories to quit their practices.
Bulgaria’s Orthodox Church elects a new patriarch with pro-Russian views
Associated Press: Bulgaria’s Orthodox Church on Sunday elected Daniil, a 52-year-old metropolitan considered to be pro-Russian, as its new leader in a vote that reflected the divisions in the church and wider society since Russia invaded Ukraine more than two years ago.
Politics, faith and mission: A conversation with Rowan Williams
Baptist News Global: A senior columnist at Baptist News Global sat down with Lord Williams in his study in Cardiff for a long conversation about politics, faith and diversity.
‘Here I found respect for who I am’: the French citizens who choose to leave
The Guardian: Scores of highly qualified French citizens from Muslim backgrounds have left the country in recent years.
The Spark
The Smithsonian acquires the earliest known photograph of an American first lady
A surviving daguerreotype from Dolley Madison’s 1846 sitting recently resurfaced after decades in obscurity, says Smithsonian Magazine.
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