Wednesday's News & Ideas - 3/3/2021
- The living wage
- History of ‘Jezebel’
- Catholics shun new vaccine
- Clergy abuse in France
- Simon of Cyrene lessons
- Playing music in quarantine
Workers deserve a living wage, not just a minimum wage
Religion News Service: Anyone who opposes increasing the minimum wage should try, as a Lenten penance, to live off $290 a week.
“Jezebel”: The dehumanizing history of name-calling in the name of God
Religion & Politics: After only two days in office, cries of “Jezebel” began to appear on social media from self-identified Christians describing Vice President Kamala Harris.
Catholics urged to shun Johnson & Johnson vaccine over abortion link
HuffPost: American bishops insist the new one-shot vaccine isn’t the preferred option for Catholics since it was developed using stem cells from the 1970s and ’80s.
French Catholic clergy may have abused at least 10,000 people since 1950, say investigators
CNN: French Catholic clergy could have abused at least 10,000 minors and other vulnerable people since 1950, according to an independent investigation set up by the Church in France.
When we are Simon of Cyrene*
Christian Century: Not all crosses are shiny, salvific, and impressive.
The Spark
The jazz pianist using a computer program to play with other musicians in quarantine
Zoom’s audio delay* can be as much as a half second -- fine for conversation, worthless for music, The New Yorker says.
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