Wednesday's News & Ideas - 6/26/2023
- Toll of being a spiritual leader
- Layoffs to Catholic social justice dept
- Religious charter school blocked
- Big events & heat
- Apache ceremonies
- Vanished engagement ring
‘I love this work, but it’s killing me’: The unique toll of being a spiritual leader today
The Conversation: There is growing attention to the stresses clergy have experienced amid the COVID-19 pandemic and increasing polarization.
Catholic bishops’ conference announces major layoffs to department focused on social justice
Religion News Service: The department includes programs focused on international policy, environmental justice, racism and domestic anti-poverty initiatives.
Nation’s first publicly funded religious charter school blocked by Oklahoma Supreme Court
CNN: An effort to establish the first publicly funded religious charter school in the country has been blocked by the Oklahoma Supreme Court.
Heat is killing thousands, and big events have not adjusted*
The New York Times: The deaths of at least 1,300 pilgrims during the hajj point to the growing threat that climate change poses to beloved gatherings.
They took part in Apache ceremonies. Their schools expelled them for satanic activities
The Guardian: Educators on the Fort Apache Reservation have repeatedly condemned teens for participating in a sacred dance. It follows a pattern of Christian discipline begun more than a century ago.
The Spark
A year ago, her engagement ring vanished at a hospital. She still cherishes the man who gave it to her
Faye Bauman was wearing her diamond ring when she fell and broke her hip, CNN says. At North Florida Hospital in Gainesville, she took off several pieces of jewelry, including the ring, and gave them to a nurse.
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