RNS Morning Report: Pope's charitable fund weighed by financial scandals

Top Stories Pope’s charitable fund still weighed by financial scandals, costs of Curia (RNS) — Peter’s Pence, a fund dedicated to the pope’s charitable works, has been at the heart of a Vatican financial scandal.   California again seeks to pass human composting bill as Catholic bishops oppose it (RNS) — Burial, cremation and alkaline hydrolysis are the only death care choices currently available in California.   Rolland Slade, SBC Executive Committee chair: seeking ‘to make a wrong right’ ANAHEIM, Calif. (RNS) — ‘I think the one thing that surprised me more than anything was the list,’ said Slade of a recently revealed list of convicted abusers.   Slideshow: Wrapping up the SBC annual meeting   Disney’s ‘Lightyear’ banned in Muslim world for lesbian kiss DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) —“Lightyear” includes a female character voiced by actress Uzo Aduba briefly kissing her female partner in one scene in the $200 million film.   In Yemen, child soldiering continues despite Houthi promise CAIRO (AP) — Houthi officials said the rebels recruited several hundred children including some as young as 10 over the past two months.   UK sanctions Russian Orthodox head; decries forced adoption LONDON (AP) — Truss also targeted children's rights commissioner Maria Lvova-Belova, who has been accused of enabling the taking of 2,000 vulnerable children from the Luhansk and Donetsk regions in eastern Ukraine and facilitating their forced adoptions in Russia.   Ruth Ozeki’s ‘Book of Form and Emptiness’ wins Women’s Prize LONDON (AP) — A professor of English at Smith College in Massachusetts, Ozeki is also a filmmaker and Zen Buddhist priest, and her novel was inspired in part by Buddhist philosophy.   Thousands march in Bangladesh over comments about Islam DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — At least five Arab nations have condemned the remarks and lodged official protests against India. RNS Opinion A humanitarian is wrongly convicted of helping besieged Palestinians in Gaza (RNS) — The case against El Halabi has dealt a blow to the Israeli justice system.   The eternal truth behind the SBC presidential vote: Location, location, location (RNS) — Conservative Baptists may be looking ahead to getting on home turf next year.   Why Muslim countries condemn defamation but ignore violations against minorities (The Conversation) — A scholar of Islam writes about how widespread authoritarianism in the Muslim world shapes governments’ foreign policy toward Muslim minorities abroad.   Why A. B. Yehoshua matters He was my first Israeli literary crush. Here is why. ICYMI Southern Baptists apologize to abuse survivors and urge criminalizing pastoral abuse ANAHEIM, Calif. (RNS) — For the second day in a row, Southern Baptists meeting in Anaheim called for action to address the issue of sexual abuse after years of delay.   Patriot Front member arrested at Idaho Pride event tied to church led by ex-lawmaker (RNS) — The pastor and former lawmaker claimed white nationalists arrested in Idaho were ‘antifa,’ but at least one attended his own church. In Other News How a religious sect landed Google in a lawsuit School flying BLM, LGBTQ flags can’t call itself Catholic, bishop says Talk to Us We want your feedback on the RNS Morning Report — what you think we're doing right and what we should be doing differently. Send us an email at Comments@ReligionNews.com Subscribe to other RNS Newsletters. Forward this email to a friend. View the archive of past newsletters. Religion News Service is free to read, but it's not free to produce. If you value our reporting, please consider making a donation today. Yes, I support the work you're doing! Forward this email to a friend