Monday, December 5, 2022

RNS Morning Report: How Christmas rom-coms have taken over the season

RNS Morning Report

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‘Everyone gets their love story’: How Christmas rom-coms have taken over the season

(RNS) — Move over, Hallmark. Other channels and streaming services are premiering holiday originals, too, hoping to capture the magic of the Christmas rom-com for their audiences.
 

Starz’s hit series ‘P-Valley’ finds sacred community in a strip club

(RNS) — The drama series by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Katori Hall shows how profane places can be sacred — and how formal sacred places can be made profane.
 

Cardinal leading Catholics’ churchwide consultation wrestles with tradition and change

(RNS) — The synod will be inspired by the Holy Spirit and rooted in truth, said Cardinal Mario Grech. The truth, he added, 'can be presented by a minority, a group or even an individual.'
 

Theological schools report continued drop in master of divinity degrees

(RNS) — Enrollment at theological schools has remained stable, but the two-year M.A. degree is appealing to more students
 
 

Both sides see high stakes in gay rights Supreme Court case

WASHINGTON (AP) — The case marks the second time in five years that the Supreme Court has confronted the issue of a business owner who says their religion prevents them from creating works for a gay wedding.
 

Pope reschedules Congo, South Sudan trip for Jan. 31-Feb. 5

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The trip will not include a stop in Congo’s conflict-ravaged east, but will fulfill a years-long wish to accompany other Christian leaders to the young nation of South Sudan.

RNS Opinion

The US House passed another resolution on Iran. Here’s why it’s the right thing to do.

(RNS) — We often overlook the social cost of persecution and the power of international pressure.

ICYMI

Ye’s Trump dinner is a high point for Catholic nationalists’ influence campaign

(RNS) — The meeting of Ye, Nick Fuentes and Donald Trump was a win for an extreme, Catholic-leaning subset of Christian nationalism.
 

14 Northern California clergy, religious linked for first time to Catholic sex abuse scandal

(RNS) — A window for filing new lawsuits under a 2019 California law for decades-old abuse will close Dec. 31.

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