Monday, April 10, 2023

RNS Morning Report: Expelled Tennessee lawmakers find support among clergy

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After biblical protestations, expelled Tennessee lawmakers find support among clergy

(RNS) — On Friday, the Poor People's Campaign announced a clergy-led protest to be held in Nashville later this month.
 

Francis focuses Easter message on hope, with prayers for an end to global conflicts

ROME (RNS) — The proclamation that Christ is 'truly risen' is a reminder that 'our hope is not an illusion, but the truth,' the pope said.
 

LGBTQ group condemns Point Loma Nazarene University for theology dean’s dismissal

(RNS) — The university denies charges by Lauren Cazares, founder of Loma LGBTQIA+ Alumni & Allies Coalition, that the dean of the school of theology was terminated for 'anything related to the LGBTQIA+ community.'
 

Adult egg hunts and kiddie pools full of gifts: Is Easter the new Christmas?

(RNS) — At a time when fewer people are going to church, events like the Adult Eggstravaganza Egg Hunt hosted by the Itasca Park District and Village of Itasca are taking off.
 

Judge denies most claims against Seattle Pacific University board

(RNS) — Twelve students and faculty sued four members of the university’s board of trustees for refusing to scrap an employment policy that bars the hiring of people in same-sex relationships.
 

Vatican prosecutors to meet with brother of teenage girl who vanished in the 1980s

(RNS) — Interest in the case was reignited by an October 2022 Netflix documentary, 'Vatican Girl,' featuring new testimony from a friend of the missing teen claiming she had revealed that a high-ranking Vatican clergyman had made unwanted sexual advances.
 

Pope Francis skips Good Friday at Colosseum in chilly Rome

ROME (AP) — It was the first time a pontiff was a no-show at the Colosseum Way of the Cross procession since 2005, when Pope John Paul II's health was in decline.
 

Nailed to a cross, Filipino prays for Ukraine war to end

SAN PEDRO CUTUD, Philippines (AP) — Eight Filipinos were nailed to crosses to reenact Jesus Christ’s suffering in a gory Good Friday tradition that draws thousands of devotees and tourists to the Philippines despite being rejected by the Catholic church.
 

Rocket fire from Gaza, Lebanon at Israel as Passover begins

JERUSALEM (AP) — Militants fired rockets from Gaza and Lebanon toward Israel on Thursday, following confrontations between Israeli police and Palestinian worshippers at a major Muslim shrine in Jerusalem for a second day in a row.

RNS Opinion

Mormons have discovered Holy Week. Why now?

(RNS) — Here's hoping that embracing Easter isn't merely a “we’re not weird, please like us” campaign.
 

What the Tennessee GOP did is legislative terrorism

(RNS) — Expelling two young Black lawmakers was intended to instill fear, but it backfired.
 

Guess who’s coming to Easter dinner?

(RNS) — The religiously unaffiliated celebrate Easter more widely than you'd think.
 

Good Friday and the ‘discipline of staying’

(RNS) — To grasp Good Friday is to let go of our self-agency and lay our strengths at the foot of the cross.

ICYMI

Half online, half in person: The state of Black churches now and possibly on Easter

(RNS) — As Easter approaches, leaders of Black denominations use cautious language even as they hope for a resurrection in the numbers of people who return to the pews.
 

Resurrection drug? FDA approves over-the-counter Narcan amid opioid crisis

(RNS) — ‘I’m afraid that we’re not to a resurrection era for people who use drugs,’ said one harm reduction advocate.

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