RNS Morning Report: Gamer Carlo Acutis could be the right saint for Gen Z, new book argues

Top Stories Gamer and programmer Carlo Acutis could be the right saint for Gen Z, new book argues (RNS) — A kid who loved computers and died at 15 of leukemia can be an inspiration on how to live in the digital age, new book says.   Bringing light without God: Humanist chaplain Anthony Cruz Pantojas (RNS) — As colleges move to serve the 35% of millennials and 40% of Gen Z who say they are religiously unaffiliated, the number of humanist chaplains is growing.    Shashank Sharma sets record for visiting most houses of worship in one month MUMBAI (RNS) — From temples to mosques to churches, Sharma earned a Guinness World Record when he visited 76 in one month.   Parliamentary inquest into ‘Vatican Girl’ mystery moves forward as pope acknowledges family’s pain ROME (AP) — Theories over the years have linked her disappearance at age 15 to everything from the plot to kill St. John Paul II, a financial scandal involving the Vatican bank and Rome’s criminal underworld.   German police search church properties in probe of Cologne archbishop over perjury allegations BERLIN (AP) — The cardinal is under investigation on suspicion of having falsely testified to court about when he became aware of reports of clergy sexual abuse in the archdiocese. RNS Opinion My story illustrates the harm in North Carolina’s new abortion limits (RNS) — Choice about abortion is a choice about women’s health, and a choice about faith.   Faith leaders’ support for family leave needs to start with their own staffs (RNS) — Moral leadership starts by setting a living example.   “And in the end, the love you take” My final sermon -- a mix tape with Sinatra, the Monotones, Rav Kook, and Cynthia Ozick. More than four decades of striving for the holy. ICYMI Saudi Arabia’s new Hajj booking process has left many foreign pilgrims frustrated (RNS) — After postponing their trip for three years, many American Muslims expected a return to normalcy for this year’s Hajj, but a new online platform intended to streamline the process has instead brought complications.   Maryland church, with $100,000 in vandalism damage, continues in faith (RNS) — On June 8, the red-carpeted sanctuary of the historically Black church was turned into a debris-filled space. In Other News Religious freedom arguments underpin wave of challenges to abortion bans Western tribes’ last ditch effort to stall a large lithium mine in Nevada   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 at religionnews.com/donate. If you prefer to mail a donation, please address to: Religion News Foundation, PO Box 1808, Columbia, MO 65205.