Tuesday, May 13, 2025

RNS Morning Report - Episcopal Church refuses to resettle white Afrikaners, ends partnership with US government

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Episcopal Church refuses to resettle white Afrikaners, ends partnership with US government

(RNS) — 'In light of our church’s steadfast commitment to racial justice and reconciliation and our historic ties with the Anglican Church of Southern Africa, we are not able to take this step,' the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church said in a letter.
 

An Augustinian brother recalls his mentor, ‘Father Bob,’ before he was Pope Leo XIV

(RNS) — Augustinians are distinguished from other religious orders by their emphasis on living together in community — priests and brothers as equals.
 

What we can learn about Leo XIV from his digital footprint

(RNS) — Cardinal Robert Prevost's tweets and posts might offer clues into the mind of Pope Leo XIV.
 

Outed for dissing pastors on fake social accounts, Josh Buice quits G3 Conference

(RNS) — An outspoken critic of SBC leaders over issues of race and social justice, Buice was suspended by his church after admitting he had set up fake accounts to criticize his allies.
 

Author Judith Weisenfeld unpacks historic links between religion, race and psychiatry

(RNS) — Psychiatrists in the late 19th century were ‘lending the authority of medicine to pathologize one of the central sources of community and connection and ability to survive,’ she said.

 

RNS Opinion

Fragile peace in South Asia: What can people of faith do?

(RNS) — People of faith in both countries need to counter the religiously justified 'patriotism of hate' being promoted by their governments.
 

A new Pope Leo appears to answer tech’s new anti-human ‘disruption’

(RNS) — Leo XIV, like his predecessor Leo XIII, is concerned with technology's power to shift us away from the family and a life connected to God’s creation.

 

ICYMI

Pope Leo XIV’s previously unknown Creole roots are a most American story

(RNS) — Census records for Leo's maternal grandparents hint at the complexity of Creole identity and of Black identity in America.
 

The new American pope launches 1,000 memes

(RNS) — Americans quickly started reacting online to the election of Pope Leo XIV, the first pope from the United States. And of course, the memes soon followed.

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