Thursday’s Religion News Roundup: Cleaver assault * atheist prayer * Hasid hipster?
A man was hacked with cleavers by men claiming to be Muslims. An atheist lawmaker delivers a prayer. A Brooklyn Hasidic group thinks men’s beards are hipster-ish.
Headlines
Pope Francis: God redeemed everyone, ‘not just Catholics’
(RNS) In remarks that may prompt a theological debate about the nature of salvation, Pope Francis declared that God “has redeemed all of us, all of us, with the Blood of Christ: all of us, not just Catholics. Everyone!”
Gay Mormon characters step out of the shadows
(RNS) Twenty years ago, a gay Mormon character stepped onstage for the first time in Tony Kushner’s “Angels in America.” A lot’s changed since then, fueled by the church’s role in Prop 8 and its efforts to build bridges to gays and lesbians.
Jonathan Merritt – On Faith & Culture
Is God going to incinerate the Earth? And does it matter?
Some evangelicals–but not all–believe the Earth will end in a cosmic barbecue. What difference does it make?
U.S. missionary doctor suspended after challenging cardinal, nuns
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) The New York-based Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers suspended the Rev. Dr. William Charles Fryda after he refused to drop a case he filed three years ago against Kenya’s top cardinal and a group of nuns over control of two missionary hospitals.
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