Could it be…Satan? On Sunday, two peace doves released by children standing with Pope Francis were attacked by other birds as they flew off. Meanwhile, the pope said on Saturday said women should play an expanded role in the life of the church and society.
Pope Francis released 2 peace doves today — then birds attacked the peace doves. http://t.co/KuuHzcszmg pic.twitter.com/RXRDT6fgap
— RNS (@RNS) January 26, 2014
On this International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Tablet reminds us, “Soon There Will Be No More Survivors.”
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A Texas judge ordered a Fort Worth hospital to remove a pregnant and brain-dead woman from respirators and ventilators.
At the Grammys last night, Queen Latifah performed 33 heterosexual and same-sex marriages on stage during a performance by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis and Madonna. Meanwhile, Kacey Musgraves sang about mixed messages: “If you save yourself for marriage you’re a bore…If you don’t save yourself for marriage you’re a horrible person.”
Denmark may soon be the first country to ban circumcision.
Nuns received a partial win in U.S. Supreme Court contraception fight.
A Catholic school in a Seattle suburb says it won’t rehire its gay vice principal who was forced out in December after his same-sex marriage.
A black religious studies professor in Boulder, Colo. who was suspended after his silent protest against alleged racial bias led to complaints about his refusal to speak during classes has been reinstated.
A New York police chief, who had lectured parish schoolchildren on staying safe from sexual abuse, has been arrested on child porn charges.
A Renaissance prayer book that broke an auction record 15 years ago is up for sale again. The Rothschild Prayerbook is scheduled to be sold on Wednesday for an estimated $12 million to $18 million.
Comedian and political commentator Bill Maher had a lot to say in a recent interview on masturbation and national security, but he also considers himself an “apatheist” (combining apathy and atheist), calling people who worship God “insane.” “There is no more psychopathic mass murderer than God,” he said.
A lawyer is leaving his lucrative post as a partner at a prestigious Washington, D.C., law firm to defend Utah’s laws barring same-sex marriage because of his Mormon faith.
Slate has a map where publicly-funded creationism is being taught.
A 900-year tradition of male-only choirs at Canterbury Cathedral in England came to an end on Sunday, when the brand-new Canterbury Cathedral Girls’ Choir made its debut.
4,000-year-old tablet offers new details on Noah’s Ark.
With their country facing a continuing financial crisis, Greeks living in America are offering financial help by way of the church, long a superhighway connecting Greece and its diaspora.
A vial of Pope John Paul II’s blood has been stolen from an Italian church.
Fox News’s religion correspondent Lauren Green performed for Pope Benedict XVI in honor of his brother’s birthday.
Meanwhile, priests in Ukraine are standing in the middle of protests.
Orthodox priests pray as they stand between protesters and the police in Kiev. http://t.co/YYQ4W9zeP2 pic.twitter.com/TXx5BMiXs4 via @rgblong
— RNS (@RNS) January 26, 2014
With that, head on over to the religious freedom recap.
