Pope Francis married a chilean flight-attendant couple in the middle of a flight from Santiago to Iquique Thursday morning. The couple planned to get married 8 years ago, but the wedding got cancelled because an enormous earthquake destroyed the church. After learning they weren't married by the church, Francis offered to marry them on the plane. Francis also drafted a handwritten wedding certificate. His action displease those who already think he doesn't take marriage seriously enough.
The United States wants to shield health workers. Some health workers religious beliefs stop them from doing abortion procedures. Medical students have been forced to do these procedures despite their religious beliefs. The procedures that the hospital workers are having to do are abortions and euthanasia. Democrats argue that they should preform the surgeries if that is what the women want.
Date: January 18, 2018 Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-healthcare-religion/u-s-government-to-shield-health-workers-under-religious-freedom-idUSKBN1F7262
The Golden Lampstand Church in Shanxi Province was demolished by Chinese police officers. It was one of the country's largest evangelical churches. More than 50,000 Christians worshiped in this church. They used heavy machinery and dynamite to destroy the church. The government has been destroying churches because the Communist Party fears that Christianity is a threat to their authority. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/12/world/asia/china-church-dynamite.html?ref=topics
Cardinal Bernard Law has died at the age of 86 . As the archbishop of Boston, he failed to report sexual abuse going on with in the church. He was sent to court and put on trial. Law was forced to resign as archbishop in 2002. Law apoligized in general to all the victims and said that he did not know it was going on. https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2017-12-20/cardinal-who-covered-up-sexually-abusive-priests-dies
Hana Mansour Khatib wants to be the first female judge and Israel and she says that she can make a big impact by doing this. She wants to help with women not being quiet because in the court a man or lawyer will speak for them. When they let this happen the lawyer or man is speaking for them for such things as marriage and divorce. When Hana is the judge she notices that the muslim women have more confidence and speak out. She did become the judge and will have a big impact for the muslim women in the court system.
Leaders in the Pennsylvania Sate House have made it to where only religious individuals are fit to deliver the opening invocation before each session. This may cause the house to be taken to court. A group of atheist and secular organizations filed a federal lawsuit on Thursday. In this lawsuit they claimed that Republican leadership is unconstitutionally discriminating towards nonbelievers who want to offer lawmakers with guidance with their non beliefs.
President Trump is trying to protect the heath care worker's religious rights when they refuse to help their patients. By providing this protection for the workers, it could include the refusal to treat LGBT people. The Trump administration is trying to put a more wide view of religious rights and liberties. This division will allow protection from health care providers to not preform any acts for workers. There will be many challenges for this division.
There were protests against the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo. 10 Catholic priests were shortly arrested. The protests against President Joseph Kabila on Sunday began after Mass and resulted in six people being killed and more than 100 wounded. Two nuns have also been reported missing, and more than 200 people arrested. One of those who died was a 16-year-old girl standing by a church door
Protest against the Democratic Republic of Congo have caused deaths. 10 Catholic prests have been arrested. Protests began after mass in which 6 people were killed and more than 100 injured. More than 200 people have been arrested. There were protests like this in late December where 7 people died, and altar boys were arrested.
There are 2 important things that have had an impact on teacher-based racial discrimination. Kids who experienced this felt like they didn't belong in school. These teachers who discriminated made these kids feel less important. This occurred mostly to African American and Caribbean Students. "For African American kids, perceiving more racial discrimination from teachers and reporting lower racial pride beliefs was associated with less school bonding." Butler-Barnes said. "Not having racial pride was very harmful in school settings where teachers were discriminating more." This impacted many religious beliefs as well.
Dominican Republic protests cause deaths. It lead to many injuries as well as 10 Catholic priests being arrested. 200 people have been arrested and this is not the first time this has happened.
Their has been a depate between the Democrats and Republicans. They can't agree on a deal. Democrats want Daca to stay on. Donald Trump and the Republicans don't want it. Because of the feuds the Government shut down. https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/1/22/16918086/government-shutdown-2018-immigration-daca-details
Vice President Mike Pence has announced that the U.S. Embassy will be moving in 2019. He announced that Embassy in Israel will move from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. After Pence made the announcement Monday at the Knesset (the Israeli parliament), Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked Pence for standing up for the “truth” and supporting Israel at the United Nations. He then said the U.S. and Israel have a “shared destiny.” Netanyahu said President Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the country’s capital last month was one of the most historic in Israel’s history. “America has no greater friend than Israel, and Israel has no greater friend than the United States of America,” he said.
A handful of people spoke their mind on Monday about a homework assignment. The assignment was made at an Elgin-area U46 school and was about the belief of all religions believing in the same God. People started to notice this false speaking and began to argue. They stated Christians and Muslims do not believe in the same God. The parents also thought the children were being taught Atheism. Parents were not happy.
A 27 year old girl names Sara Hellwege tried applying for a job at Tampa Family Health Centers. Sara mentioned to the head that she wouldn't be able prescribe or council any women to take birth control due to her religion. Tampa Family Health Centers reached back to her to inform her that they were unable to proceed to an interview due to her religion and beliefs. Sara did end up suing.
The Church of England is making slow moves to welcoming the LGBT Christians. During a General Synod conference in York, England, the state church’s top leaders voted in two measures that signal a shift in the denomination’s approach towards LGBTQ Christians. On Sunday, the church passed a motion on welcoming and affirming transgender Christians and pledged that Bishops would consider creating special services and liturgies that would help a person mark their gender transition. “Across the world, trans people have been subjected to appalling violence against them. In the UK, transphobic hate crime has risen by 170 percent in the last year,” Newlands said, according to the Guardian. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/church-of-england-condemns-conversion-therapy-reaches-out-to-transgender-community_us_59639ca6e4b0615b9e934e29?utm_hp_ref=religion-and-politics
Protests against the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo lead to arrests. 10 Catholic priests were arrested from these protests. The protests began after mass and 6 people died and 100 were wounded from this protest. One girl who died was 16 years old and was only standing by a church door. This happened in December also and at least 7 people died. http://religionnews.com/2018/01/22/10-roman-catholic-priests-arrested-in-protests-in-congo/
Last week, at least five peaceful protesters in Darfur were killed by Sudanese security forces at the Kalma refugee camp. The killings took place before a provocative attempt by war crimes-indicted head of state President Omar al-Bashir to visit the camp and paint a picture of life in his country at odds with the reality of millions living in camps and caves. Despite Sudan's long and well-documented history of persecuting Christians and other religious and ethnic minorities, the timing of these killings is especially surprising.
Back in 2017 Pope Francis wanted to change the lord's prayer. He suggests changing one line because it may be misinterpreted. In the language english the most well known prayer in the catholic church there's a line that reads " and lead us not into temptation" and he believed it's confusing so he involved the church the people and the government to change this line in the Lord's prayer.
Many people are speaking out against a homework assignment. The homework was given to students at the Elgin U46. Which it said that christian, muslim, and jewish faiths all believed in one god. Many people stated their mind at the board meeting, saying that Christians do not believe in the same god as muslims. Some say that it was playing with the children's eternal lives. Some people also came from outside the U46 district to speak on the subject. http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elgin-courier-news/news/ct-ecn-u46-religion-assignment-st-0124-20180123-story.html
The number of sanctuary congregations using churches to hide immigrants. It has doubled since Trump has taken office. Churches are trying to help Central American immigrants from deportation and others are all around the country fleeing from the fear of being caught and being deported by President Trump.
There we ten Roman Catholic priests arrested in protest in Congo. The protest of against President Joseph Kabila started on January 21 on a Sunday after mass. It resulted into many clashes. Six are dead and more than one hundred injured. Two nuns have also been reported missing and more than two hundred arrested along with the priest.
The president of the Mormon church has died at 90 years old. His name was Thomas S. Monson and he had served as the Mormon president since 2008. He died at his home in Salt Lake city and was known as a faithful and kind member of the church who would visit people at home or at the hospital. He supported a ban on gay marriage which caused vandalism on mormon churches. The mormon church grew to close to 16 million members worldwide during his time as president. The next oldest man on the Quorum of Twelve apsotles will likely take his place as the next president, he's 93. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/thomas-monson-president-mormon-church-dies-90-n834211
A lot of people think that religion is the root of the worlds conflict and it is the reason why there is so much fighting. Sunni Muslim girl named Yasmine Mohammed from Canada said the first thing that islam religion teaches you is that you do not question but follow. And that she had to follow was a Muslim supremacy ideology and that was called on for violence against anyone who got out of line. In a global survey that they took about primary source of global conflict today, religious beliefs came out on top with 30% then having power in second and so on. McPhillips, Deidre. “Religion Is the Root of the World's Problems, Study Says.” U.S. News & World Report, U.S. News & World Report, www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/articles/2018-01-23/tribal-divisions-created-by-religion-most-harmful-in-global-conflict-experts-say.
On Sunday in England, the church passed a motion on welcoming and affirming transgender Christians, and pledged that Bishops would consider creating special services that would help a person mark their gender transition. The motion was approved by 284 votes to 78, with 26 abstaining. The motion was first proposed by Chris Newlands, who testified during the debate about the challenges that trans people face in the U.K. and around the world.
Sunday in England the church passed a motion on welcoming transgender Christians, and pledged that Bishops would consider creating special services that would help a person mark their gender transition. The motion was approved by 284 votes to 78, with 26 abstaining. The motion was first proposed by Chris Newlands, who testified during the debate about the challenges that trans people face in the U.K. and around the world.
A Florida legislative subcommittee has unanimously approved a bill that calls for the state’s motto, “In God We Trust,” to be placed in every public school.
The bill, which calls for each district school board to adopt rules about displaying the motto “in a conspicuous place,” was co-sponsored by state Rep. Kimberly Daniels, a Democrat and a minister affiliated with churches in Jacksonville and Fort Lauderdale. But Maggie Garrett, legislative director for Americans United for Separation of Church and State, told the Tampa Bay Times such a stance would differ from court rulings barring schools from promoting religion. https://religionnews.com/2018/01/25/florida-legislators-favor-in-god-we-trust-motto-in-schools/
Thomas S. Monson dies at 90 years old. Thomas was the president of the Mormon church. Thomas has been the president of the Mormon church since 2008. "To the more than 16 million members of the church around the world, President Monson was an example of one who followed Jesus Christ," people said. The next president was not immediately named but is expected to go to the next longest-tenured member of the church's governing Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
Pope Francis married a chilean flight-attendant couple in the middle of a flight from Santiago to Iquique Thursday morning. The couple planned to get married 8 years ago, but the wedding got cancelled because an enormous earthquake destroyed the church. After learning they weren't married by the church, Francis offered to marry them on the plane. Francis also drafted a handwritten wedding certificate. His action displease those who already think he doesn't take marriage seriously enough.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.cnn.com/2018/01/18/opinions/pope-francis-wedding-on-plane-moss/index.html
The United States wants to shield health workers. Some health workers religious beliefs stop them from doing abortion procedures. Medical students have been forced to do these procedures despite their religious beliefs. The procedures that the hospital workers are having to do are abortions and euthanasia. Democrats argue that they should preform the surgeries if that is what the women want.
ReplyDeleteDate: January 18, 2018
Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-healthcare-religion/u-s-government-to-shield-health-workers-under-religious-freedom-idUSKBN1F7262
The Golden Lampstand Church in Shanxi Province was demolished by Chinese police officers. It was one of the country's largest evangelical churches. More than 50,000 Christians worshiped in this church. They used heavy machinery and dynamite to destroy the church. The government has been destroying churches because the Communist Party fears that Christianity is a threat to their authority. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/12/world/asia/china-church-dynamite.html?ref=topics
ReplyDeleteCardinal Bernard Law has died at the age of 86 . As the archbishop of Boston, he failed to report sexual abuse going on with in the church. He was sent to court and put on trial. Law was forced to resign as archbishop in 2002. Law apoligized in general to all the victims and said that he did not know it was going on.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2017-12-20/cardinal-who-covered-up-sexually-abusive-priests-dies
Hana Mansour Khatib wants to be the first female judge and Israel and she says that she can make a big impact by doing this. She wants to help with women not being quiet because in the court a man or lawyer will speak for them. When they let this happen the lawyer or man is speaking for them for such things as marriage and divorce. When Hana is the judge she notices that the muslim women have more confidence and speak out. She did become the judge and will have a big impact for the muslim women in the court system.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/articles/2018-01-08/israels-first-female-sharia-judge-reflects-changes-for-israels-arab-community
Leaders in the Pennsylvania Sate House have made it to where only religious individuals are fit to deliver the opening invocation before each session. This may cause the house to be taken to court. A group of atheist and secular organizations filed a federal lawsuit on Thursday. In this lawsuit they claimed that Republican leadership is unconstitutionally discriminating towards nonbelievers who want to offer lawmakers with guidance with their non beliefs.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/pennsylvania-house-atheists_us_57bf260ee4b085c1ff283197?utm_hp_ref=religion-and-politics
President Trump is trying to protect the heath care worker's religious rights when they refuse to help their patients. By providing this protection for the workers, it could include the refusal to treat LGBT people. The Trump administration is trying to put a more wide view of religious rights and liberties. This division will allow protection from health care providers to not preform any acts for workers. There will be many challenges for this division.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-healthcare-religion/u-s-government-to-shield-health-workers-under-religious-freedom-idUSKBN1F7262
There were protests against the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo. 10 Catholic priests were shortly arrested. The protests against President Joseph Kabila on Sunday began after Mass and resulted in six people being killed and more than 100 wounded. Two nuns have also been reported missing, and more than 200 people arrested. One of those who died was a 16-year-old girl standing by a church door
ReplyDeletehttp://religionnews.com/2018/01/22/10-roman-catholic-priests-arrested-in-protests-in-congo/
Protest against the Democratic Republic of Congo have caused deaths. 10 Catholic prests have been arrested. Protests began after mass in which 6 people were killed and more than 100 injured. More than 200 people have been arrested. There were protests like this in late December where 7 people died, and altar boys were arrested.
ReplyDeletehttp://religionnews.com/2018/01/22/10-roman-catholic-priests-arrested-in-protests-in-congo/
There are 2 important things that have had an impact on teacher-based racial discrimination. Kids who experienced this felt like they didn't belong in school. These teachers who discriminated made these kids feel less important. This occurred mostly to African American and Caribbean Students. "For African American kids, perceiving more racial discrimination from teachers and reporting lower racial pride beliefs was associated with less school bonding." Butler-Barnes said. "Not having racial pride was very harmful in school settings where teachers were discriminating more." This impacted many religious beliefs as well.
ReplyDeletehttps://phys.org/news/2018-01-impact-religion-racial-pride-classroom.html
Dominican Republic protests cause deaths. It lead to many injuries as well as 10 Catholic priests being arrested. 200 people have been arrested and this is not the first time this has happened.
ReplyDeletehttps://religionnews.com/2018/01/22/10-roman-catholic-priests-arrested-in-protests-in-congo/
Their has been a depate between the Democrats and Republicans. They can't agree on a deal. Democrats want Daca to stay on. Donald Trump and the Republicans don't want it. Because of the feuds the Government shut down.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/1/22/16918086/government-shutdown-2018-immigration-daca-details
Vice President Mike Pence has announced that the U.S. Embassy will be moving in 2019. He announced that Embassy in Israel will move from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. After Pence made the announcement Monday at the Knesset (the Israeli parliament), Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked Pence for standing up for the “truth” and supporting Israel at the United Nations. He then said the U.S. and Israel have a “shared destiny.” Netanyahu said President Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the country’s capital last month was one of the most historic in Israel’s history. “America has no greater friend than Israel, and Israel has no greater friend than the United States of America,” he said.
ReplyDeletehttp://religionnews.com/2018/01/22/vp-mike-pence-u-s-embassy-to-move-to-jerusalem-in-2019/
A handful of people spoke their mind on Monday about a homework assignment. The assignment was made at an Elgin-area U46 school and was about the belief of all religions believing in the same God. People started to notice this false speaking and began to argue. They stated Christians and Muslims do not believe in the same God. The parents also thought the children were being taught Atheism. Parents were not happy.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elgin-courier-news/news/ct-ecn-u46-religion-assignment-st-0124-20180123-story.html
A 27 year old girl names Sara Hellwege tried applying for a job at Tampa Family Health Centers. Sara mentioned to the head that she wouldn't be able prescribe or council any women to take birth control due to her religion. Tampa Family Health Centers reached back to her to inform her that they were unable to proceed to an interview due to her religion and beliefs. Sara did end up suing.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2018/01/when-the-religious-doctor-refuses-to-treat-you/551231/
The Church of England is making slow moves to welcoming the LGBT Christians. During a General Synod conference in York, England, the state church’s top leaders voted in two measures that signal a shift in the denomination’s approach towards LGBTQ Christians. On Sunday, the church passed a motion on welcoming and affirming transgender Christians and pledged that Bishops would consider creating special services and liturgies that would help a person mark their gender transition.
ReplyDelete“Across the world, trans people have been subjected to appalling violence against them. In the UK, transphobic hate crime has risen by 170 percent in the last year,” Newlands said, according to the Guardian.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/church-of-england-condemns-conversion-therapy-reaches-out-to-transgender-community_us_59639ca6e4b0615b9e934e29?utm_hp_ref=religion-and-politics
Protests against the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo lead to arrests. 10 Catholic priests were arrested from these protests. The protests began after mass and 6 people died and 100 were wounded from this protest. One girl who died was 16 years old and was only standing by a church door. This happened in December also and at least 7 people died.
ReplyDeletehttp://religionnews.com/2018/01/22/10-roman-catholic-priests-arrested-in-protests-in-congo/
Last week, at least five peaceful protesters in Darfur were killed by Sudanese security forces at the Kalma refugee camp. The killings took place before a provocative attempt by war crimes-indicted head of state President Omar al-Bashir to visit the camp and paint a picture of life in his country at odds with the reality of millions living in camps and caves. Despite Sudan's long and well-documented history of persecuting Christians and other religious and ethnic minorities, the timing of these killings is especially surprising.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.usnews.com/opinion/world-report/articles/2017-10-02/the-trump-administration-shouldnt-lift-the-sanctions-on-sudan
Back in 2017 Pope Francis wanted to change the lord's prayer. He suggests changing one line because it may be misinterpreted. In the language english the most well known prayer in the catholic church there's a line that reads " and lead us not into temptation" and he believed it's confusing so he involved the church the people and the government to change this line in the Lord's prayer.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2017-12-08/lost-in-translation-pope-suggests-altering-lords-prayer
The debate as to whether he should change it or not or if he is allowed to is still going on today.
DeleteMany people are speaking out against a homework assignment. The homework was given to students at the Elgin U46. Which it said that christian, muslim, and jewish faiths all believed in one god. Many people stated their mind at the board meeting, saying that Christians do not believe in the same god as muslims. Some say that it was playing with the children's eternal lives. Some people also came from outside the U46 district to speak on the subject.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elgin-courier-news/news/ct-ecn-u46-religion-assignment-st-0124-20180123-story.html
The number of sanctuary congregations using churches to hide immigrants. It has doubled since Trump has taken office. Churches are trying to help Central American immigrants from deportation and others are all around the country fleeing from the fear of being caught and being deported by President Trump.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/sanctuary-churches-double-trump_us_587e5220e4b0aaa36942b647?utm_hp_ref=religion-and-politics
There we ten Roman Catholic priests arrested in protest in Congo. The protest of against President Joseph Kabila started on January 21 on a Sunday after mass. It resulted into many clashes. Six are dead and more than one hundred injured. Two nuns have also been reported missing and more than two hundred arrested along with the priest.
ReplyDeletehttps://religionnews.com/2018/01/22/10-roman-catholic-priests-arrested-in-protests-in-congo/
The president of the Mormon church has died at 90 years old. His name was Thomas S. Monson and he had served as the Mormon president since 2008. He died at his home in Salt Lake city and was known as a faithful and kind member of the church who would visit people at home or at the hospital. He supported a ban on gay marriage which caused vandalism on mormon churches. The mormon church grew to close to 16 million members worldwide during his time as president. The next oldest man on the Quorum of Twelve apsotles will likely take his place as the next president, he's 93.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/thomas-monson-president-mormon-church-dies-90-n834211
A lot of people think that religion is the root of the worlds conflict and it is the reason why there is so much fighting. Sunni Muslim girl named Yasmine Mohammed from Canada said the first thing that islam religion teaches you is that you do not question but follow. And that she had to follow was a Muslim supremacy ideology and that was called on for violence against anyone who got out of line. In a global survey that they took about primary source of global conflict today, religious beliefs came out on top with 30% then having power in second and so on.
ReplyDeleteMcPhillips, Deidre. “Religion Is the Root of the World's Problems, Study Says.” U.S. News & World Report, U.S. News & World Report, www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/articles/2018-01-23/tribal-divisions-created-by-religion-most-harmful-in-global-conflict-experts-say.
On Sunday in England, the church passed a motion on welcoming and affirming transgender Christians, and pledged that Bishops would consider creating special services that would help a person mark their gender transition. The motion was approved by 284 votes to 78, with 26 abstaining. The motion was first proposed by Chris Newlands, who testified during the debate about the challenges that trans people face in the U.K. and around the world.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.churchofengland.org/more/media-centre/news/welcoming-transgender-people
Sunday in England the church passed a motion on welcoming transgender Christians, and pledged that Bishops would consider creating special services that would help a person mark their gender transition. The motion was approved by 284 votes to 78, with 26 abstaining. The motion was first proposed by Chris Newlands, who testified during the debate about the challenges that trans people face in the U.K. and around the world.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.churchofengland.org/more/media-centre/news/welcoming-transgender-people
A Florida legislative subcommittee has unanimously approved a bill that calls for the state’s motto, “In God We Trust,” to be placed in every public school.
ReplyDeleteThe bill, which calls for each district school board to adopt rules about displaying the motto “in a conspicuous place,” was co-sponsored by state Rep. Kimberly Daniels, a Democrat and a minister affiliated with churches in Jacksonville and Fort Lauderdale.
But Maggie Garrett, legislative director for Americans United for Separation of Church and State, told the Tampa Bay Times such a stance would differ from court rulings barring schools from promoting religion.
https://religionnews.com/2018/01/25/florida-legislators-favor-in-god-we-trust-motto-in-schools/
Thomas S. Monson dies at 90 years old. Thomas was the president of the Mormon church. Thomas has been the president of the Mormon church since 2008. "To the more than 16 million members of the church around the world, President Monson was an example of one who followed Jesus Christ," people said. The next president was not immediately named but is expected to go to the next longest-tenured member of the church's governing Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
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