An Ecumenical Ministry in the Parish of St Patrick's Catholic Church In San Diego USA

米国サンディエゴの聖パトリックカトリック教会教区におけるエキュメニカル宣教

Wednesday, June 20, 2018

What does it mean to be Christian in America?

600 United Methodists file church complaint against Jeff Sessions
Religion News Service: More than 600 United Methodist clergy and laypeople have signed a formal denominational complaint against fellow United Methodist Attorney General Jeff Sessions, condemning his role in the Trump administration's "zero-tolerance" policy of separating children from their parents along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Religion Dispatches: Why the Methodist effort to discipline Sessions is a risky business

Message of religion as important as ever, even in a royal wedding
The (Toronto) Star: The trappings of religion, even when manifest in a royal wedding, may belong to the past, but the message of religion is as important and as relevant as it has always been, says Dow Marmur.

What does it mean to be Christian in America?
Religion & Politics: In his new book, "Christian: The Politics of a Word in America," historian Matthew Bowman documents a few of the many forms that Christianity in the U.S. has assumed over the past 150 years.

Pope: Aborting children with birth defects is like Nazi eugenics program
Catholic News Service: Pope Francis denounced the practice of administering prenatal tests to determine birth defects that often lead to abortions, comparing it to the Nazi-era eugenics program that determined what lives were worth keeping or eliminating.

Churches must 'count the cost' of pursuing youth on social media
Baptist News Global: As young people abandon Facebook in favor of other social media platforms, should churches follow them into virtual spaces that many ministers have barely heard of?

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