Religion and spirituality can aid youth mental health crisis

Study: Religion and spirituality can aid youth mental health crisis
Religion News Service: Religion and spirituality could help remedy the youth mental health crisis, Springtide Research finds.

U.S. judge blocks New York from banning guns in church
Reuters: A federal judge on Thursday barred the state of New York, at least for now, from enforcing the part of a closely watched gun law that bans firearms from churches or other places of worship.

Online school put US kids behind. Some adults have regrets.
Associated Press: Some educators and parents are questioning decisions in cities from Boston to Chicago to Los Angeles to remain online long after clear evidence emerged that schools weren’t COVID-19 super-spreaders — and months after life-saving adult vaccines became widely available.

Louisiana pastor pleads guilty to stealing nearly $900,000 from church and school*
The New York Times: The Rev. Charles Southall III took money that parishioners had donated to the church and used it for himself, prosecutors say.

Russian patriarch questioned by World Council of Churches over position on war
Crux: According to the WCC, during the meeting the “serious concerns” of some WCC members and their request to have the Russian Orthodox Church expelled over Kirill’s statements on the Ukraine war were discussed.