Probe underway of pastor who worked for Epstein

After latest attack, some Jews wonder how much more security is possible*
The New York Times: “We are synagogues — we are houses of worship,” one rabbi said. “We are not Fort Knox.”

 

Showing up as clergy*
The Christian Century: “I wasn’t sure about the MDiv,” says Teresa Kim Pecinovsky, a chaplain and pastor in St. Paul, Minnesota. “But in Ferguson, I kept seeing clergy show up in support of protesters on the front lines.”

 

Probe underway of pastor who worked for Epstein
United Methodist News Service: Bishop Robert Farr has suspended a United Methodist elder from clergy responsibilities after learning this week that she worked for Jeffrey Epstein, the late convicted sex offender.

 

Why is Buddhism shrinking worldwide?
Pew Research Center: Buddhists are the world’s only major religious group whose population shrank between 2010 and 2020, according to a recent Pew Research Center analysis of religion in 201 countries and territories.

 

Thiel brings his Antichrist lectures to the Vatican’s doorstep, and Catholic institutions back away
The Associated Press: The invitation-only conference in Rome, from Sunday to Wednesday, has proven so controversial that the Catholic universities initially associated with it have all denied official involvement.