Today's religion and world affairs news from the United States and around the globe: Catholic women's voices, killings in Jerusalem, and Mormon church leadership appointees.
BERKLEY CENTER IN THE NEWS
Pope’s Message of Justice and Peace was also a Call to Action Against Racism
by Courtland Milloy
Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/popes-message-of-justice-and-peace-was-also-a-call-to-action-ag...
Paul Elie, a senior fellow at Georgetown’s Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs, provides a profound analysis of Merton’s life — interwoven with the lives of Dorothy Day in this discussion of the Church’s duty to fight racism.
WORLD
Catholic Women Hope Their Voices Will Be Heard During Vatican's Synod On The Family
by Rosie Scammell
Huffington Post Religion
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/catholic-woman-hope-their-voices-will-be-heard-during-vaticans-s...
Women don’t have a vote at the meeting of 270 Catholic bishops on family issues that began this week, but they hope their voices will be heard. Some critics say that more women should have been included in the process. Only bishops can vote at a synod, but about 30 women have been invited as auditors.
A Eurocratic Demand to Punish Hate Speech and Holocaust Denial
The Economist Erasmus blog
http://www.economist.com/blogs/erasmus/2015/10/eu-religion-and-tolerance
To state the obvious, Europe faces a historic challenge in coping with the migrants who are now flowing in from Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and other benighted places. It either will or won't rise to that challenge successfully. But as a matter of practical politics, threats of "severe punishment" from an unelected bureaucrat for ill-defined offences will probably not improve the chances.
Pope Francis says Church Can’t be Museum, Must be Open to Change
by Phillip Pullella
Reuters
http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2015/10/06/pope-francis-says-church-cant-be-museum-must-be-open-...
Pope Francis told a Roman Catholic meeting on family issues on Monday that the Church should not be a stuffy “museum of memories” but have the courage to change if that was what God wanted.
Killings in Jerusalem Raise Fears of a New cycle of Violence
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21671969-now-discussion-new-intifada-premature-...
Violence between Israelis and Palestinians has been rising for months, with most Palestinian attacks carried out by individuals, rather than by organized militants and indicates a growing lack of government control of both sides of the wall.
In India, Meat and Murder Threaten Modi’s Inclusive Agenda
Reuters
http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2015/10/06/in-india-meat-and-murder-threaten-modis-inclusive-age...
The murder by a Hindu mob of a Muslim man rumored to have slaughtered a cow has thrown a spotlight on the hardline, polarizing agenda of some followers of Indian Prime Minster Narendra Modi, undermining his promise of development for all.
DOMESTIC
Mormon Church Appoints Three Men to its Governing Body
Reuters
http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2015/10/06/mormon-church-appoints-three-men-to-its-governing-bod...
Three men were named to a governing body of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Saturday, as the church ended its biggest leadership void in over a century by taking the rare step of filling three seats at once, Mormon officials said.
Pope’s Message of Justice and Peace was also a Call to Action Against Racism
by Courtland Milloy
Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/popes-message-of-justice-and-peace-was-also-a-call-to-action-ag...
Paul Elie, a senior fellow at Georgetown’s Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs, provides a profound analysis of Merton’s life — interwoven with the lives of Dorothy Day in this discussion of the Church’s duty to fight racism.
WORLD
Catholic Women Hope Their Voices Will Be Heard During Vatican's Synod On The Family
by Rosie Scammell
Huffington Post Religion
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/catholic-woman-hope-their-voices-will-be-heard-during-vaticans-s...
Women don’t have a vote at the meeting of 270 Catholic bishops on family issues that began this week, but they hope their voices will be heard. Some critics say that more women should have been included in the process. Only bishops can vote at a synod, but about 30 women have been invited as auditors.
A Eurocratic Demand to Punish Hate Speech and Holocaust Denial
The Economist Erasmus blog
http://www.economist.com/blogs/erasmus/2015/10/eu-religion-and-tolerance
To state the obvious, Europe faces a historic challenge in coping with the migrants who are now flowing in from Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and other benighted places. It either will or won't rise to that challenge successfully. But as a matter of practical politics, threats of "severe punishment" from an unelected bureaucrat for ill-defined offences will probably not improve the chances.
Pope Francis says Church Can’t be Museum, Must be Open to Change
by Phillip Pullella
Reuters
http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2015/10/06/pope-francis-says-church-cant-be-museum-must-be-open-...
Pope Francis told a Roman Catholic meeting on family issues on Monday that the Church should not be a stuffy “museum of memories” but have the courage to change if that was what God wanted.
Killings in Jerusalem Raise Fears of a New cycle of Violence
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21671969-now-discussion-new-intifada-premature-...
Violence between Israelis and Palestinians has been rising for months, with most Palestinian attacks carried out by individuals, rather than by organized militants and indicates a growing lack of government control of both sides of the wall.
In India, Meat and Murder Threaten Modi’s Inclusive Agenda
Reuters
http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2015/10/06/in-india-meat-and-murder-threaten-modis-inclusive-age...
The murder by a Hindu mob of a Muslim man rumored to have slaughtered a cow has thrown a spotlight on the hardline, polarizing agenda of some followers of Indian Prime Minster Narendra Modi, undermining his promise of development for all.
DOMESTIC
Mormon Church Appoints Three Men to its Governing Body
Reuters
http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2015/10/06/mormon-church-appoints-three-men-to-its-governing-bod...
Three men were named to a governing body of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Saturday, as the church ended its biggest leadership void in over a century by taking the rare step of filling three seats at once, Mormon officials said.
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