by Jeremy Bell | Sep 17, 2020 | General
WASHINGTON (RNS) — The head of the Federal Election Commission chastised Catholic bishops during a pair of interviews this week, accusing church hierarchy of “hiding behind” their nonprofit status and declaring that this year’s U.S. election amounts to a “spiritual...
by Jeremy Bell | Sep 10, 2020 | General
Christian musician Sean Feucht sparked headlines after he renamed a Labor Day Christian concert a “worship protest” to get around coronavirus restrictions in Seattle, Washington. Although he wrongly downplays the coronavirus danger and still didn’t actually...
by Jeremy Bell | Sep 10, 2020 | General
MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani court sentenced a Christian man to death after finding him guilty of blasphemy for insulting Islam’s Prophet Muhammad in text messages he sent to a Muslim co-worker in 2013, a defense lawyer said Thursday (Sept. 10). Saiful...
by Jeremy Bell | Sep 9, 2020 | General
People without homes in the U.S. are overrepresented in the criminal justice system due to “punitive laws and enforcement practices,” according to a Vera Institute of Justice report published Aug. 12. A total of 567,715 unhoused persons were counted across...
by Jeremy Bell | Sep 8, 2020 | General
Stock photo illustration (Credit: Becker1999 / Wikipedia / https://tinyurl.com/yxevw55p) I am not sure there are enough adjectives to describe 2020 so far. And none of them would be flattering in depicting what has been a strange and stressful year. COVID-19...
