#Supreme Court halts California from imposing limits for at-home woriship

#Supreme Court halts California from imposing limits for at-home woriship

“#Supreme Court halts California from imposing limits for at-home woriship” WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is telling California that it can’t enforce coronavirus-related restrictions that have limited home-based religious worship including Bible studies and prayer meetings. The order from the court late Friday is the latest in a recent string of cases in which the high…

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#Hillsong pastor who faked cancer to hide porn problem starts charity

#Pastor who faked cancer to hide smut habit starts charity

“#Pastor who faked cancer to hide smut habit starts charity” This apparently reformed con man has received a new call from God. Former pastor and Hillsong guest singer Michael Guglielmucci is back after years of flying under the radar following his 2008 admission that he faked a battle with cancer to distract from a porn obsession….

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#Hi-tech imaging sheds light on Holy Sepulchre wall crosses

#Hi-tech imaging sheds light on Holy Sepulchre wall crosses

“#Hi-tech imaging sheds light on Holy Sepulchre wall crosses” JERUSALEM – Crosses etched in mysterious abundance across the walls of Christianity’s most sacred church were long assumed to be graffiti, but they may be the work of medieval masons paid to carve them by pilgrims, research suggests. Revered in Christian tradition as the site of…

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#American church attendance hits historic low: survey

#American church attendance hits historic low: survey

“#American church attendance hits historic low: survey” American church bells aren’t ringing so much as they are tolling, a new survey has found. For the first time in 80 years, Gallup has found that less than half of US adults belong to a church, synagogue or mosque. “Americans’ membership in houses of worship continued to…

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#Online supporters help cheesemaking monks clear overstock

#Online supporters help cheesemaking monks clear overstock

“#Online supporters help cheesemaking monks clear overstock” These monks are cheese wheeling and dealing. A ancient monastery of cheesemaking French monks left with nearly 3 tons of overstock because of COVID-19 lockdowns cleared its cupboards with some modern help. The Cîteaux Abbey, just south of Dijon in the heart of Burgundy, France, normally sells its…

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#Congress’ attack on workers and other commentary

#Congress’ attack on workers and other commentary

“#Congress’ attack on workers and other commentary” Libertarian: Congress’ Attack on Workers Californians backed a ballot initiative vetoing parts of a law that forced companies to hire freelancers as employees, yet Democrats in Congress are now trying to force those same rules “down the entire country’s throat,” frets Reason’s Scott Shackford. The Protecting the Right to…

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#Instagram’s empty religions and other commentary

#Instagram’s empty religions and other commentary

“#Instagram’s empty religions and other commentary” Culture critic: Instagram’s Empty ReligionsThe “nones” — the 22 percent of millennials without a specific religion — have “found a different kind of clergy,” Leigh Stein reports at The New York Times: Instagram “personal-growth influencers.” Millennials’ “new belief system is a blend of left-wing political orthodoxy, intersectional feminism, self-optimization,…

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