Pope Francis says work with World Council of Churches 'must continue'

Ecumenical News

Pope Francis says that dialogue with the World Council of Churches that began 50 years ago "must continue" despite divisions that inhibit Christian unity. Pope Francis wrote a 50th anniversary message June 24 to Rev. Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary of the WCC, for ecumenical endeavors of the Joint Working Group of the world council and the Catholic Church.

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BROKE TEENS ROT IN CHICAGO JAILS FOR YEARS AWAITING TRIALS

WhoWhatWhy.org

WhoWhatWhy has discovered that scores of young people have been denied their freedom—and their Constitutional right to a “speedy and public trial”—while being held in Chicago jails, some of them for years.

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Seventh-day Adventist wins case against Dunkin' Donuts

World News Daily

Judgment Day has come for a Dunkin’ Donuts franchisee that rescinded its job offer to a Christian man solely because he wanted to keep the weekly Sabbath holy, which is one of the Ten Commandments.

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Massive 1,000 square-foot sink hole swallowed up an entire TRUCK in the middle of a busy road

Daily Mail

A cement truck, telephone pole and police kiosk were swallowed into the ground during a terrifying road collapse. Three people were also injured when the busy road opened up in Anhui province, eastern China, on Monday afternoon, reported the People's Daily Online. 

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Senator Lankford's Passionate appeal about the Planned Parenthood Video on the Senate Floor

It will cost you $6,000 a night to see the Pope in Philadelphia

The Telegraph

The American entrepreneurial spirit sends prices booming for Pope Francis, who is known for his love of the simple life and frequently rails against the perils of capitalism.

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Jeb Bush supports Pentagon move to allow transgender military service

Yahoo News

Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush told Yahoo News today that he was “fine” with transgender people openly serving in the U.S. military so long as the Pentagon determines that doing so would not compromise morale within the armed forces.

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One Earth one family - Interfaith march in Rome to call for climate action

Thieves Stealing water in drought-ravaged California

RT.com

A group of thieves broke locks guarding spigots at a shopping center in Milpitas, KPIX reported over the weekend, making off with hundreds of gallons of water. Police are still seeking the suspects, who braved surveillance cameras to access the water.

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Mandatory insect spraying on private property angers California residents

Sacramento Bee
Mandatory state spraying of three pesticides to kill the invasive Japanese beetle in Fair Oaks and Carmichael has drawn the ire of residents concerned about forced spraying on their property and the lack of a public forum to discuss the issue with neighbors.

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Pentagon announces plan aimed at lifting transgender ban

Associated Press
The Pentagon's current regulations banning transgender individuals from serving in the military are outdated, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Monday, ordering a six-month study aimed at formally ending one of the last gender- or sexuality-based barriers to military service.

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Christian Seminary Distributes Condoms That Talk of Christ's Second Coming

Charisma News

Much false teaching and false representation of Christianity exists in America today. One recent example is the distribution of free condoms by Chicago Theological Seminary, an affiliate of the United Church of Christ (UCC). At last week's 2015 Wild Goose Festival attendees received condom packages designed with a colored image of a rainbow flame, an LGBT variation of the UCC's logo.

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Cops threaten man holding John 3:16 sign at ballpark

World News Daily

San Francisco police are accused of intimidating and threatening to arrest a man who was holding up a “John 3:16″ sign in front of AT&T Park prior to a Dodgers-Giants baseball game.

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Drug lord Chapo Guzman tunnels out of maximum-security Mexico prison

Washington Post

Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, the world’s most famous drug lord, has escaped from a maximum security prison in Mexico for the second time in his drug-running career, a spectacular breach of security that set off a massive manhunt in the early hours Sunday.

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Report leaked on massive airport-checkpoint failures

Washington Post

The inspector general for the Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday that he is investigating the leak of classified information from an undercover operation in which investigators were able to slip through airport security with weapons and phony bombs more than 95 percent of the time.

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Biometric Lunch Scanners Coming to a School Near You

iBerkshires

The introduction of biometrics in the school lunch line has a number of parents concerned about privacy and big-government intrusion into their children's lives.

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Papal Mass in Philadelphia expected to draw 1.5 million pilgrims

Catholic Herald

More than 1.5 million people are expected for the Mass with Pope Francis in Philadelphia this September, said organisers of the next World Meeting of Families.

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House bill would rewrite federal laws with gender neutral words

The Hill

Now that same-sex marriage is legal throughout the country, House lawmakers want the federal code to reflect marriage equality with gender-neutral terms.

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Cyprus parliament restricts Sunday shopping

Famagusta-Gazette

The House of Representatives has approved, by majority vote, legislation restricting opening hours for shops on Sundays.

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Obama: We are no longer a Christian Nation

Pope Francis: God Has Instructed Me to Revise the Ten Commandments

Real News Right Now

Pope Francis kicked off the start of a three-nation trip across South America today with his first mass, with over a million Ecuadorians in attendance, in the coastal city of Guayaquil. Delivering the mass in Spanish, the Pope spoke about the importance of family in modern society, saying, “It needs to be helped and strengthened, lest we lose our proper sense of the services which society as a whole provides.”

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California Family Supports 4-Year-Old’s Decision To Transition From Male To Female

Adventists Join in Interfaith Relations with Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Sikhs and Mormons

How do you bring people of different faiths together?
Oregon Live

David Leslie's 17-year stint as executive director of Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon is coming to an end this spring. Leslie is returning to his home state of Texas in June to head the Rothko Chapel in Houston. We didn't want to miss an opportunity to pick his brain before he leaves, so we asked Leslie to reflect on his years as a leader in interfaith work in Oregon.

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Keep Sunday holy so God will bless us again

Daily Journal

Remember when on every Friday, downtown High Street had lights glistening, people shopping, going to the A&P store for their Eight O’Clock coffee and shopping at the Green Giant? Everyone was so happy, go-lucky, speaking to each other with respect. We were able to shop on High Street for clothes, home goods — just about anything that was needed. Millville had a skating rink and two movie houses. We would go to the People’s Theaterfor Western movies and family-type movies and on Sunday mornings. Do you remember families getting together and going to the church of their choice? Wow, they were some good memories.

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First Church of Cannabis? Government Grants Tax-Exempt Status to Pot-Smoking ‘Congregation’

Christian News

A group of pot smokers have found a way to skirt tax laws and do illegal drugs by establishing themselves as a “church.” Indiana’s First Church of Cannabis was founded in March by 59-year-old Bill Levin, whose supporters are known as “cannibiterians.” Levin reportedly has over 700 followers to date.

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Morning-After Pill Now Widely Available to Children in Pharmacies

Charisma News

Girls under the age of consent will now be able to buy the morning-after pill in pharmacies across the U.K.

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Toxic algae bloom shuts down West Coast fisheries

LA Times

One of the largest toxic algae blooms seen off California has shut down recreational and commercial fishing along the West Coast and could be contributing to a host of sea lion strandings in the Bay Area, scientists said this week.

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Jeb Bush Says Catholic Dogma Trumps US Government

Patheos.com
Theocracy Alert: In an ominous speech announcing his 2016 presidential campaign, Jeb Bush promised if elected president he would favor Catholic dogma over the courts, the law, and the U.S. government.

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White House lights up in rainbow colors to celebrate gay rights

Yahoo News

The White House was lit with the colors of the rainbow Friday night in honor of the Supreme Court’s ruling that marriage equality is a constitutional right throughout the country.

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