(RNS) — The Rev. Megan Rohrer was elected bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America’s Sierra Pacific synod on Saturday (May 8), becoming the first transgender person to serve as bishop in the denomination or in any of the U.S.’ major Christian faiths. MORE
It goes on and on and on. History. What barred Chinese immigration for 10 years?
The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was the first significant law restricting immigration into the United States. Many Americans on the West Coast attributed declining wages and economic ills to Chinese workers. Although the Chinese composed only .002 percent of the nation’s population, Congress passed the exclusion act to placate worker demands and assuage prevalent concerns about maintaining white “racial purity.” MORE
Taps are now shut off two days a week, and worse is to come unless action is taken on climate crisis MORE
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has changed its rules, permitting a biological male to compete against women in weightlifting. Before transitioning in 2013, Laurel Hubbard competed in the men’s category. AUDIO
We know Snopes is funded by Soros. And the hilarious part is Snopes fact checks itself.
The ultraconservative website LifeSiteNews has been removed from Facebook, with the tech giant accusing the group of violating policies regarding COVID-19. LifeSiteNews, an often faith-themed website that Snopes.com describes as “a known purveyor of misleading information,” announced the Facebook ban on its own website Tuesday (May 4). MORE
Vol 14 Issue 19 ~ Editor: Rev. Fr. Courtney Edward Krier
May 8, 2021 ~ Saint Michael, opn!
1. What is the Holy Eucharist
2. Fourth Sunday after Easter
3. Saint Gregory Nazianzen
4. Family and Marriage
5. Articles and notices
Dear Reader:
AChristian college in Missouri is challenging a Biden administration executive order that could open gendered spaces—including dorms and showers—to transgender residents on campus. VIDEO
The South Carolina House voted Wednesday to add a firing squad to the state’s execution methods amid a lack of lethal-injection drugs – a measure meant to jump-start executions in a state that once had one of the busiest death chambers in the nation. MORE
Is this the X-FILES?
Pope Francis sent a video message to participants in the Vax Live concert in Los Angeles Sunday night, urging concertgoers “not to forget the most vulnerable” in vaccine distribution.. MORE
This is why we need the illegals, to fill up the schools, jobs. etc.
The U.S. birth rate fell 4% last year, the largest single-year decrease in nearly 50 years, according to a government report being released Wednesday. The rate dropped for moms of every major race and ethnicity, and in nearly every age group, falling to the lowest point since federal health officials started tracking it more than a century ago. MORE