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The cardinal sitting next to me remarked, “He talks like Jesus!” To which I replied, “I think that’s his job description.”
Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York, writing in Time about Pope Francis I for the magazine’s annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world.
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‘Death cafes’ hopping No one wants to talk about death at the dinner table, at a soccer game or at a party, said Lizzy Miles, a hospice worker in Columbus, Ohio, who says that whenever people learn about where she works they’re eager to talk about death. “Death cafes” started in England (
www.deathcafe.com) and are taking off in the U.S. The casual get-togethers are held at cof- fee shops, restaurants and recently at the historic Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta. Hosts are social workers and chaplains. The concept is simple and civilized. “They’re a place to talk about the issues surrounding death while drinking tea and eating deli-
cious cake,” Miles said.
Marijuana views evolving Americans are ambivalent but show growing numbers in favor of mari- juana legalization, according to a poll by the Public Religion Research Institute, in partnership with Reli- gion News Service. Forty-five per- cent of those surveyed support the legalization of pot, compared to 49 percent who don’t. As with the gay marriage debate, older Americans and white evangelical Protestants are most opposed.
Syrian Christians kidnapped Munib Younan, Lutheran World Fed- eration president and bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jor- dan and the Holy Land, condemned the April 22 kidnapping of two Syr- ian Christian leaders. Rebels kid- napped Metropolitan Paul Yazigi of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Aleppo and Mar Gregorios Yohanna Ibrahim of the Syriac Orthodox
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Archdiocese of Aleppo on the road from Antioch to Aleppo while the two were “with some of their priests and deacons, one of whom was killed as he was driving,” Younan said. He called upon “all Arab and Middle East Christians and Muslims of good will to join forces for peace and jus- tice in resolving this problem” and all world governments “to discontinue providing weapons for all sides in this conflict and demand a return to diplomatic relations so that people can live with dignity and their full human rights.”
Indonesian church demolished Officials in Bekasi, West Java, Indo- nesia, demolished a Batak Christian Protestant Church sanctuary March 21, The Jakarta Globe reported. The church is a member of the Lutheran World Federat ion. The Globe reported that Bekasi district chief Neneng Hasanah Yasin ordered the demolition because the 14-year-old Tama Sari congregation lacked a per- mit and Muslim residents objected to it. Church leaders said officials were unresponsive to their repeated appli- cations for a permit, and Islamic fun- damentalists only began condemning the church after Neneng took office. The congregation has also been ask- ing Neneng to reopen another con- gregation, Filadelfia, sealed off since 2010.
Jack Eggleston, director for evangelical mission of the Southeast Michigan Synod, led a prayer at the end of a rally in Detroit, which called for a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants and strong protection for immigrant workers.
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Famous trumpeter dies Trumpet great Adolph “Bud” Hers- eth, 91, died April 13. Herseth joined the Chicago Symphony Orches- tra in 1948 as principal trumpet and held that seat for 53 years. In reviews, he had been hailed as “the golden soprano voice of the CSO brass section” and as “the most daz- zling player on his instrument in the world.” The longtime member of United Lutheran Church, Oak Park, 12
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