Bishop statement on Standing Rock On Nov. 14, Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton announced her support of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, which has been resisting the development of the Dakota Access Pipeline. “Acknowledging the complexity of this issue and the limitations sin places on human decisions, I believe that we are called as a church to support the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe: to stand with the Tribe as they seek justice, to encourage our congregations to pray for them and to offer material support, and to examine the racism inherent in our system that contributes to the current crisis,” Eaton said in the statement.
Pope grants authority to absolve abortion In a letter released Nov. 21, Pope Francis announced that, for the foreseeable future, abortion can be absolved by ordinary priests instead of requiring a bishop. The change was implemented on a temporary basis for the past year as part of the Roman Catholic Church’s Jubilee Year of Mercy, but the pope’s announcement means the change is extended indefinitely. “I wish to restate as firmly as I can that abortion is a grave sin,” the pope said in his letter. “In the same way, however, I can and must state that there is no sin that God’s mercy cannot reach and wipe away when it finds a repentant heart seeking to be reconciled with the Father.”
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