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Here's what to expect for Laudato Si' Week as pope's ecology document turns five: Laudato Si' Week starts tomorrow. The commemoration of the five-year anniversary of the pope's eco-encyclical will adhere to social distancing norms. As staff writer Brian Roewe reports, the nine-day event will be largely digital. The theme: "Everything is connected."
Mark the anniversary by joining EarthBeat on an exploration of Laudato Si' with new series Digging Into Laudato Si'. The latest installment is Rejecting the throwaway culture. If you are interested in the series, you can sign up for emails here.
Your thoughts on Dolan delivers the church to Trump editorial: Readers from all over the country (and even from Canada and England) responded to NCR's editorial "Dolan delivers the church to Trump and the GOP."
The ministerial exception is still the least bad option: Michael Sean Winters writes about this week's Supreme Court cases dealing with the ministerial exception, "the idea that certain employees of religious organizations have no right to sue their employers for wrongful termination because civil law has no business interfering in the internal workings of a religious organization." One of Winters' points: "In a religious school, what qualifies as 'secular,' and who but the religious organization that founded and sustains the school gets to make that call?"
Four African women share wisdom for a suffering world: Two months ago, Christine Schenk says she was privileged to accompany a remarkable group of people touring ancient Christian sites in Greece. "While our focus was on women leaders in early Christianity, I could not help but notice some impressive female leaders traveling right alongside us."
You may have noticed a new feature: reader tributes to coronavirus victims. You can read the tributes of others or submit your own.
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[Mick Forgey is an NCR copy editor. He can be reached at mforgey@ncronline.org.]
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