A siege of Nicaragua’s most important Catholic church ended on Tuesday as seven mothers holding a hunger strike inside the Managua cathedral left, saying they feared they would be assaulted by pro-government demonstrators. (Ocampo & Sheridan, The Washington Post)
Read MoreA federal jury in San Francisco issued the penalties last Friday against the Center for Medical Progress (CMP) and, among others, two investigators who secretly recorded videos of Planned Parenthood executives discussing their sale of fetal parts, as well as their willingness to manipulate the abortion procedure to preserve organs for sale and use. David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt also clandestinely recorded conversations with officials of fetal tissue procurement businesses that worked with Planned Parenthood. (Strode, Christianity Today)
Read MoreIn the six years since Disney upended the princess genre with “Frozen,” a lot has changed, especially the girls who grew up with it. As they’ve gone from children to tweens, some of the excitement that engulfed the old “Frozen” groupies has thawed. (Gamerman, The Wall Street Journal)
Read MoreChick-fil-A has announced plans to end charitable giving to Christian organizations—including the Salvation Army and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA)—amid concern over LGBT backlash as the popular Christian-owned business expands beyond the US. (Roach, Christianity Today)
Read More“Projections from our data indicate that there will be no members, attenders or givers in the Anglican Church of Canada by approximately 2040,” said the Rev. Neil Elliot, an Anglican priest in Trail, British Columbia, who authored the report. (Longhurst, Religion News Service)
Read MoreThe country's National Institute for Space Research, or INPE, released data Monday revealing that 3,769 square miles of rainforest were lost to deforestation in a 12-month period ending in July. That marks the highest rate of deforestation since 2008 — and a nearly 30% spike over the rate recorded by INPE during the previous yearlong span. (Dwyer, NPR)
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