Afghanistan's Taliban formally codified a long set of rules governing morality this week, ranging from requiring women to cover their faces and men to grow beards to banning car drivers from playing music, the Justice Ministry said. (Yawar & Greenfield, Reuters)
Read MorePlenty of American women are finding that they don’t need a husband to enjoy their golden years. Both men and women in their mid-60s or older are more likely to be divorced or never married than at any time in the past three decades. But the women are much less likely than their male counterparts to get remarried. (Torry, The Wall Street Journal)
Read MoreMarketing experts say retailers typically seek early holiday promotions to prevent unsold inventory or to beat their competitors to the punch. They say the early launches are also a sign that consumer demands are changing, especially since COVID. (Kim, NPR)
Read MoreAn engineer from the University of Padua in Italy used modern technology to reanalyze samples taken from the cloth in the 1970s, finding tiny blood particles showing signs of organ failure, trauma, disease and radiation. Materials that were typical in ancient Jerusalem were also said to be discovered. (Liberatore, Daily Mail)
Read MoreThe survey is intended to help the U.S. bishops and other Catholic leaders to implement the National Pastoral Plan for Hispanic/Latino Ministry, a program approved by the USCCB last year that aims to strengthen ministry in Latino communities. Hertzler-McCain, Religion News Service)
Read MoreThe church announced that Pastor Kemntal Glasgow is no longer a member over a 'moral issue' that 'disqualifies him from serving.' The upheaval began in June with the resignation of Robert Morris. (Limehouse, USA Today)
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