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Stemming Chicago Gun Violence | April 7, 2016 | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly | PBS

April 12, 2016
“I look at crime or violence as a violation of relationships. Some people are harmed, some people do that harm. So the role of restorative justice is to repair, as best we can, those relationships” says Father Dave Kelly. He directs the Precious Blood Ministry of Reconciliation on Chicago’s South Side, a center that offers support to survivors of gun violence. More →

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Supreme Court Contraception Mandate | March 25, 2016 | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly | PBS

April 7, 2016
“We Little Sisters of the Poor are a group of women who made religious vows to God. Now we find ourselves in a situation where the government is requiring us to make changes in our religious health care plan to include services that really violate our deepest held religious beliefs as Little Sisters,” says Sister Loraine Marie Maguire, Mother Provincial of the Little Sisters of the Poor. But Gretchen Borchelt, vice president for reproductive rights and health at the National Women’s Law Center, says, “Women deserve insurance coverage for birth control  no matter  where they work...
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John Danforth on Religion and Politics | March 30, 2016 | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly | PBS

April 7, 2016
In The Relevance of Religion: How Faithful People Can Change Politics, former Missouri senator John Danforth, an Episcopal priest, explores how an over-emphasis on religion has changed the tone of American politics and whether religious values can help to mend a badly fractured political system. More →

Source: John Danforth on Religion and Politics | March 30, 2016 | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly | PBS

Chicago Gun Violence | March 30, 2016 | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly | PBS

April 7, 2016
“Sometimes the pain that’s resident in the community—it can be overwhelming,” says Rev. David Watkins III, pastor of Greater Bethesda Missionary Baptist Church in Chicago’s Washington Park neighborhood. “However, part of the hope of the gospel is that even in the midst of despair, you always have a way out…This community should be better off because as a church we are in it.” More →

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