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Ukraine targeting Orthodox Church with raids and arrests, Biden’s foster care rule targets Christians, Largest iceberg is 1,500 square miles in size
It’s Wednesday, November 29th, A.D. 2023. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus. ([email protected])
By Jonathan Clark
Ukraine targeting Orthodox Church with raids and arrests
A human rights division of the United Nations is warning about religious freedom violations in Ukraine.
The U.N. has documented 10 cases of violence between different Orthodox communities in the country since last February, noting Ukrainian law enforcement officials have not protected church members.
Ukraine is also considering legislation to dissolve religious organizations with ties to countries like Russia. Leaders of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church accuse Ukraine of trying to annihilate it for its previous connection to Russian church bodies.
Since Russia invaded Ukraine last year, Ukraine has targeted the Ukrainian Orthodox Church with hundreds of raids and investigations as well as house arrests.
Russia restricting abortion
Speaking of Russia, the country is moving to restrict abortion in recent months.
Two Russian regions now have laws against influencing women to have abortions. Authorities are also restricting the sale of abortion drugs. However, abortion is still broadly legal and accessible in the country.
Calls by the government and the Russian Orthodox Church to curtail abortion come as the country faces demographic decline.
Russia, under the Soviet Union, was the first country in the world to legalize abortion in 1920.
Pope strips conservative cardinal of salary and housing
The Roman Catholic pope continues to crack down on his conservative critics.
Last week, Pope Francis announced he is stripping Cardinal Raymond Burke of his Vatican-subsidized housing and salary. Burke was known for opposing sexually perverted lifestyles and abortion.
He is the second American clergy member to face removal by the pope recently. Earlier this month, Francis removed Bishop Joseph Strickland of Texas. Like Burke, Strickland is considered a conservative critic of the pope.
Biden’s foster care rule targets Christians
Eighteen Republican attorneys general in the U.S. are calling out the Biden administration for a new foster care rule that targets Christians.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has proposed a rule to prohibit families who oppose sexually perverted lifestyles from participating in the foster care system.
The attorneys general sent a letter to the department on Monday. One of them is Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall. He said, “Since the first century, Christians across the globe have answered the call to provide a home and a family to children who had neither. Alabama boasts a particularly strong faith-based foster care and adoption community, and I will fight this Administration for them every step of the way.”
James 1:27 says, “Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.”
Disney wishes “Wish” wasn’t a flop
Disney films continue to flop at the box office.
The company’s latest offering, Wish, brought in only $31.7 million last week. That’s well below the $45 to $50 million pre-release expectations.
Wish joins other flops this year like Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, The Little Mermaid, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, and Secret Invasion. Those four releases cost Disney a billion dollars.
The losses also come as Disney waded into the cultural wars in support of sexually perverted lifestyles.
Amazon’s biggest delivery business
Amazon is now the biggest delivery business in the U.S.
Last year, the company delivered more parcels than UPS. It had already outpaced FedEx in 2020.
Amazon’s edge is only projected to grow this year as it expects to ship a total of 5.9 billion packages.
The U.S. Postal Service remains the biggest parcel service which handles packages for all three companies.
Largest iceberg is 1,500 square miles in size
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It’s Wednesday, November 29th, A.D. 2023. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus. ([email protected])
By Jonathan Clark
Ukraine targeting Orthodox Church with raids and arrests
A human rights division of the United Nations is warning about religious freedom violations in Ukraine.
The U.N. has documented 10 cases of violence between different Orthodox communities in the country since last February, noting Ukrainian law enforcement officials have not protected church members.
Ukraine is also considering legislation to dissolve religious organizations with ties to countries like Russia. Leaders of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church accuse Ukraine of trying to annihilate it for its previous connection to Russian church bodies.
Since Russia invaded Ukraine last year, Ukraine has targeted the Ukrainian Orthodox Church with hundreds of raids and investigations as well as house arrests.
Russia restricting abortion
Speaking of Russia, the country is moving to restrict abortion in recent months.
Two Russian regions now have laws against influencing women to have abortions. Authorities are also restricting the sale of abortion drugs. However, abortion is still broadly legal and accessible in the country.
Calls by the government and the Russian Orthodox Church to curtail abortion come as the country faces demographic decline.
Russia, under the Soviet Union, was the first country in the world to legalize abortion in 1920.
Pope strips conservative cardinal of salary and housing
The Roman Catholic pope continues to crack down on his conservative critics.
Last week, Pope Francis announced he is stripping Cardinal Raymond Burke of his Vatican-subsidized housing and salary. Burke was known for opposing sexually perverted lifestyles and abortion.
He is the second American clergy member to face removal by the pope recently. Earlier this month, Francis removed Bishop Joseph Strickland of Texas. Like Burke, Strickland is considered a conservative critic of the pope.
Biden’s foster care rule targets Christians
Eighteen Republican attorneys general in the U.S. are calling out the Biden administration for a new foster care rule that targets Christians.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has proposed a rule to prohibit families who oppose sexually perverted lifestyles from participating in the foster care system.
The attorneys general sent a letter to the department on Monday. One of them is Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall. He said, “Since the first century, Christians across the globe have answered the call to provide a home and a family to children who had neither. Alabama boasts a particularly strong faith-based foster care and adoption community, and I will fight this Administration for them every step of the way.”
James 1:27 says, “Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.”
Disney wishes “Wish” wasn’t a flop
Disney films continue to flop at the box office.
The company’s latest offering, Wish, brought in only $31.7 million last week. That’s well below the $45 to $50 million pre-release expectations.
Wish joins other flops this year like Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, The Little Mermaid, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, and Secret Invasion. Those four releases cost Disney a billion dollars.
The losses also come as Disney waded into the cultural wars in support of sexually perverted lifestyles.
Amazon’s biggest delivery business
Amazon is now the biggest delivery business in the U.S.
Last year, the company delivered more parcels than UPS. It had already outpaced FedEx in 2020.
Amazon’s edge is only projected to grow this year as it expects to ship a total of 5.9 billion packages.
The U.S. Postal Service remains the biggest parcel service which handles packages for all three companies.
Largest iceberg is 1,500 square miles in size
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