RELIGION HEADLINES
Written by on November 14, 2024
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(SRN NEWS) – The Church of England must find a new leader now that Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has resigned. The process begins with the Crown Nominations Commission, which will send the name of a preferred candidate and an alternate to Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who will then advise King Charles the Third on his selection. The commission has 16 members, including the Archbishop of York, representatives of the clergy and laypeople, a representative of the Anglican Communion and a chair appointed by the prime minister.
President Trump’s new ambassador to Israel has been a long-time supporter of the Jewish state. Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee is also an Evangelical leader, and he maintains that the Palestinians have no right to establish a state on Israeli land. Huckabee recently said, “the title deed was given by God to Abraham and to his heirs.” The former governor frequently visits Israel and once said he wanted to buy a vacation home there. He will take up his post early next year after Mr. Trump takes the oath of office to begin his second term.
A pregnant woman has filed a lawsuit seeking the right to an abortion in Kentucky. It’s the latest challenge to the state’s near-total ban on the procedure. The suit claims that Kentucky laws blocking abortion violate the plaintiff’s rights to privacy and self-determination under the state constitution. The woman is about seven weeks pregnant and says she wants to terminate her pregnancy but cannot legally do so in Kentucky because of the ban. Lawyers for the American Civil Liberties Union filed the suit on her behalf in a state court in Louisville.
Among several blocks of religious voters Donald Trump fared roughly as well in his battle with Kamala Harris as he did in his fight with Joe Biden four years ago. One notable difference: He did better this year among Catholic voters, according to AP VoteCast. In 2020, the Catholic electorate — one the biggest religious blocs in the nation — was almost evenly split. This year, 54 percent of Catholic voters supported Mr. Trump and 44 percent backed Harris — a critical shift given the large Catholic populations in several battleground states.
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