Posts by Christina Darnell
As South Sudan turns 10, questions over the role of the church emerge amid anti-clerical violence
As South Sudan turns 10, questions over the role of the church emerge amid anti-clerical violence

(ANALYSIS) On July 9, 2021, South Sudan will celebrate its 10th anniversary of independence – but it does so amid concern over violence in the young nation. Recent attacks on two Catholic priests have also put a focus on the role of the church in South Sudan. The country’s freedom was achieved after two lengthy civil wars against its now northern neighbor, Sudan, in which religious identity played a key role.

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Investigation Into Liberty University Now Open
Investigation Into Liberty University Now Open

The investigation on Liberty University during the tenure of Jerry Falwell Jr. has officially opened, as the school announced forensic accounting firm Baker Tilly US will head the investigation. Additionally, the school has launched a website which can be used to report misconduct to the team.

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Falwell Says Wife’s Affair Contributed To Depression
Falwell Says Wife’s Affair Contributed To Depression

Jerry Falwell Jr. says his wife Becki had an affair with a pool attendant who had become a family friend and that the strain of keeping the affair secret as the man pressed the Falwells for money to stay silent has made him depressed. Falwell was recently removed from leadership at Liberty University after a party photo showed him in unzipped pants with a woman who wasn’t his wife.

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Flagship S.C. Church Makes Statement of Contrition on Slavery and Race
Flagship S.C. Church Makes Statement of Contrition on Slavery and Race

First Presbyterian Church in Columbia, South Carolina is one of the oldest continuously operating churches in America. The church released a statement against racism, and will remove the names of former pro-slavery pastors from its buildings.

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Supreme Court rules in favor of Catholic nuns for contraception exemption
Supreme Court rules in favor of Catholic nuns for contraception exemption

The Little Sisters of the Poor claimed victory at the U.S. Supreme Court July 8 after the Court upheld 7-2 the Trump administration’s contraceptive exemption. This allows healthcare providers to opt-out of providing birth control with religious or moral objections.

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