WEEK IN RELIGIONPope Francis encyclical on climate change urging people to change their lifestyles and energy use to avert the unprecedented destruction of the ecosystem was released earlier this month, prompting a number of Republican presidential candidates to lash out at the Catholic leader. Jeb Bush, for one, said June 17 he doesnt get economic policy from [his] bishops or [his] cardinals or [his] pope, calling for the pope to stay out of the political realm.
Fathers Day. For those with loving fathers, its a time of gratitude. For others who dont know their dads, it hurts.
I added a small bookshelf from the flea market, a rug from the dining room. I dusted and rearranged the chairs all the while thinking that the front porch would be a welcoming place for my friends and I to sit and visit this summer.
The Post and Courier newspaper reports that Mayor Joe Riley has confirmed there are fatalities in a shooting that occurred at the site of a church in downtown Charleston, South Carolina.
Dig deep this Father's Day.