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Holy Week resources and reflections

PC(USA)-backed financial disclosure legislation passes

LOUISVILLE — A Senate vote July 15 gave final approval to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act with a landmark provision requiring energy and mining companies registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to disclose how much they pay to foreign countries and the U.S. government for oil, gas, and minerals. President Barack Obama later signed the bill into law.

A great place to visit …

But, would I want to live there? Thousands of Jewish settlers from the United States and Europe do. So do the Palestinians who have been there for four millennia or more.

World Food Prize to hunger groups

WASHINGTON, D.C. (ENI)

David Beckmann and Jo Luck were named co-winners of the 2010 World Food Prize at a June 16 ceremony at the U.S. State Department. The award is often seen as the Nobel Prize on issues related to food security, hunger and farming.

Hunsinger to receive Karl Barth Award

George Hunsinger, Princeton Theological Seminary’s Hazel Thompson McCord Professor of Systematic Theology and a scholar on the work of Karl Barth, has been chosen as the recipient of the 2010 Karl Barth Award by the jury of the Union of Evangelical Churches in the Evangelical Church in Germany.

Report: Religious groups see slight decrease in giving

Washington D.C. (RNS) Religious organizations reported a 0.7 percent decrease in donations last year, according to a study by Giving USA Foundation, a marked contrast from the 5.5 percent increase in giving reported in 2008. Total donations for all charitable groups in 2009 were down by 3.6 percent.

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