Day: December 14, 2013

Tutu changes plans, will attend Mandela’s funeral

| Posted on December 14, 2013 |

The Associated Press has an update of its earlier story: Retired Archbishop Desmond Tutu changed course Saturday night and announced plans to attend the funeral of anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela after all.

Episcopal food pantry says it will be swamped if Congress slashes food stamp budget

| Posted on December 14, 2013 |

A food pantry at an Episcopal Church in Clay Center, Kansas, is trying to make Congress understand that faith communities are not going to be able to meet all the need that will be created by deep cuts in the federal food stamp programs. The Clay Center Dispatch has the story:

Tutu says he has not been invited to Mandela’s funeral

| Posted on December 14, 2013 |

Archbishop Desmond Tutu says he won’t be attending Nelson Mandela’s funeral because he was not invited. The Associated Press has the story:

All about priorities

| Posted on December 14, 2013 |

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