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Minot Christian Women’s Luncheon will be held Tuesday

The Minot Christian Women’s Club will hold a luncheon on Tuesday, at the Grand Hotel in Minot from 12:15 to 2 p.m. The cost will be $13 inclusive. For reservations, contact Darcy at 837-8233 or minotchristianwomens @hotmail.com. Attendees are asked to bring a nonperishable item for donation. Daniel Starks, a musician from Ryder, will perform. Capt. Debbie Stahl of the Minot Salvation Army will speak. Delores Langseth, Harvey, will speak on “From Darkness into Light.”

First Baptist Church XYZ to meet on Nov. 15

First Baptist Church XYZ, a non-denominational adult ministry for people in the 50-plus age group, will meet at 2 p.m. Thursday at First Baptist. The Gospel Sowers will share the musical program “Songs from the Heart of God’s Heart.” Refreshments will be served. First Baptist Church is located at 200 3rd Street SW in Minot.

Pope OKs beatification for US brother slain in Guatemala war

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has decreed that an American religious brother, James Miller, was killed out of hatred for the Catholic faith during Guatemala's civil war and can be beatified. Miller is the second American slain in Guatemala to move a step closer to possible sainthood in recent years. The Rev. Stanley Rother, who was gunned down during the Guatemalan conflict in 1981, was beatified as a martyr in his native Oklahoma last year. The Vatican said Thursday that Francis approved a decree recognizing that Miller, from Stevens Point, Wisconsin, died as a martyr on Feb. ...

Pope denounces governments that use media to defame critics

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is denouncing the way some governments seek to discredit their critics through "whisper" campaigns, using the media to defame anyone who represents a threat. During his morning homily Thursday, Francis said such slander campaigns can infect relations in families, parishes and dioceses, as well as global politics. He said the damage done by the "sin of whispering" is particularly grave in politics "when a government isn't honest and seeks to sling mud at its adversaries with whispers, defamation, calumny." Francis didn't single out any country, but ...

Pope: Safe drinking water is a human right, not merchandise

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has affirmed that access to clean water is a human right and that it's "enormously shameful" that millions of people get sick and die each year for lack of it. In a message to a water management conference Thursday, Francis lamented that war, corruption and financial interests often get in the way of providing universal access to clean water for all. He said recognition of access to clean water as a basic human right is "incompatible" with the concept of water as merchandise to be bought and sold. The United Nations first recognized the legal ...

Let’s talk manpower

I’m an engineer; wired to observe the realities of this world. For 50 years I’ve witnessed this reality: Men tend to trail behind women when it comes to spiritual intensity. I’ve seen many families where mom is active in her faith and local church but dad isn’t. It’s very rare that dad is active and mom is not. Having worked with teenagers for years, it’s common for teens to step away from faith when dad isn’t actively engaged. As a pastor, I have a burning desire to help men grow spiritually. When a man grows spiritually, there’s a significant positive ripple effect in ...