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Alarm Box: Steps you can take now to help protect your home from wildfire ... Our View: Waging peace after war ... Mochas, Midrash and Mysteries: Balancing the gift and the task ... Alarm Box: Steps you can take now to help protect your home from wildfire ... Religion News: Presbyterian Church gives approval on same-sex marriage Comment DailyTidings.com Writer Posted Mar. 19, 2015 at 12:01 AM Posted Mar. 19, 2015 at 12:01 AM » Social News WEEK IN RELIGION The Presbyterian Church (USA) made history earlier this month by changing its definition of marriage to include same-sex couples. This decision by the country’s largest Presbyterian organization will take effect on June 21. With almost 1.8 million members, the group is now the biggest Protestant group in the US to endorse gay marriage. In 2011, the Presbyterian Church (USA) made the decision to allow for the ordination of gay pastors, elders and deacons, causing some of the group’s more conservative congregations to disassociate themselves from the denomination. SURVEY SAYS According to a recent poll conducted by the Equality & Human Rights Commission, UK Christians believe their religion is “losing its place” at the office. About 2,500 people weighed in on the survey, which found that people felt pressured to keep their religion hidden at work, and that some felt discriminated against when wearing religious symbols at work. GOOD BOOK? ‘The Francis Miracle’ by John L. Allen There is no other organization whose inner workings are more secretive than the Vatican. Now, with a dynamic new leader in Pope Francis, all eyes are upon the church, as this immensely popular Pope seeks to bring the church back from the right to center, in what can almost be described as a populist stance, blurring the lines between politics, religion and culture. With topics including women, finance, scandal, and reform at the fore, never before have so many eyes been upon the church in what could be its defining moment for modern times. — Time THE WORD Apocrypha: The Apocrypha are Jewish writings that are included in Roman Catholic and Orthodox Christian Old Testaments but excluded from most Protestant ones. Some Protestant Bibles include the Apocrypha as noncanonical writings, though, at the end of the Old Testament or in a separate section. — ReligionStylebook.com RELIGION AROUND THE WORLD According to the CIA World Factbook, the religious makeup of Germany is: • Protestant: 34 percent • Roman Catholic: 34 percent • Muslim: 3.7 percent • Unaffiliated: 28.3 percent — More Content Now DailyTidings.com Writer Posted Mar. 19, 2015 at 12:01 AM » Comment or view comments Reader Reaction » STAY INFORMED Email NewsLetter Sign Up Today Sign up for our newsletter and have the top headlines from your community delivered right to your inbox. calendar Connect with DailyTidings.com Facebook Twitter RSS Back to top Reader Services Reader Services home Subscriptions Subscriber controls Contact us Submissions Photos Events Letters to the editor Corrections Alerts Email alerts RSS feeds Text Alerts Advertise Media Kit Home Products and services Ad rates Advertising contacts Propel Marketing Mail Tribune Daily Tidings The Nickel Shop Our Valley Blogs Stay Informed Email newsletter Sign Up Today Sign up for our newsletter and have the top headlines from your community delivered right to your inbox. 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