Harvard Business Review, by Shelle Santana: Is the U.S. becoming a cashless society? As digital payments spread from coastal coffee shops to rural restaurants, business owners, lawmakers, and consumers across America are asking themselves this question. And depending on where…

AP News, by Martha Mendoza, Juliet Linderman, and Garance Burke: The visiting priests arrived discreetly, day and night. Stripped of their collars and cassocks, they went unnoticed in this tiny Midwestern town as they were escorted into a dingy warehouse…

Faithwire, by Will Maule: Thousands have marched right up to the doorstep of Northern Ireland’s government buildings in protest against a recently proposed change to the nation’s abortion laws. Friday’s “silent protest” was in response to British parliament legislation passed…

CNSNews.com, by Michael W. Chapman: PinkNews, a popular online news source for the global LGBT+ community, praised one of Pope Francis’ new appointments for cardinal, Archbishop Matteo Zuppi of Bologna, Italy, stating that the Pope had “named a pro-LGBT+ bishop…

The Guardian, by Mark Harris: The US military is conducting wide-area surveillance tests across six Midwest states using experimental high-altitude balloons, documents filed with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) reveal. Up to 25 unmanned solar-powered balloons are being launched from…

NBC News, by Corky Siemaszko: The Boy Scouts of America are continuing to cover-up a “pedophilia epidemic within their organization,” a group of lawyers alleged Tuesday in a new lawsuit. The Abused in Scouting lawyers said they’ve identified 350 previously…

Capitol Ministries: “Lawmakers everywhere need in-depth Bible studies. “I definitely know that if we are writing laws for society, we should be writing them in accord with what God’s Word says so that the very basis of society is the…

Grist, by Kate Yoder: In the 2016 presidential election, 81 percent of white evangelical Christians voted to elect President Trump. But this core base of the Republican Party, despite Fox News’ efforts, is more receptive to large-scale action to combat…

Fox News, by Frank Miles: Chicago’s new mayor is taking issue with the city’s police department as the city continues to see far more homicides than New York and Los Angeles, as well as major eruptions of other violence. “One…

The Conversation, by Naomi Schalit: A bill to decriminalize abortion in NSW has been delayed by conservative MPs who reportedly want more time to consider the legislation. Debate is now set to start in the lower house next week [date…