To understand better says Bishop Walker nickless, dioceses of sioux city. And even with all the political talk surrounding the race for the white house religious studies professorsbruce forbes believes the pope may have beeeea bit misinterpreted with hihimessage, albeit a strong one. Mass right on the border, i mean. He was tryingngo Say Something about divided people and how in the world can we get people to come together. I think he was making a social statement, but its a mistake to see it simply as a political statement says bruce forbes, professor religious studies, Morningside College. Forbes says religion and politics coming together is nothing new. Prohibition, womens rights, and the Civil Rights Movement were all religioly based issuesn their time and today, relgion still plays a pivotal roll in politics and although my dont know the religious affiliation of specific candidates, the number of those looking to elect candidate based on their belief in god is on the decline while
Abc 9s bria bell brings us more. Bria tim and jenna, the Sioux City Public Library and the Convention Center are two prominent places are feeling the effects of vagrancy issues downtown and now both places are looking to stop people from entering if they do not intend to utilize the facilities properly. Its not a good look when you have somebody sleeping at a table, the sioux city library, typically a nice place to enjoy a good book, is unintentionally housing the homeless. The library will allocate nearly 46,000 for additional security options due to the frequent vagrancy issues, but will it be enough . Im not sure that with the money that well be having, that its really going to cover what we really need, says capron. Also facing similar issues, the sioux city Convention Center. So theyve got some problems with people coming in that arent a part of events, but theyre coming in and theyre using some of the Restroom Facilities there. Weve had some issues where they come in and have eat