# The Rings and the Web · The Atlas · The Congregation of Tomorrow

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The Atlas
The Rings and the Web.
The persons, the bodies, the ties and the money: how the faiths hang together.
Who the bodies of faith are made of, and how they hang together. Everything below is counted from the Atlas's own files: the Canon, the 33 dossiers and their decks, the Third Ring, the Web of ties, the money and the Cult Dossier. Each name opens the page it was counted from, so any line here can be checked where it came from.
### The Rings and the Web, in one picture
The 22 camps of the Third Ring in the middle, their ties to one another crossing the hall; around them the 33 bodies studied in full, set out by island; then the 103 people and the 37 funds. Tap any point: its lines run to what it belongs to and what it is tied to, and its facts open beside it.
Tap any point.
From the middle out: the camps of the Third Ring (blue), the bodies studied in full (gold, with their islands marked), the people (pale) and the funds (green). Blue lines are the ties; dashed ones are inferred.
### How the Atlas fits together
The religions of the world hold the bodies studied in full; those hold the live camps of the Third Ring; those are made of people, and the people have their hands on the money. The Cult Dossier sits beside them all.
### Where the ties run
The most-connected body in the Atlas is The Roman Catholic Church, with 20 ties to people, camps, money and other bodies.
- The Roman Catholic Church 20 15 people, 2 ring bodies, 3 funds
- Mainline Protestantism 19 12 people, 1 ring body, 6 funds
- Islam 10 4 people, 3 ring bodies, 3 funds
- Anglicanism 9 5 people, 4 funds
- Buddhism 9 6 people, 1 ring body, 1 fund, 1 other dossier
- Transhumanism 8 5 people, 3 funds
- Baptists & the Free Church 7 5 people, 1 ring body, 1 fund
- Hinduism 7 3 people, 1 ring body, 2 funds, 1 other dossier
- Pentecostal & Charismatic 7 5 people, 1 ring body, 1 fund
- The Black Church 7 5 people, 1 ring body, 1 fund
Left out of the Web on purpose: The Contenders, the bodies still waiting for a dossier of their own.
### The islands · 12
The Web is not one net. Its ties fall into 12 islands that no run of ties joins. The largest holds 91 names: Anglicanism, Baptists & the Free Church, Lutheranism, Mainline Protestantism, Oriental Orthodox, Pentecostal & Charismatic, The Assyrian Church of the East, The Black Church, The Eastern Orthodox Church, The Non-Denominational Megachurch, The Roman Catholic Church.
Two bodies on different islands share no person, no camp, no fund and no word the files can find. Where the islands meet in the world but not in the files, that is the next tie to look for.
91 names
Anglicanism, Baptists & the Free Church, Lutheranism, Mainline Protestantism, Oriental Orthodox, Pentecostal & Charismatic, The Assyrian Church of the East, The Black Church, The Eastern Orthodox Church, The Non-Denominational Megachurch, The Roman Catholic Church with 80 people, camps and funds
50 names
Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism & Shinto, Hinduism, Scientology, The Anatomy of a Cult, The Baha'i Faith, The New Movements, The Unification Church, Transhumanism with 41 people, camps and funds
11 names
Islam with 10 people, camps and funds
8 names
Freemasonry & Fraternal Esoterica, Thelema, Theosophy & the OTO with 6 people, camps and funds
6 names
Judaism, Messianic Judaism & Hebrew Roots with 4 people, camps and funds
6 names
Mormonism (LDS) with 5 people, camps and funds
5 names
Jehovah's Witnesses with 4 people, camps and funds
5 names
The Anabaptists with 4 people, camps and funds
4 names
Reformed Confessional Bodies with 3 people, camps and funds
4 names
Sikhism with 3 people, camps and funds
2 names
Hebrew Israelites & the Nation of Islam with 1 people, camps and funds
2 names
The Secular Age with 1 people, camps and funds
See them on the map.
### The bridges · 18
A name that turns up on more than one deck is where two bodies touch. Some are people; some, in the cult decks, are the methods that recur from group to group.
Dispensing of existence
Scientology · The Anatomy of a Cult · The New Movements
Milieu control
Scientology · The Anatomy of a Cult · The New Movements
Anthony Levandowski
The New Movements · Transhumanism
Bartholomew I
The Assyrian Church of the East · The Eastern Orthodox Church
Boise Kimber
Baptists & the Free Church · The Black Church
Hiroshi Ishiguro
Buddhism · Confucianism, Taoism & Shinto
Hyung Jin "Sean" Moon
The New Movements · The Unification Church
J. Drew Sheard
Pentecostal & Charismatic · The Black Church
Joel Osteen
Pentecostal & Charismatic · The Non-Denominational Megachurch
Julia Ayala Harris
Anglicanism · Mainline Protestantism
Michael Todd
Pentecostal & Charismatic · The Non-Denominational Megachurch
Sean W. Rowe
Anglicanism · Mainline Protestantism
Sebastian Brock
Oriental Orthodox · The Assyrian Church of the East
Steven Furtick
Pentecostal & Charismatic · The Non-Denominational Megachurch
The cult of confession
The Anatomy of a Cult · The New Movements
Vashti Murphy McKenzie
Mainline Protestantism · The Black Church
Xi Jinping
Buddhism · Confucianism, Taoism & Shinto
Yehiel Curry
Lutheranism · Mainline Protestantism
### One person, more than one group
From the Cult Dossier: those who stand in two groups at once, as founders, members or the scholars who studied both.
Aleister Crowley Prophet of Thelema; founder of the A∴A∴; head of the OTO
Thelema and the Abbey of Thelema · Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn
L. Ron Hubbard Founder, Dianetics and the Church of Scientology
Church of Scientology · Thelema and the Abbey of Thelema
Fumihiro Joyu Spokesman, Aum Shinrikyo; founder, Hikari no Wa
Aum Shinrikyo · Aleph and the Aum successors
Robert Jay Lifton Psychiatrist; author of the eight criteria of thought reform
The Anti-Cult Movement and the Cult Awareness Network · Symbionese Liberation Army
Margaret Singer Clinical psychologist; theorist of coercive persuasion
The Anti-Cult Movement and the Cult Awareness Network · Symbionese Liberation Army
Massimo Introvigne Sociologist; founder of CESNUR; editor of Bitter Winter
Church of Almighty God · Ashram Shambala
### The money · 37 funds
Money is traced for 24 of the 33 bodies. The most is traced for Mainline Protestantism, with 6 funds.
### What kind of money
The commonest kind is the pension board: the money set aside to keep the clergy in old age.
- Pension board 8
- Foundation 3
- Treasury 2
- Venture fund 2
- Church treasury 2
One each: bank, business conglomerate, endowed parish, endowment, federation, funding body, fundraising body, gurdwara trust, hospital endowment, humanitarian giving, investment arm, lay organisation's holdings, membership society / nonprofit, national treasury (registered charity 250851), patrimony, principal corporation, state endowments, state religious budget, state treasury, temple trust.
### The bodies, by funds traced
- Mainline Protestantism 6
- Anglicanism 4
- The Roman Catholic Church 3
- Islam 3
- Transhumanism 3
- Mormonism (LDS) 2
- Hinduism 2
- Baptists & the Free Church 1
- Jehovah's Witnesses 1
- The Anabaptists 1
### Whose hand is on it · 30
Sharon Eubank
runs Latter-day Saint Charities
Alan Smith
runs Church Commissioners for England
Stephen Kaziimba
runs Global South Fellowship treasury
Hance Dilbeck
runs GuideStone Financial Resources
Robert Ciranko
runs Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania
Usama al-Azhari
runs Egypt's Ministry of Awqaf (Endowments)
Sunoko Lin
runs Mennonite World Conference treasury
Kook-jin "Justin" Moon
holds Tongil Group
Andrew Q. Hendren
runs Wespath Benefits and Investments
Mary Kate Wold
runs Church Pension Group
Phillip A. Jackson
runs Trinity Church Wall Street
Krysten Carter Holloway
runs Board of Pensions of the PC(USA)
Thomas F. Taylor
runs Presbyterian Foundation
Chris Johnson
runs Portico Benefit Services
Brian Blackwell
runs AME Department of Retirement Services
Ed Dunnington
runs Geneva Benefits Group
Sr Raffaella Petrini
runs Governorate of Vatican City State
Bollineni Rajagopal Naidu
runs Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams
Sadhguru (Jaggi Vasudev)
runs Isha Foundation
Harjinder Singh Dhami
runs Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC)
Mohammed al-Issa
runs Muslim World League
Safi Arpaguş
runs Diyanet (Turkey's Presidency of Religious Affairs)
Peter Thiel
runs Founders Fund
Laura Deming
runs The Longevity Fund
Aubrey de Grey
runs Longevity Escape Velocity Foundation
Lawrence J. Leib
runs Shriners Children's
Minoru Harada
runs Soka Gakkai
Tikhon (Mollard)
runs The Orthodox Church in America (central church administration)
Joel Osteen
runs Lakewood Church (Houston)
Douglas Keene
runs Theosophical Society in America
### What it comes to · 25 of 37 funds sized
Each figure in its own currency and on its own date, as its source gives it: a fund's assets, a body's budget and a year's giving are different things, so they are not added together.
Ensign Peak Advisers Mormonism (LDS)
over $100 billion, per the dossier's saved text SEC release 2023-35: disclosure charges against Ensign Peak and the church
Latter-day Saint Charities Mormonism (LDS)
$1.58 billion spent caring for those in need in 2025 (whole Church, not Latter-day Saint Charities alone) · as of FY2025 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints · Caring Report 2025: Expenditures “In 2025, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints spent $1.58 billion for caring for those in need”
Institute for the Works of Religion (the Vatican Bank) The Roman Catholic Church
€5.9 billion in total client assets at 31 December 2025 (own net assets €815.3 million) · as of 2025-12-31 Vatican News · IOR 2025 Annual Report “Total client assets reached €5.9 billion, compared with €5.7 billion in 2024.”
Church Commissioners for England Anglicanism
about £11.6 billion investment fund at the end of 2025 · as of 2025-12-31 Church of England · Church Commissioners for England endowment fund delivers 8% return in 2025 “at the end of 2025, the fund was valued at £11.6bn.”
GuideStone Financial Resources Baptists & the Free Church
$29.2 billion in assets under management at 30 September 2026 · as of 2026-09-30 GuideStone · News Room “As of September 30, 2026, GuideStone has $29.2 billion assets under management.”
Wespath Benefits and Investments Mainline Protestantism
nearly $28 billion in assets at 31 December 2025 · as of 2025-12-31 Wespath Institutional Investments · Investment Services Driven (NAICU 2026) “Wespath and its subsidiaries maintain one of the largest faith-based pension funds in the world and manage nearly $28 billion in assets as of December 31, 2025.”
Church Pension Group Mainline Protestantism, Anglicanism
about $17.7 billion (from a search summary; confirm in its 2026 annual report) Church Pension Group: Mary Kate Wold
Trinity Church Wall Street Mainline Protestantism, Anglicanism
about $6 billion endowment (real estate plus market investments), December 2025 · as of 2025-12-18 (page date) Trinity Church Wall Street · Trinity's Historic Endowment “Today, the endowment is worth $6 billion.”
Board of Pensions of the PC(USA) Mainline Protestantism
$13.5 billion Balanced Investment Portfolio at 31 May 2026 · as of 2026-05-31 The Board of Pensions of the PC(USA) · The Board Bulletin Summer 2026 “On May 31, 2026, the Balanced Investment Portfolio had a market value of $13.5 billion.”
Presbyterian Foundation Mainline Protestantism
about $3.1 billion in consolidated assets under management (reported July 2026) · as of reported 2026-07-24 (no as-of date given) Presbyterian Foundation · General Assembly confirms Rev. Thomas F. Taylor for fifth term “which increased from $1.5 billion to $3.1 billion during Taylor’s tenure.”
Portico Benefit Services Mainline Protestantism, Lutheranism
$9.5 billion in assets under management at 30 September 2026 · as of 2026-09-30 Portico Benefit Services · About Us “9.5B in assets under management”
AME Department of Retirement Services The Black Church
lost at least $90 million, about 70% of the fund, per the clergy's class-action suit RNS, 22 Apr 2026
Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See (APSA) The Roman Catholic Church
€2.686 billion in consolidated net assets for 2025 · as of FY2025 Vatican News (Italian) · Bilancio APSA 2025 “il patrimonio netto sale a 2.686 milioni di euro, con un incremento di circa 89 milioni rispetto ai 2.597 milioni del 2024.”
Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams Hinduism
₹5,456.26 crore budget for 2026–27, approved 28 February 2026; temple offerings the largest income UNI: TTD approves 2026–27 budget
Isha Foundation Hinduism
$190.6 million in total assets for Isha Foundation Inc (US arm), 2024 · as of FY2024 (Dec.) ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer · Isha Foundation Inc (McMinnville, TN) “Total Assets $190,608,319”
Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) Sikhism
₹1,487.41 crore budget for 2026–27, passed 28 March 2026 The Tribune: SGPC approves 2026–27 budget
AGFinancial (Assemblies of God) Pentecostal & Charismatic
its 403(b) plan: nearly $2 billion and more than 29,000 participants (from a search summary of AGFinancial's page) AGFinancial 403(b) Retirement Plan
The Longevity Fund Transhumanism
$22 million second fund (closed August 2017) · as of 2017-08-22 TechCrunch · This 23-year-old just closed her second fund — which is focused on aging — with $22 million “an early-stage venture outfit that just closed its second fund with $22 million.”
Longevity Escape Velocity Foundation Transhumanism
$473,875 in total assets, 2025 · as of FY2025 (Dec.) ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer · Longevity Escape Velocity Foundation
Shriners Children's Freemasonry & Fraternal Esoterica
about $10 billion in total assets in one filing year (ProPublica; the year is not confirmed here) ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer: Shriners Hospitals for Children
UJA-Federation of New York Judaism
$316.1 million raised in FY2025, $275.8 million in grants (its annual report) UJA-Federation of New York: Annual Reports
The Orthodox Church in America (central church administration) The Eastern Orthodox Church
$8.63 million in total assets at 31 December 2024 · as of 2024-12-31 Orthodox Church in America · 2024 audited financial statements (Satty, Levine & Ciacco, CPAs)
Lakewood Church (Houston) The Non-Denominational Megachurch
$59 million in net assets at the end of fiscal 2017 (ended March 2017); $90.6 million budget, $78.7 million in contributions · as of FY2017 (ended March 2017) Fox Business · Here's how much money these megachurches bring in across the US (18 Oct 2019) “The report showed that the megachurch received a total of $78.7 million contributions and after its $90.6 million budget, Lakewood Church had $59 million in net assets at the end of the fiscal year.”
Theosophical Society in America Thelema, Theosophy & the OTO
$24.0 million in total assets, fiscal year ending March 2025 · as of FY ending 2025-03 ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer · Theosophical Society In America (Wheaton, IL)
National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United Kingdom The Baha'i Faith
£13.3 million in total funds at 31 March 2025 (income £10.7 million over the 15 months from 1 January 2024) · as of 2025-03-31 OpenCharities (copy of Charity Commission filing) · NSA of the Bahá'ís of the UK, accounts to 31 March 2025 “Total funds as al Ihe year-end were £13.296,272 of V*hi¢h £3.686.850 is held in Reslricled Funds”
Each fund, its size and its source: the money, in the Web.
### Where the cults come from
Of the 182 groups in the Cult Dossier, the largest family is Christian-Derived, with 34. 19 are still active.
- Christian-Derived 34
- Apocalyptic / Doomsday 31
- Eastern-Derived 18
- Occult / Esoteric / Satanic 15
- Syncretic / Other NRM 12
- Commercial / Therapy / LGAT 11
- Psychiatry / The Asylum 11
- Political / Terror 9
- Ancient Mystery Cult 8
- Moral Panic / Mass Hysteria 8
- UFO / Extraterrestrial 6
- Shared Psychosis / Mandated Killing 6
- Second Generation / Born In 6
- Racial / Nationalist 3
- Jewish / Islamic-Derived 2
- The Opposition / Anti-Cult 2
### The Third Ring in contact
The 22 live camps name their ties to one another in their own profiles. The ones in contact with the most others:
- #38 Southern Baptist / Convention Evangelical 6
- #42 Non-Denominational Megachurch 6
- #35 Traditionalist Catholic 5
- #36 Institutional Roman Catholic 4
- #37 Eastern Orthodox / The Convert Wave 4
- #39 Charismatic-Apostolic / NAR 4
- #46 Messianic Judaism / Hebrew Roots 4
- #50 Sufi & Perennialist / Traditionalist School 4
### Standing alone · 5
These name no tie to another camp, and their own profiles say why. That is a finding, not a gap.
#43 The Black Church
Heavy AESTHETIC outbound through gospel music into American popular music generally; SERVICE outbound to its community; adversarial and appropriative traffic inbound from populations that quote it without acknowledging it.
#44 Latter-day Saints
Strong outbound MEMBERSHIP effort with low conversion in the populations mapped here; near-zero FRAME exchange; substantial SERVICE outbound through welfare and disaster response.
#45 Jehovah's Witnesses
Near zero in every direction. Contact with other populations is evangelistic, one-way, and doctrinally forbidden to become exchange.
#51 Hindu / Hindutva Diaspora
Growing FRAME and AUDIENCE contact with Western populations around civilisational and anti-colonial arguments; contested traffic with academic institutions; thin contact with the rest of this ring.
#54 Hebrew Israelite / Nation of Islam
Heavy inbound EXTRACTION — its material circulates mainly as footage captured by hostile observers; near-zero acknowledged exchange with anything else on the map.
The map and every camp's profile: the Rings.
### The families of the faiths
Of the 125 religions in the Canon, 98 are living, 20 are gone, and 7 have been revived.
- Abrahamic 38
- Dharmic / Indian 18
- Esoteric / Occult 15
- Indigenous / Folk 10
- East Asian 8
- Classical Mediterranean 7
- Non-Theistic / Philosophical 6
- New Religious Movement 6
- Ancient Near East 5
- African & Diasporic 5
- Indigenous American 4
- Iranian 3
### How they descend from one another
The Canon's own family tree. Tap a faith to open its entry; the dates in gold are when a body split away.
### Who led before · 18
When the cards were re-checked against their sources, 18 offices had changed hands or were changing: a death, a retirement, an election, a resignation. Each is shown as the re-check found it.
Yisrael Meir Lau 89 · Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv
He no longer holds the Tel Aviv post. Kikar HaShabbat reports that he retired from it and that no successor had been chosen; Hebrew references give his Tel Aviv terms as 1988–1993 and 2005–2017. He chairs the Yad Vashem Council. Living, aged 89. · checked 2026-10-11 Kikar HaShabbat · The leading candidate for the Tel Aviv rabbinate
Hissein Brahim Taha Sec-Gen, OIC
His term ended in August 2026. The Council of Foreign Ministers elected Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed of Mauritania on 27 August 2026; Taha handed over in Jeddah on 28 August 2026. · checked 2026-10-11 ZAWYA (OIC press release) · Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed assumes the duties of Secretary-General (28 Aug 2026)
Diana Eck Harvard · director, The Pluralism Project
She retired from teaching in 2024 and is now Professor Emerita at Harvard. Her current role at the Pluralism Project was not confirmed (pluralism.org refused the request). · checked 2026-10-11 Wikipedia · Diana L. Eck (current revision)
Zhang Jintao Vice President, China Taoist Association · and a claimant
He is not a vice-president. The 11th council elected on 29–30 Dec 2025 names 18 vice-presidents (Meng Zhiling, Xie Rongzeng, Wu Chengzhen, Ji Hongzhong and 14 others), and Zhang Jintao is not among them; no earlier source names him one either. The congress made Zhang Gaocheng chair of the advisory committee. His standing as a Celestial Master claimant was not re-checked. · checked 2026-10-11 ifeng · 11th national congress of the China Taoist Association (Dec 2025)
David S. Dockery 2022– · President, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Still president: he reported to the 2026 SBC and was elected 2027 convention preacher. But the card's dates are off. On 27 September 2022 he was named joint interim leader with O.S. Hawkins. Trustees elected him 10th president on 19 April 2023 (Wikipedia, David Dockery). · checked 2026-10-11 Southwestern · Dockery elected 2027 convention preacher (June 2026)
Scott Pace Seventh President, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary & Judson College
The handover happened. Scott Pace took office as Southeastern's president on 1 August 2026 when Akin retired. The seminary's site now presents "President Scott Pace" and invites the public to his inauguration on Tuesday (13 October 2026). · checked 2026-10-11 Southeastern Seminary · home page (read 2026-10-11)
Laurent Mbanda Chair, Global Anglican Council · Archbishop of Rwanda
The House of Bishops elected Bishop Manasseh Gahima of Gahini on 11 September 2026 to succeed him as Archbishop of Rwanda. Mbanda (71, term already extended) retires and hands over on 25 October 2026. Gafcon's own page still lists him as Chairman of the Global Anglican Council; whether he keeps the chair after leaving the primacy is not yet reported. · checked 2026-10-11 The New Times (Kigali) · Manasseh Gahima elected Archbishop of Anglican Church (11 Sep 2026)
Dong Moon Joo Founding figure, News World Communications
CORRECTION: Bo Hi Pak, not Joo, was the paper's founding president in 1982; Joo was president later and stepped down in 2012. News World Communications sold the paper in 2010; owner is now Operations Holdings (Washington Times, 2025-02-11). UNSOURCED: TWT Holdings. · checked 2026-10-08 Dong Moon Joo
Maggie Ardiente President, Humanists International · elected 2025
Elected July 2025 (GA Luxembourg 2025-07-04/06), term 2025-2028, still President per Our People page. Wording fix: source says 'the first woman of color to hold the presidency', not first person of colour. Sources: Humanists International works on blasphemy laws / UN statements (org, not her personally): https://humanists.international/topic/blasphemy-laws/page/21/. UNSOURCED: 'first person of colour' (src says first woman of color). · checked 2026-10-08 Humanists International General Assembly elects new President
Dominic Yeo Chairman, World AG Fellowship
Yeo still Global Chairman of WAGF (AG Ghana, 2026-06-06; elected Madrid 2023, first Singaporean). Number moved: the same 2026-06-06 report gives WAGF membership as approximately 89.9 million, not ~85 million; no current church count given. UNSOURCED: 370,000 churches. · checked 2026-10-08 Global Chairman of the World Assemblies of God Fellowship meets African church leaders in Harare, Zimbabwe (AG Ghana)
Eric Nyamekye Chairman, Church of Pentecost
Nyamekye still Chairman (re-elected May 2023 for five years; no 2026 change found). Number does not hold: church's own profile says members in Ghana plus ~150 other nations and a June 2026 report says 151+ countries, not 'over 200 nations'. UNSOURCED: 'Ghana's largest church', 'over 200 nations' (sources give ~150-151). · checked 2026-10-08 Apostle Nyamekye re-elected Chairman of The Church of Pentecost (Adom Online)
Doug Beacham Presiding Bishop, IPHC
Doug Beacham is no longer Presiding Bishop. Bishop Talmadge J. Gardner was elected General Superintendent/Presiding Bishop at the 30th General Conference in Mobile, AL, held 2026-07-15 to 2026-07-17. Beacham's tenure is archived as 2012-2026. · checked 2026-10-08 Presiding Bishop - IPHC
Gabriel Mar Gregorios Malankara Orthodox · Thiruvananthapuram · since 2005
Wikipedia's episcopal synod table now lists Gabriel Mar Gregorios as Retired, citing a 2025 circular ("H.G. Dr. Gabriel Mar Gregorios Metropolitan: Kalpana to all Parish"), and lists Catholicos Baselios Marthoma Mathews III over Trivandrum. Retired in 2025; exact date not found. Born 1948-02-10. · checked 2026-10-08 Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church - Wikipedia
Dallin H. Oaks 94 · President of the Church
Oaks still President (sustained Oct 2026 conference; set apart 2025-10-14; born 1932-08-12, age 94; Nelson died 2025-09-27). Number moved: membership is 17,887,212 as of 2025-12-31 (reported 2026-04-04), not 17.5 million. President since 2025-10-14: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/learn/dallin-h-oaks?lang=eng; Nelson died 2025-09-27: https://www.thechurchnews.com/leaders/2025/10/31/remember-church-president-russell-nelson-obituary-funeral-memorial. UNSOURCED: 'The word of God to' (phrasing). · checked 2026-10-08 2025 Statistical Report (April 2026 General Conference)
Colorado automated decision-making
SB 24-205 never took effect: SB26-189, signed 2026-05-14, repealed and replaced it with a narrower automated-decision law (notice, explanation, human review; AG enforcement); duties start 2027-01-01, so 'already in force' is wrong. Still covers employment, credit, housing. · checked 2026-10-08 SB26-189 Automated Decision-Making Technology - Colorado General Assembly
Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re Dean of the College of Cardinals
Re (age 92) is still Dean per gcatholic (updated 2026-10-07), but the card is inaccurate (not a new event): his term was extended by Francis (announced 2025-02-06), not re-elected, and being over 80 he did not preside inside the 2025 conclave; Parolin did. Re led the pre-conclave congregations and the Pro Eligendo Mass. · checked 2026-10-08 Neither Cardinal Farrell nor Cardinal Re: the conclave will be presided over by Cardinal Parolin
Cardinal Charles Maung Bo Archbishop of Yangon
Bo is no longer head of FABC: his final term ended in December 2024 and Cardinal Filipe Neri Ferrão of Goa succeeded him from 2025-01-01. Still Abp of Yangon per gcatholic (2026-10-07). Myanmar's first cardinal (2015-02-14): https://www.ncregister.com/news/meet-myanmar-s-first-cardinal-charles-bo. · checked 2026-10-08 Vatican News - Cardinal Bo issues farewell message as he finishes term
Mar Yakoob III Danil 2022– · Patriarch, Ancient Church of the East
He does not hold the throne. Elected June 2022, he abdicated in August 2022; the synod elected Mar Gewargis Younan on 12 November 2022. The card should be re-dealt to the sitting patriarch. · checked 2026-10-08 Syriac Press · Mar Yakoob III Danil abdicates two months after election
### How each tie is known
Every one of the 244 ties names the page it is said on. 182 also carry an outside source with the day it was checked.
- An outside source 182 the card's re-check, the source printed on the card, or the fund's filing
- The camp's own profile 34 the Third Ring is compiled from public record and not yet sourced line by line
- Both dossiers' word lists 4 two Lexicons define the same words
- The page alone 24 said on an Atlas page whose card prints no outside source yet
223 of the ties are stated outright; 32 are inferred, a name printed in another file, and are marked so wherever they are shown. A tie is what a file states or plainly implies; it is not a charge.
Every tie with its proof, to take away: ties.csv or ties.json, free to use under CC BY 4.0.
### What changed
The record of the Web begins this month, 2026-11, with 244 ties. From next month this shows every tie added and every tie gone since the month before.
### The rooms
### The field files
43 persons with a full file.
### The Rings
The confessions and bodies of the Third Ring, mapped, with the ties their profiles name.
### The Web
Who belongs where, who is named where, and the money: the funds each body runs.
### The portraits and their makers
All 413 faces shown, each with its maker and its free licence.
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