Snapshot: Rice fields, Vietnam
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Greg Zanis, who honoured US shooting victims by building 26,000 crosses, dies
United States RNS Few knew him by name, but many saw his signature handiwork on the sides of the road or in media images from scenes of tragedy — squat, white wooden crosses with the names of gun victims scrawled in black ink. Greg Zanis estimated he made more than 26,000 such memorials, iconic testaments […]
‘Red zone’ Paris under watch, as France prepares to lift lockdown
Paris, FranceReuters Parisians must show forms to use rush-hour public transport and still avoid parks, though they will be able to shop at Champs-Elysee boutiques again, under measures to start lifting France’s coronavirus lockdown from Monday. Though France is one of the worst-affected nations with 25,987 deaths, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe told a news conference […]
Christians invited to join global day of prayer to end coronavirus pandemic on 14th May
Christians around the world have been invited to join in a global day of prayer for God to end the COVID-19 pandemic on 14th May. The day is a joint initiative between the World Council of Churches and the Higher Committee of Human Fraternity, of which the WCC is part. Rev Prof Dr Ioan Sauca, […]
Coronavirus response: In the US, faith activism amid pandemic spans causes and denominations
ELANA SCHOR, of Associated Press, reports on how Christian faith activists in the US are helping and advocating for the marginalised during the coronavirus emergency…
Forest loss seen slowing globally, but progress patchy
Rome, ItalyThomson Reuters Foundation Global forest loss has slowed over the past five years, UN researchers said on Thursday, but progress has been uneven, with population growth driving a rise in deforestation in Africa. Over the past decade, forest loss halved in South America, long a hotspot, according to the Global Forest Resources Assessment 2020, […]
Essay: How churches can reframe social justice now and after COVID-19
In an article first published on Religion News Service, BARBARA WILLIAMS-SKINNER, president and co-founder of the Skinner Leadership Institute and co-convener of the National African American Clergy Network, says now is a chance for churches to reframe how they reframe approach helping the marginalised…
Sight-Seeing: How a part-time pastor can keep a financially strapped church alive
In an article adapted from his book, ‘Part-Time Is Plenty: Thriving Without Full-Time Clergy’, G JEFFREY MACDONALD, a religion reporter and part-time United Church of Christ pastor, says there is hope even if a church has to make salary cuts…
US watchdog seeks discipline for Army chaplain who shared John Piper coronavirus book
RNS A military religious liberty watchdog has asked Defense Secretary Mark Esper to discipline an Army chaplain for his recent distribution of a new book by Christian author John Piper titled Coronavirus and Christ. Mikey Weinstein, president of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, is representing 22 active-duty Catholic and Protestant chaplains who he said objected […]