Christian crowdfunding site GiveSendGo defends decision to host campaign for Kyle Rittenhouse
RNS Jacob Wells has been inundated with hundreds of emails and phone calls since Friday evening. “Some of the language has been very colourful,” he said. A small group of Black Lives Matter protesters pray near the sight of a police shooting on Monday, 24th August, 2020, in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Kenosha police shot a man […]
Pope Francis makes a heartfelt appeal for the environment: “Creation is groaning!”
Vatican CityRNS Pope Francis on Tuesday warned that “we are running out of time” in the global climate crisis and beseeched nations and individuals to come together to “restore the land.” “The pandemic has brought us to a crossroads,” the Pope said in a message on the World Day of Prayer for the Care of […]
Tokyo Games to be symbol of hope as flame goes on display
Tokyo, JapanReuters At a low-key ceremony to mark the unveiling of the Olympic flame display on Monday, Tokyo officials reiterated that next year’s Games will be a symbol of hope for the world as it recovers from the coronavirus pandemic. The flame will be on show from Tuesday at the Japanese Olympic Museum, located next […]
“Part of the solution”: In troubled Cameroon, hard-hit Presbyterian church leads peace efforts
In an article first published on the World Council of Churches’ website, PETER KENNY writes about how Cameroon’s Presbyterian Church is playing an important role in trying to bring peace to the country’s troubled Anglophone regions…
Northern California church accrues $US25,000 in fees for violating public health orders
RNS A Northern California church has accrued thousands of dollars in fines for defying public health orders that prohibit indoor worshipping. North Valley Baptist Church in Santa Clara County has so far been fined a total of $US25,000 in five notices of violation, a Santa Clara County spokesperson told Religion News Service. Most recently, the […]
Opening up without control of COVID-19 is recipe for disaster, says WHO
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters Countries with significant active spread of coronavirus must prevent amplifying events, as opening up without the virus being under control would be a “recipe for disaster”, the World Health Organization said on Monday. WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus recognised that many people are getting tired of restrictions and want to return to normality […]
Liberty University announces investigation into Falwell’s tenure
Richmond, Virginia, USAP Liberty University is opening an independent investigation into Jerry Falwell, Jr’s, tenure as president, a wide-ranging inquiry that will include financial, real estate and legal matters, the evangelical school’s board announced Monday. In a statement, the board said it had retained an outside firm to investigate “all facets” of the school’s operations […]
Chadwick Boseman: Man of faith in real life, ‘Black Panther’ on screen
ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, looks at the life – and faith – of ‘Black Panther’ star Chadwick Bose, who died on Friday at the age of 43…
Diplomat tapped to be PM vows reforms in crisis-hit Lebanon
Beirut, LebanonAP Lebanon’s Prime Minister-designate on Monday called for a new government to be formed “in record time”, pledging to speed up the investigation into the massive Beirut explosion and implement reforms after winning the backing of major parties in the crisis-hit country. Mustapha Adib, Lebanon’s ambassador to Germany, spoke to reporters shortly after he […]
Essay: From Katrina to COVID, American crises expose racial injustice again and again
JAMIE ATEN, founder and executive director of the Humanitarian Disaster Institute at Wheaton College in the US, looks – in an article first published on Religion News Service – at how crises like Hurricane Katrina or the current COVID pandemic have revealed racial inequalities in the US…