StrangeSights: Feathers fly over pigeon’s fate in Australia; a tale of lost coins; and, inflatable ‘Trump Baby’ to live on…
DAVID ADAMS writes about the odder side of life…
London 2012 Olympic Games chief Mills feels Tokyo Games unlikely to go ahead
London, UKReuters The former deputy chairman of the 2012 London Olympic organising committee said on Tuesday he would be planning for a cancellation if in charge of the Tokyo Games. Keith Mills told BBC radio that the delayed Summer Games scheduled for July-August were looking unlikely to happen in his opinion due to the COVID-19 […]
In Biden’s Cabinet, Catholics and Jews dominate
RNS Joe Biden’s Cabinet is set to make history in a number of ways. If all the nominees the president-elect has chosen are confirmed, the Cabinet – including the Vice President, the heads of 15 executive departments and eight other key positions – will be the most racially and ethnically diverse ever. Among them are six […]
The storied history of St Matthew’s, the church Biden will attend on Inauguration Day
Washington, DC RNS Hours before he takes the oath of office Wednesday as president, Joe Biden is reportedly slated to attend a worship service at the Cathedral of St Matthew the Apostle, commonly known as St Matthew’s, with a bipartisan group of members of Congress and other politicians in attendance. The decision is something of a break […]
Rev William Barber II to headline interfaith inauguration prayer service
Washington DC, USRNS The Washington National Cathedral will host a virtual iteration of its traditional interfaith worship service the day after Joe Biden’s inauguration, with activist and pastor Rev William Barber II preaching the sermon. The gathering, a long-standing inaugural tradition, will be hosted by Rev Randy Hollerith, the cathedral’s dean, and Bishop Mariann Budde, […]
The Interview: Outgoing House chaplain says the job is to “be a counterpoint to the dominant spirit of this place”
JACK JENKINS, of Religion News Service, speaks with Rev Patrick Conroy about his 10 years as chaplain to the US House of Representatives…
Joe Biden’s family Bible anchors faith-infused inaugural events
RNS President-elect Joe Biden plans to be sworn in with his hefty family Bible when he becomes the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday. It’s one of many ways religion will be a facet of the inaugural activities surrounding the country’s second Catholic president. “it’s just been a family heirloom on the Biden […]
Essay: As the US marked another MLK Day, white evangelicals again have a choice to make on racial justice
In an article adapted from his book ‘The Color of Compromise: The Truth About the American Church’s Complicity in Racism‘, JEMAR TISBY, says Martin Luther King, Jr, “saw an indissoluble link between the Christian faith and the responsibility to change unjust laws and policies”…