Study reveals half of US Protestant pastors say they’re hearing conspiracy theories in their churches
RNS They’re not just on friends’ and family members’ Facebook pages or weird corners of the internet. About half of all Protestant pastors in the United States say they’re hearing conspiracy theories in their churches, according to a study released Tuesday by LifeWay Research. PICTURE: Tom Carnegie/Unsplash/Creative Commons The study found 49 per cent of […]
Wow!: Student-run free grocery store helps feed town’s hungry
LUIS ANDRES HENAO, writing for Associated Press, reports on how one Texan school is helping those in the community who are in need…
Vatican clears retired US bishop of multiple abuse claims
Denver, US/Rome, ItalyAP The Vatican has cleared a retired US bishop of multiple allegations he sexually abused minors and teenagers, rejecting lay experts’ determination that a half-dozen claims were credible and instead slapping him on the wrist for what it called “flagrant” imprudent behaviour. The Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith exonerated retired […]
In the US, a judge refuses to toss case against defiant Louisiana pastor
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USAP A judge has refused to toss out six criminal complaints filed against a Louisiana pastor charged with violating coronavirus gathering capacity rules put in place during the early days of the pandemic. Nineteenth Judicial District Judge Eboni Johnson-Rose on Monday dismissed pastor Tony Spell’s motion to have the case against him […]
In Europe, enthusiasm over COVID-19 vaccines tempered by talk of protectionism and hoarding
Vilnius, LatviaReuters Europe urged pharmaceutical companies on Tuesday to honour their commitments to supply coronavirus vaccines, as delivery cuts and delays dim hopes of a quick fix to COVID-19 and increase talk of protectionism and hoarding. Countries around the world, anxious to reboot economies and restart travel by the European summer, hailed the rapid development […]
Black Lives Matter banner outside University Christian Church in San Diego defaced
RNS A Black Lives Matter banner that hung outside University Christian Church in San Diego was defaced with paint over the weekend. Rev Caleb Lines, senior minister of University Christian Church, said he found out about the vandalism around 6am on Sunday, when a security company sent him photos. It happened just after a number […]
On the Screen: ‘My Salinger Year’ a literary pleasure
DAVID ADAMS watches ‘My Salinger Year’…
UN chief urges global alliance to counter rise of neo-Nazis
United NationsAP Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged coordinated global action on Monday to build an alliance against the growth and spread of neo-Nazism and white supremacy and the resurgence of xenophobia, anti-Semitism, and hate speech sparked partly by the COVID-19 pandemic. The UN chief also urged international action “to fight propaganda and disinformation.” And he called […]
In Sunday sermon, Warnock, now US senator and pastor, said he heard ‘echoes of the spirit’ in swearings-in
RNS On the first Sunday after he became a Georgia senator, Rev Raphael Warnock described his election and the changing scene at the US Capitol – from insurrection to inauguration – as forms of divine messaging. “Can I just close this sermon by telling you that this very week, in the very place where we […]
Top global traders work to ease seafarer crisis due to coronavirus
London, UKReuters More than 300 leading companies said on Tuesday they would work together to help hundreds of thousands of merchant sailors stuck on ships for many months due to COVID-19 in a crisis that risks creating more dangers at sea. About 90 per cent of world trade is transported by sea, and coronavirus restrictions […]