US scholar and Biden adviser Jon Meacham joins Washington National Cathedral as canon historian
Washington DC, USRNS Jon Meacham, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and adviser to President Joe Biden, has been named canon historian for the Washington National Cathedral. Meacham will join the cathedral in the new role this month, leading a discussion regarding the legacy of late Georgia congressman and civil rights icon John Lewis. Presidential biographer Jon […]
Layoffs, upheaval at Zacharias ministry roiled by scandal
AP The global Christian ministry founded by the late Ravi Zacharias said Wednesday it will suspend fundraising, lay off 60 per cent of its staff and overhaul its mission in the wake of revelations that he engaged in sexual misconduct with massage therapists and carried on many amorous extramarital relationships via texts and email. Ravi […]
Vaccination stations: In Florida, firefighters and faith leaders team up to inoculate vulnerable
GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO, of Associated Press, reports on how religious leaders have teamed up with the fire department to help with the vaccination effort in Miami Beach…
Tel Aviv’s Jewish museum reopens after $US100 million upgrade
Tel Aviv, IsraelAP From Queen Salome to the late RBG, from Moses to Sandy Koufax, Tel Aviv’s newly revamped Museum of the Jewish People attempts the ambitious undertaking of bringing almost 3,000 years of Jewish history and tradition under a single roof. The museum – formerly known as Beit Hatfutsot and newly branded as ANU, […]
Essay: UN Working Group ruling serves as an important reminder of the plight of religious minorities in Iran
ELLIS HEASLEY, of UK-based religious freedom advocacy CSW, looks at the case of Iranian church leader Yousef Nadarkhani and why a ruling from the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention on his case is important…