With increasing defiance, Cuban churches urge government to listen, not repress
Havana, CubaReuters Cuba’s churches have defended those who participated in unprecedented protests and even set up a hotline to advise the families of detainees, a sign of increasing boldness from spiritual leaders on the Communist-run island. Protests erupted nationwide on 11th July against shortages of medicine and food, power outages, the COVID-19 surge and curbs […]
Essay: The Latin Mass is not going away soon
US Catholic commentator THOMAS REESE writes, in an article first published on Religion News Service, about why, despite the recent decision of Pope Francis to curtail the celebration of the Latin Mass, it won’t be disappearing any time soon…
In the US, Proud Boys leader pleads guilty for burning church’s Black Lives Matter banner
RNS Proud Boys national leader Henry “Enrique” Tarrio pleaded guilty to two charges on Monday, including the burning of a Black Lives Matter banner taken from Asbury United Methodist Church, a historic Black church in Washington, DC. Tarrio, 37, also pleaded guilty in the DC Superior Court to one count of attempted possession of a […]
This Life: God never gives up on anyone
US columnist CAROL ROUND, in an article first published on Assist News Service, is encouraged that God never gives up on us…
Wally Funk’s church celebrates her Blue Origin spaceflight: “What an inspiration she’s been to us all”
RNS Six decades after being denied a spot in the space program by NASA because of her gender, 82-year-old Wally Funk finally reached space aboard the first human flight of billionaire Jeff Bezos’ space tourism venture, Blue Origin. Few people were more excited for Funk than her fellow congregants at White’s Chapel United Methodist Church […]