Cecil L ‘Chip’ Murray, influential pastor and civil rights leader in Los Angeles, dies
Los Angeles AP Rev Dr Cecil L “Chip” Murray, an influential pastor and civil rights leader who used his tenure at one of Los Angeles’ oldest churches to uplift the predominantly Black neighbourhoods of South Los Angeles following one of the country’s worst race riots, has died. He was 94. Murray died on Friday, according […]
Rwanda’s President leads genocide commemoration 30 years on
Kigali, Rwanda Reuters Rwanda’s president on Sunday led commemorations to mark 30 years since the 1994 genocide that killed more than 1 million people and said the conditions that led to the slaughter would never be allowed to exist again in his country’s politics. Over 100 days, starting on 7th April, 1994, Tutsis and moderate […]
Pope Francis warns Bill Clinton of “wind of war that blows throughout the world”
Vatican CityRNS In an online conversation with former US President Bill Clinton on Monday, Pope Francis stressed the importance of people and nations coming together to care for the environment and to put an end to global conflicts. “It’s time to shift toward peace and brotherhood. It’s time to put down the weapons and return […]
Pope Francis and Bill Clinton set discussion on climate change at Clinton Global Initiative
New York, US AP Pope Francis will discuss how to address the world’s pressing issues with former President Bill Clinton to open this year’s Clinton Global Initiative, organisers announced Thursday. The pontiff will discuss broad issues – including climate change, the refugee crisis, the welfare of children – during an onstage video conference with Clinton Monday morning, […]
Bill Clinton tells Kosovo: stop “foolishness” in Serb-majority north
Tirana, AlbaniaReuters Former US President Bill Clinton, largely credited for ending the Kosovo war more than two decades ago, on Monday told Kosovo’s government to stop its actions in the Serb majority north, where tension has flared over the past few months. Kosovo’s northern region, home to 50,000 ethnic Serbs, has recently seen its worst […]
Popes and presidents: A look back at the history of US presidential visits to the Vatican
CLAIRE GIANGRAVÉ, of Religion News Service, looks at the history of meetings between popes and US presidents…
US ex-Presidents Bush, Clinton, Obama band together to aid Afghan refugees
New York City/Washington DC, USReuters Three former US presidents – Republican George W Bush and Democrats Bill Clinton and Barack Obama – have banded together behind a new group aimed at supporting refugees from Afghanistan settling in the United States following the recent American withdrawal ending 20 years of war. The former leaders and their […]
Haiti earthquake: Anger rises over aid response to past disasters
LAURA GOTTESDIENER and DAVE GRAHAM, of Reuters, report from Haiti in the wake of Saturday’s earthquake…
Biden, former presidents, urge Americans to forgive and unite at National Prayer Breakfast
RNS The message of the 2021 National Prayer Breakfast can be summed up in the title of a book by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Nobel Prize-winning South African cleric: No Future Without Forgiveness. Indeed, Andrew Young, civil rights leader and former ambassador to the United Nations, referenced the title of the book in his prerecorded […]
An elusive peace: Bosnia marks 25 years since inking of US-brokered deal
SABINA NIKSIC, of the Associated Press, reports on the challenges still facing Bosnia, 25 years after a peace deal brought an end to a war in which more than 100,000 died…