At a church rectory in Boston, Haitian migrants place their hopes on hard work and helping hands
Boston, USAP When Ernseau Admettre decided to leave Haiti and head north with his young family in tow, very little was guaranteed. But the situation in his homeland, beset by poverty and gang violence, had grown so dire that a risky passage to and then across the United States’ southern border offered a kind of […]
Arctic blast grips US north-east, bringing frostbite-threatening temperatures
Worcester, Massachusetts, USReuters A powerful arctic blast swept into the US north-east on Friday, pushing temperatures to perilously low levels across the region, including New Hampshire’s Mount Washington, where the wind chill dropped to -79 degrees Celsius, forecasters said. Wind-child warnings were posted for most of New York state and all six New England states […]
Wow!: At Boston-area church, a theology lab tackles complex topics with humility, curiosity
BOB SMIETANA, of Religion News Service, reports on how one US church is attempting to give its church members – and other interested Christians – a broader understanding of their faith and the way Christianity is lived out in the world…
Boston pays out $US2.1 to settle Christian flag legal case
Boston, US AP The city of Boston has agreed to pay more than $US2.1 million to the Christian legal organisation that backed a court challenge after the city refused to fly a Christian flag outside City Hall, a case that made it all the way to the US Supreme Court. The settlement announced Tuesday by […]
Christian flag in speech battle flies, briefly, over US city of Boston
Boston, USAP The Christian flag that became the focus of a free speech legal battle that went all the way to the Supreme Court was raised — briefly — outside Boston City Hall on Wednesday to cheers and songs of praise. The flag-raising took place about three months after the Supreme Court in a unanimous decision […]
Pope Francis calls steps against clerical abuse irreversible, despite resistance
Vatican CityReuters Pope Francis has acknowledged that there is resistance by some national Catholic Churches on implementing measures to protect children from sexual abuse by clergy but said that there is no turning back on an “irreversible” path. Sexual abuse in the Church and measures to combat it were among one of the many church […]
Roberto Miranda, pastor of Lion of Judah, prominent Boston church, has died
United StatesRNS A prominent Boston Hispanic Pentecostal pastor, known for his church’s social programs and conservative teaching, has died, according to his church. Pastor Roberto Miranda’s death was announced on Sunday during services at Congregation Lion of Judah in Boston, which was streamed online. “So many of those of you who are joining us watching […]
Woman named sexton of historic Boston church for first time
Boston, USAP The thousands of tourists who visit Boston’s Old North Church in the US probably won’t see much of Chelsea Millsap on their trip, even though she may just have the most important job at the historic site. Millsap, 32, who can trace her ancestry to the Pilgrims, is the first woman named sexton […]
US Supreme Court rules against Boston in Christian flag case
Washington DC, USAP A unanimous US Supreme Court ruled Monday that Boston violated the free speech rights of a conservative activist when it refused his request to fly a Christian flag on a flagpole outside City Hall. Justice Stephen Breyer wrote for the court that the city discriminated against the activist, Harold Shurtleff, because of […]
Free public transport: US cities ponder its future beyond COVID-19
CAREY L BIRON, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how COVID-19 and equity concerns are boosting fareless transit movement in US cities…