“I will survive”: 2020 slinks off into history as fireworks light deserted streets
Reuters Fireworks soared into the sky above the Sydney Opera House, but the harbour below was a deserted ghost town, a fittingly creepy send-off for a year that will not be missed. No light show illuminated Beijing from the top of the TV tower. St Peter’s in Rome was nearly empty for vespers. London’s Trafalgar […]
A pandemic Christmas: Services move online, people stay home
Rome, ItalyAP Families that usually reunite on Christmas over a hearty, lingering meal celebrated apart Friday, services shifted online, and gift exchanges were low-key in one of the most unusual and subdued holiday seasons in decades. The coronavirus left almost no one unaffected. Christians attend a Christmas mass in Sacred Heart Cathedral in Lahore, Pakistan, […]
Franklin Graham vows UK tour will go on, after all planned venues back out
RNS Franklin Graham said he will seek out alternative venues for a United Kingdom tour this spring after all eight venues reneged on plans to host the evangelist, saying his views on homosexuality are incompatible with the values of the British people. Graham, who was in London on Thursday to rally churches to his tour, […]