THE INTERVIEW: JENNIFER BERRY HAWES, REPORTER-TURNED-AUTHOR
ADELLE M BANKS of Religion News Service, speaks with Jennifer Berry Hawes about her new book, Grace Will Lead Us Home, about the mass 2015 shooting at the Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina…
As Emanuel AME documentary screens, survivors, families mull grief and guns
Washington, DCRNS Felicia Sanders, who survived the shooting four years ago at Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, told a tale of two Bibles. First, there was the holy book she used for the Bible study the shooter infiltrated that Wednesday night in June of 2015, returned to her after she […]
Widower of Emanuel Nine victim, formerly detained pastor call for unity on prayer day
Washington, DCRNS Standing before a National Day of Prayer gathering, Rev Anthony Thompson called himself an example of the day’s theme of loving one another – no matter what. “Can you love someone who hates you because of the colour of your skin?” he asked the crowd of more than 200 assembled Thursday at the […]
Man convicted over Charleston church killings sentenced to death in US
A man who killed nine black people attending a Bible study in an historic church in the US city of Charleston has been sentenced to death. Dylann Storm Roof, 22, was last month convicted of 33 federal offences, relating to the June, 2015, shootings at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church. Those killed were aged between […]
White supremacist found guilty on all counts in Charleston church massacre in US
RNS/Reuters A federal jury on Thursday found avowed white supremacist Dylann Roof guilty on all counts for gunning down nine black parishioners at a historic church in Charleston last year. Twelve jurors deliberated for a little under two hours after six days of chilling testimony about the bloodshed during a Bible study at Emanuel African […]