Essay: Thirty years after Rodney King unrest, one faith leader’s vision still inspires LA
The USC Center for Religion and Civic Culture’s RICHARD FLORY and NJUMA SMITH-POLLARD, reflect – in an article first published on Religion News Service – on the role faith-based organisations have played in creating positive social change in Los Angeles in the wake of the 1992 unrest…
‘Rolling Stone’ publisher planned to convert a Black church into his home, but residents fought back to preserve it
Los Angeles, USRNS On a recent Sunday, about 10 people sat outside the steps of the boarded-up First Baptist Church of Venice, a century-old congregation that, to many, remains a symbol of the thriving Black population that once existed in the seaside town of Los Angeles. They discussed potential uses for the church that would […]
Former art studio of LA’s ‘pop art nun’ designated as historic monument
Los Angeles, USRNS The former Hollywood art studio of Corita Kent – a Roman Catholic religious sister who was known for her pop art covering racism, poverty and misogyny – has been officially designated a historic cultural monument. Known as LA’s “pop art nun,” Kent’s studio, which is now a dry cleaner, had been slated […]
LA Catholic Archdiocese to close six schools due to hardships heightened by pandemic
Los Angeles, USRNS Six Catholic elementary schools in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles are closing at the end of the 2020-21 school year due to financial hardships heightened by COVID-19. “These six schools had been trying to overcome financial challenges long before the pandemic,” said Paul Escala, superintendent of schools for the archdiocese in his […]
At nationwide rallies in the US, Christians stand up for Asian Americans
Chicago, US RNS At events in 14 cities across the US, an estimated 5,000 people demonstrated in support of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders on Sunday after attacks on people of Asian descent in the Atlanta area this month. The National Rally for AAPI Lives and Dignity, organised by the Asian American Christian Collaborative, brought hundreds […]
A Los Angeles pilot program will vaccinate hundreds within three kilometre radius of a Catholic church
Los Angeles, USRNS The goal: to vaccinate 600 eligible people who live within a three kilometre radius surrounding St Brigid Catholic Church, a Black and Latino parish hit hard by COVID-19 in South Los Angeles. This effort is part of a two-day pilot project in partnership with the County of Los Angeles and One LA, […]
Mourners line up to honour late LA televangelist Frederick KC Price at his FaithDome
Los Angeles, USRNS A steady stream of mourners filed into the FaithDome at Crenshaw Christian Center on the first of two days of a public viewing honouring Rev Frederick KC “Fred” Price, who built the massive megachurch and led its mostly Black congregation of 28,000. Price died in February after a bout with COVID-19. Attendees […]
Latino churches in Los Angeles County will now serve as COVID-19 testing sites
Los Angeles, USRNS A number of Latino churches in Los Angeles County will serve as sites for mobile walk-up and drive-thru COVID-19 testing to help curb the spread of the virus in a community disproportionately struck by it. Through a partnership with the county, congregations now offering this service are St Mary of the Assumption […]
Public viewing set for Frederick KC Price, televangelist who built LA’s FaithDome
Los Angeles, USRNS The public will have a chance to honor and bid farewell to the late Rev Frederick KC “Fred” Price, a prominent Los Angeles pastor who built one of the largest church buildings in the nation, at a pair of closed-casket viewings next week. The “lying in repose” closed-casket viewings will be from […]
Frederick CK Price, US televangelist who built LA’s FaithDome, dies from COVID-19
RNS Rev Frederick KC “Fred” Price, a prominent Los Angeles pastor who build one of the largest church buildings in the US, has died at 89. “Our Husband, Father & your Apostle has gone to be w/ the Lord this evening,” the Price family said in a statement posted on social media. “We accept his decision to […]