Sharing space: Muslim migrants in New York find refuge in a Nigerian church
FIONA ANDRÉ, of Religion News Service, reports on how Hosanna City of Refuge Church in Queens, New York, is helping Muslim migrants from West Africa…
Know It All: Westminster Abbey, Windsor Castle and the royal family
In a Know It All special, ANGUS MACSWAN, of Reuters, looks at some facts and figures about Westminster Abbey, site of Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral…
Faith through tragedy: How a church in New York’s virus epicentre is leading congregants out of sorrow
LUIS ANDRES HENAO and JESSIE WARDARSKI, of Associated Press, report on how Queens Catholic Church Our Lady of Sorrows has navigated its way through tragedy during the coronavirus pandemic…
Wow!: New York woman loses job, leads pantry feeding thousands
LUIS ANDRES HENAO, of Associated Press, profiles the work of New Yorker Sofia Moncayo, who has led a food distribution program through her church, Mosaic West Queens Church, which has fed thousands during the coronavirus pandemic…
Two Hispanic churches and too many tears: 100 COVID-19 deaths
New York City, USAP One is a Roman Catholic church in Queens; the other, a Lutheran church in Manhattan. But the COVID-19 pandemic has united the two Hispanic congregations in grief. Between them, they have lost more than 100 members to the coronavirus, and because of lockdown rules, they lack even the ability to mourn […]
NYC priest on virus front lines with embattled congregation
New York City, USAP Raul Luis López never had the chance to say goodbye. López was hospitalised for COVID-19 on 3rd April before succumbing nearly three weeks later. The 39-year-old native of Oaxaca, Mexico, suffered from diabetes which worsened his illness. The day he left for treatment was the last time his wife, Sara Cruz, […]
Donald Trump’s childhood home becomes weekend retreat for refugees in charity stunt
Thomson Reuters Foundation Oxfam employees in front of President Donald Trump’s childhood home in New York. PICTURE: Chris Gregory/Oxfam America. A group of refugees stayed at US President Donald Trump’s childhood home in New York over the weekend as part of a stunt to highlight the plight of people feeling conflict and persecution around the […]