Rev Cecil Williams, who turned San Francisco’s Glide Church into a refuge for many, has died
San Francisco, US AP Rev Cecil Williams, who with his late wife turned Glide Church in San Francisco into a world-renowned haven for people suffering from poverty and homelessness and living on the margins, has died. He was 94. Williams and his wife, Janice Marikitami, who passed away in 2021, appeared in Will Smith’s film The […]
The Interview: Rev Amos Brown, vice chair of California’s reparations task force, calls for action
ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, speaks with the civil rights veteran and onetime student of Rev Martin Luther King, Jr…
California is deluged by record rain with more storms coming
Mendocino, California, USReuters The seventh consecutive atmospheric river since Christmas dumped more rain on Northern California on Wednesday, offering little relief for a state already battered by floods, gale force winds, power outages and evacuations of entire towns. While Wednesday’s deluge was relatively minor, with less rainfall and mostly contained to north-western California, another atmospheric […]
Lifestory: Socialite-turned-monastic Ann Russell Miller dies at 92
ALEJANDRA MOLINA, of Religion News Service, looks at the unusual life of an American nun…
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 […]
US embattled megachurch pastor John Ortberg resigns from Menlo Church
RNS John Ortberg, popular Christian author and speaker, has resigned as pastor of Menlo Church, a megachurch congregation outside of San Francisco. His resignation is effective from Sunday, 2nd August. “I have considered my seventeen years as pastor here to be the greatest joy I’ve had in ministry,” Ortberg said in a statement. “But […]
Who is Junipero Serra and why are California protesters toppling statues of this saint?
RNS As protesters on Friday toppled a statue of Father Junipero Serra in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, leaders of another California city had already announced plans to remove a statue of the Catholic saint near their city hall. And by Saturday afternoon another Serra statue was toppled at Placita Olvera in downtown Los Angeles. […]
San Francisco Archbishop criticises toppling of statue
San Francisco, USAP San Francisco Archbishop Salvadore Cordileone criticised the pulling down of the Junipero Serra statue in Golden Gate Park. “What is happening to our society? A renewed national movement to heal memories and correct the injustices of racism and police brutality in our country has been hijacked by some into a movement of […]
In grim milestone, United States logs world’s highest coronavirus death toll
New York City, USReuters The United States surpassed Italy on Saturday as the country with the highest reported coronavirus death toll, recording more than 20,000 deaths since the outbreak began, according to a Reuters tally. The grim milestone was reached as President Donald Trump mulled over when the country, which has registered more than half […]
US HOUSING: OVERSIZE VEHICLE OFFER TENUOUS HOMES AMID HOUSING CRISIS
CAREY L BIRON, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports…