Biden says seminary COVID-19 vaccine clinic is example of “America at its finest”
RNS President Joe Biden visited a Virginia seminary chapel that is being used as a COVID-19 vaccination clinic as his administration moved up the date when he hopes all Americans will be eligible to get a vaccine. “We’re in a situation where we – I believe, by the end of this summer, we’ll have a […]
Reparations fund announced by US seminary with buildings constructed by slaves
RNS An Episcopal seminary in Virginia has announced plans to create a $US1.7 million endowment fund whose proceeds will support reparations for the school’s ties to slavery. Virginia Theological Seminary said in a 5th September statement that enslaved persons worked on its campus and the school “participated in segregation” after the end of slavery. “This […]