In the US, National Day of Prayer to be marked with petitions for racial justice
RNS In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic prompted many observances of the annual National Day of Prayer to go virtual, with a focus on praying for those who were sickened or died. A year later, as the 70th observance occurs on Thursday, pandemic prayers continue and, in some cases, are being coupled with petitions for racial […]
In the US, annual March for Life goes virtual amid COVID-19, unrest at US Capitol
RNS The March for Life is going virtual this year. The move online comes as the COVID-19 pandemic “may be peaking” and amid the “heightened pressures that law enforcement officers and others are currently facing in and around the Capitol,” according to a statement posted Friday on the March for Life website – two weeks before the […]