US faith leaders get COVID-19 shot to curb vaccine reluctance
Washington DC, USAP More than two dozen clergy members from the capital region rolled up their sleeves inside the Washington National Cathedral and got vaccinated against the coronavirus Tuesday in a camera-friendly event designed to encourage others to get their own COVID-19 shots. The interfaith “vaccine confidence” event targeted in particular Black, Latino and other […]
US scholar and Biden adviser Jon Meacham joins Washington National Cathedral as canon historian
Washington DC, USRNS Jon Meacham, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and adviser to President Joe Biden, has been named canon historian for the Washington National Cathedral. Meacham will join the cathedral in the new role this month, leading a discussion regarding the legacy of late Georgia congressman and civil rights icon John Lewis. Presidential biographer Jon […]
Rev William Barber II to headline interfaith inauguration prayer service
Washington DC, USRNS The Washington National Cathedral will host a virtual iteration of its traditional interfaith worship service the day after Joe Biden’s inauguration, with activist and pastor Rev William Barber II preaching the sermon. The gathering, a long-standing inaugural tradition, will be hosted by Rev Randy Hollerith, the cathedral’s dean, and Bishop Mariann Budde, […]
US health experts Fauci and Collins dispense Thanksgiving COVID-19 advice at cathedral forum
RNS Beneath the neo-Gothic arches of Washington National Cathedral, Dr Anthony Fauci mulled over the question everyone is asking: Should families gather for Thanksgiving during the coronavirus pandemic? “I think every family unit needs to do a risk assessment,” said the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at a Thursday forum. […]
Financially hit by COVID-19, Washington National Cathedral lays off staff
RNS The Washington National Cathedral announced a 15 per cent reduction in full-time staff on Tuesday due to the financial impact of coronavirus. Starting on 1st July, the cathedral – located in Washington, DC – will eliminate 13 full-time positions and 13 part-time ones and will furlough another 12 full-time positions. The cathedral’s doors have […]
Washington National Cathedral donates 5,000 medical masks resurrected from crypts
RNS The Washington National Cathedral will donate thousands of medical masks to two hospitals in the nation’s capital after discovering a trove of the much-needed protective equipment just feet from where Helen Keller and other prominent Americans lie in the cathedral’s underground crypts. Bought in 2006 as a precaution during an outbreak of the H5N1 […]
CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE: AS COVID-19 LEADS TO CANCELLED RELIGIOUS GATHERINGS, FAITH LEADERS EMBRACE THE DIGITAL
JACK JENKINS, of Religion News Service, reports on how Christian leaders in the US, along with the leaders of other faiths, are turning the digital technologies to continue reaching their flocks in this age of coronavirus…
Fear remains a barrier for minority participation in US census, say faith leaders
Washington DC, USRNS As the once-a-decade count of Americans nears, US Census Bureau officials brought faith leaders together to talk about their role in getting congregants across the country to participate. “You are your community’s most trusted voice,” Steven Dillingham, director of the US Census Bureau, told about 100 leaders gathered on Tuesday for the […]
IMMERSIVE ILLUMINATIONS: CATHEDRAL LIGHT SHOW IS DRAWING THOSE WHO NORMALLY DON’T DARKEN CHURCH DOORS
ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, reports on how a recent series of immersive light and sound shows at Washington National Cathedral in the US drew an eclectic crowd…
ESSAY: HAVE WE NO DECENCY? A RESPONSE TO PRESIDENT TRUMP
In the wake of US President Donald Trump’s latest outburst, US Christian leaders MARIANN EDGAR BUDDE, RANDOLPH MARSHALL HOLLERITH, and KELLY BROWN DOUGLAS – who all serve at Washington’s National Cathedral, wonder, in an article published by Religion News Service, when Americans have had enough…