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Light Prevailing over Darkness- Jami Amerine’s Search for her Destination
Light Prevailing over Darkness- Jami Amerine’s Search for her Destination The mind of a new-born child is like a blank canvas. His surroundings shape his thinking, transforming his personality. Ever since a child is born, he is introduced to a religion that is...
Miguel Torneire Taking His Missionary Work A Step Further For Helping The People
Humans are taught to help others from a very young age. Regardless of their beliefs, age, race, or any other category, humans are taught to help others since it is a basic code of conduct. Helping others is not just part of good manners; humans are prompted to help...
Coronavirus Will Affect 68% of Easter Observers’ Spending Plans this Year – WalletHub
Around 68 percent of Americans who observe Easter say their Easter spending will be affected by the coronavirus this year, according to WalletHub’s new Coronavirus Easter Survey, released today. This survey, which follows WalletHub’s report on the State Economies Most...
From Ashes to Beauty – Robert Sherriff
YES, it’s true, life is not always sunshine and rainbows. It’s not always easy, and sometimes it’s harsh and unfair. One might wonder, if there is a God, where is he? Why didn’t he stop that difficulty from happening? But the truth is, even if we don’t see or feel it,...
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Back and forth continues over ‘queer and trans nuns’ inclusion in Dodgers Pride Night
(RNS) — The discourse persists over the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence’s participation in the Los Angeles Dodgers’ upcoming Pride Night celebration, with right-wing worship leaders, major league baseball players and bishops joining conservative Catholic groups in...
Survey: Drop in Eastern European antisemitism may be due to Zelenskyy effect
(RNS) — A new survey measuring antisemitic attitudes across 10 European countries includes a surprising — and welcome — finding.In the Eastern European countries of Hungary, Poland, Ukraine and Russia, where pernicious stereotypes of Jews have historically been...
Bishop Vashti McKenzie on leading National Council of Churches as it nears 75 years
(RNS) — Bishop Vashti McKenzie retired two years ago as the first woman bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. But she didn’t stay still for long.Last year, she was named interim president of the National Council of Churches, an ecumenical organization with...
Vatican questions $17 million transfer to impact investing vehicle, moves to prevent similar
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The former monastery on a quiet residential street in Rome once sheltered Jews fearing deportation in World War II. Purchased by the Vatican in 2021 as a dormitory for foreign nuns studying at Rome’s pontifical universities, the building now stands...
Lawyers for Pittsburgh synagogue defendant admit he carried out deadliest US antisemitic attack
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Robert Bowers carried out the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history when he killed 11 people and injured seven others by storming a Pittsburgh synagogue and shooting everyone he could find. On that, everyone agrees.Even though Bowers’ defense...
How evangelical Christian writer Jemar Tisby became a radioactive symbol of ‘wokeness’
(RNS) — Over the past decade, Jemar Tisby’s life has largely been shaped by two forces: the Bible, and the deaths of young Black men, often at the hands of law enforcement.About a decade ago, Tisby, then a seminary student in Jackson, Mississippi, helped start a new...
Mister Rogers Lego prototype a tribute to his ‘deep spiritual resonance’
(RNS) — When Matt Smith introduced his toddler to television in 2022, he selected the show that brought him warmth and comfort when he was growing up in the 1990s: “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.”Now, the long-running children’s show that once graced the screens of more...
Women of Welcome looks to evangelical women to change the conversation on immigration
(RNS) — Sarah Jackson remembers being pregnant with her second child in 2014 and hearing stories about “gangs of immigrants coming across the border and attacking ranches in New Mexico or something.”Those stories made Jackson — who now has three children between the...
Connecticut lawmakers apologize for ‘miscarriage of justice’ in colonial-era witch trials
(AP) — With distant family members looking on, Connecticut senators voted Thursday to absolve the 12 women and men convicted of witchcraft — 11 of whom were executed — more than 370 years ago and apologize for the “miscarriage of justice” that occurred over a dark...
Another deceased Jesuit priest accused of sex abuse in Bolivia as pedophilia scandal grows
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — A Spanish Jesuit priest who died in 2012 has been accused of sexually abusing a minor in Bolivia three decades ago, the latest in a string of pedophilia cases that have shaken the Catholic Church in this Andean country.Jorge Vila Despujol, who...
DeSantis’ spiritual-warrior style a bid for support from like-minded pastors
(RNS) — On Monday (May 22), Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis strode onstage in Orlando and stood before a podium, silhouetted against a giant American flag. The crowd, attendees at a gathering of the National Religious Broadcasters, a Christian group, leapt to their feet....
Catholic Church in California grapples with more than 3,000 lawsuits, alleging child sex abuse
(RNS) — At least a third of the 12 Roman Catholic dioceses in California have either filed for bankruptcy or are contemplating doing so to deal with an influx of lawsuits filed by survivors of childhood sexual abuse after a state law opened a three-year window in...