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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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Texans plan interfaith protest at Friday’s NRA convention in Houston
(Interfaith America) — Outraged by the massacre of 19 children and two teachers inside a school in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday (May 24), organizers of an interfaith protest for stricter gun laws will gather outside of a Houston convention center on Friday where the...
Shooting survivor shares why Christians need to offer more than thoughts and prayers
(RNS) — When she heard about the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, it all came back to Taylor Schumann.How she hid in a closet as a gunman walked into the satellite campus of New River Community College in Christiansburg, Virginia, where she was...
Despite 2022’s cluster of religious holidays, multifaith understanding slow to evolve
(RNS) — In the dark of winter last December, a small group of Jews and Hindus came together at Peninsula Temple Beth El, a Reform movement synagogue in San Mateo, California, to celebrate their respective festivals of light: Diwali for the Hindus and Hanukkah for the...
Texas faith leaders accompany Uvalde community, decry gun culture after school rampage
(RNS) — San Antonio Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller was driving back to Uvalde, Texas, on Wednesday morning (May 25) — after having spent most of the previous night there accompanying families in the wake of one of the deadliest school shootings — when he passed by...
For abuse survivors like Jules Woodson, the Indiana pastor video is all too familiar
(RNS) — When Jules Woodson saw the viral video of an Indiana church applauding a pastor who had confessed to sexual misconduct, her heart sank.It was a scene Woodson had experienced before. In 2018, Woodson came forward to confront Andy Savage, her former youth pastor...
Uvalde school shooting: Faith leaders offer comfort, call for reform of gun laws
Pope Francis“I pray for the children, the adults killed and their families. It is time to say ‘enough’ to the indiscriminate trafficking of guns.” Catholic bishops of Texas “We pray for those who lost loved ones, for the first responders, and for those in leadership....
Christian leaders press lawmakers to extend child tax credit for poor families
WASHINGTON (RNS) — A campaign backed by a broad coalition of Christian leaders will urge Congress to extend the child tax credit to low-income families, hoping to broaden access to the popular financial assistance program after lawmakers allowed an expanded version to...
Bishop Mildred Hines, first AME Zion female bishop, dead at age 67
(RNS) — Bishop Mildred “Bonnie” Hines, the first female bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, has died at age 67.“We are sad because we will miss her powerful preaching, her electrifying teaching, her dynamic leadership, and her loving spirit,” stated...
How the ‘apocalyptic’ Southern Baptist report almost didn’t happen
(RNS) — For three minutes last summer, a call to investigate how Southern Baptist leaders have dealt with sexual abuse was dead in the water.Then a little-known denominational bylaw and a pastor from Indiana saved it. “I just had to do it,” said Todd Benkert, pastor...
SBC Executive Committee, repenting for handling of abuse, disowns lawyer’s 2006 letter
(RNS) — Moving to show repentance after Sunday’s (May 22) release of an investigative report that found that Southern Baptist Convention leaders mishandled abuse and mistreated survivors for decades, the denomination’s governing body vowed to mend its ways. “This is a...
Vatican legal expert says the Vatican ‘is learning’ when it comes to penal trials
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — It is as complex a legal case as the Vatican court system has ever prosecuted, with 10 lay and religious individuals on trial, including, for the first time in history, a cardinal of the church. The defendants are accused of, among other things,...
40 years in the making: A timeline of the Southern Baptists’ sexual abuse crisis
(RNS) — The report on the Southern Baptist Convention’s handling of sexual abuse, conducted by the independent review firm Guidepost Solutions, is unsparing in its criticism of the actions, and the inaction, displayed by the denomination’s leaders, members and critics...