Court dismisses Louisiana pastor’s virus restrictions suit
New Orleans, US AP A Louisiana pastor’s lawsuit over Governor John Bel Edwards’ past COVID-19 restrictions on public gatherings was rejected for a second time Wednesday by a federal judge. US District Judge Brian Jackson in Baton Rouge said the lawsuit by Tony Spell seeking an order blocking the restrictions is moot because the restrictions expired long […]
Vatican tightens COVID-19 restrictions, applies mandatory vaccination
Vatican City RNS In a decree signed on 5th January, the Vatican tightened its COVID-19 regulations by requiring the use of FFP2 masks (similar to N95 masks) inside and making vaccinations and booster shots mandatory for employees and visitors wishing to enter the Vatican Museums and gardens. The Governorate of Vatican City State issued a […]
Hartford International University expands Black ministries with Howard Thurman Center
RNS Hartford International University for Religion and Peace has launched its new Howard Thurman Center for Justice and Transformational Ministry, an expansion of its longtime Black Ministries Program, named for the 20th-century theologian and mystic. Joel N Lohr, president of the university that previously was known as Hartford Seminary, said the centre fits into the […]
Embracing the stranger: Milwaukee church gives refugees a welcome that has become a way of life
BOB SMIETANA, of Religion News Service, reports that on how Eastbrook Church is engaging with refugees, immigrants and international students…
Heavy rains leave Brazil Indigenous group homeless again
Sao Joaquim de Bicas, Brazil Reuters Three years ago, the collapse of the tailings dam at an iron ore mine forced them to move their homes to higher ground. Now, the rain-swollen Paraopeba River has flooded their new village and left them homeless again. Indigenous leader Vice Cacique Sucupira of the Pataxo ethnicity reacts as […]
Essay: How the Vietnam War pushed MLK to embrace global justice, not only civil rights at home
Ahead on Martin Luther King Jr Day held in the US on 17th January, ANTHONY SIRACUSA, senior director of inclusive culture and initiatives at the University of Colorado Boulder, looks – in an article from The Conversation, at took his campaign for civil rights beyond US borders…