An elusive peace: Bosnia marks 25 years since inking of US-brokered deal
SABINA NIKSIC, of the Associated Press, reports on the challenges still facing Bosnia, 25 years after a peace deal brought an end to a war in which more than 100,000 died…
US judge upholds Nevada’s cap on size of church gatherings
Reno, Nevada, US AP A US federal judge has ruled against the leaders of two Nevada churches who argued that the state’s coronavirus-related restrictions on religious gatherings are an unconstitutional violation of their First Amendment rights. US District Judge Richard Boulware II on Tuesday denied requests from a church in rural Lyon County and another […]
In the US, clergy protest outside Mitch McConnell’s office, demand action on gun violence
Washington, DC RNS A group of clergy protested outside Senator Mitch McConnell’s office on Tuesday, calling on the Republican Senate majority leader to take action to address gun violence in the wake of two mass shootings over the weekend. The band of around two-dozen faith leaders, who called themselves the Coalition of Concerned Clergy, prayed […]
Death toll from Texas shooting rampage rises to 22, Trump to visit El Paso
El Paso, Texas Reuters Two more victims of a shooting rampage at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, died of their wounds on Monday, police said, raising the death toll to 22 in the massacre as US President Donald Trump planned a visit to the stricken community. The latest fatalities bring to 31 the […]
After mass killings, Trump condemns white supremacy but faces pressure for gun control while US Christian leaders call for action
Washington, DC Reuters US President Donald Trump on Monday proposed tighter monitoring of the internet, mental health reform and wider use of the death penalty in response to mass shootings over the weekend that killed 31 people in Texas and Ohio. Republican Trump, who has been criticised by Democrats as stoking racial divisions with his […]
Essay: El Paso and Dayton mass shootings – Christians must act as well as pray
In an article first published by Religion News Service, JAMIE D ATEN, founder and executive director of the Humanitarian Disaster Institute at Wheaton College in the US as well as a founding signer of the Prayers and Action petition, looks at how Christians need to grapple with incidents like the mass shootings…
Churches join “cries” for remedy to US gun violence
The World Council of Churches has joined “the urgent cries of churches and church people for real remedies to the gun violence” in the US in the wake of two mass shootings over the weekend which have left some 29 people dead and dozens injured. Twenty people were killed and dozens more injured when a […]
Walmart massacre in Texas probed as domestic terror case; shooting in Ohio kills nine
El Paso, Texas, US Reuters US authorities investigating what drove a young gunman from the Dallas area to kill 20 people at a Walmart store hundreds of miles away in the border city of El Paso said on Sunday they are treating it as a case of domestic terrorism. Texas Governor Greg Abbott said Saturday’s […]