Centuries-old Catholic procession in Brazil sparks controversy with KKK comparison
São Paulo, Brazil A centuries-old Catholic procession organised on Holy Thursday in the Brazilian city of Goiás sparked controversy this year after some social media users compared it with a Ku Klux Klan parade. The attacks on the Procession of the Torches received an indignant response from participants, who emphasise that the event is much […]
The Long Read: Long after murders, Black voting is still troubled in Mississippi
With the US election looming, TIM SULLIVAN, of the Associated Press, reports on how, six decades on from the tumultuous 1960s, Black voters in the US state of Mississippi still face obstacles to voting…
Alabama Governor apologises to ’63 church bombing survivor
AP Alabama Governor Kay Ivey has apologised to a survivor of a racist 1963 church bombing that killed four Black girls, calling the blast an “egregious injustice”, but declining Wednesday to pay restitution without legislative involvement. Ivey, responding to a request submitted by an attorney for Sarah Collins Rudolph, said the bombing of the 16th […]
Alabama Southern Baptist pastor resigns after speaking at party for a KKK leader
RNS A Southern Baptist bi-vocational pastor who gave an invocation at a celebration honouring the first grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, stepped down from his rural Alabama church earlier this week. Will Dismukes, who is also a Republican state representative for the city of Prattville, 22 kilometres north-west of Montgomery, boasted on a […]
In the US, Faith Not Fear crosses bring cheer – and critics
RNS Inspired by a family in Georgia, a Christian movement to erect crosses decorated with Christmas lights during the pandemic has taken off nationally as a symbol of positivity and prayer. As part of a grassroots initiative people are calling both Faith Over Fear and Faith Not Fear, lit-up crosses are appearing in frontyards from Kentucky to Louisiana to Ohio. […]
THE INTERVIEW: REV DAVID KENNEDY, SOUTH CAROLINA MINISTER WHO FOUGHT KLAN SHOP AND PREACHES LOVE NOW DEPICTED IN MOVIE
ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, speaks to Rev David Kennedy, the real-life person behind a main character in the new movie ‘Burden’…
FILM: ‘BEST OF ENEMIES’ – REAL FAITH AND RACIAL RECONCILIATION ON THE BIG SCREEN
MARK I PINSKY, in an article first published on Religion News Service, reports on a new film about how an unlikely pair, through friendship and a shared Christian faith, demonstrated the possibility of reconciliation…
ON THE SCREEN: SPIKE LEE’S ‘BLACKKKLANSMAN’ BIZARRE BUT BITING
DAVID ADAMS watches Spike Lee’s latest film, ‘BlacKkKlansman’…