As Olympics get underway, French Catholics hold prayer vigil for athletes
RNS On Thursday, hundreds of French Catholics gathered in the Basilica Cathedral of Saint-Denis, the northern Paris suburb hosting the Olympic Village, to pray and bless athletes before the competition’s Friday opening. Joseph Green, a 22-year-old track-and-field runner from Guam, broke into tears as the crowd massed around him in a prayer chain. “It got […]
As Russian threat escalates, prominent US faith leaders hold peace vigil for Ukraine
RNS More than a dozen faith leaders offered prayers for a peaceful resolution to the escalating conflict between Russia and Ukraine during an online vigil Wednesday hosted by the Episcopal Church and the Friends Committee on National Legislation. “There are people and children of God whose lives and freedom are threatened and so we pray,” […]
In US city of Kenosha prayer vigil at ELCA church calls for confession, lament and justice for Jacob Blake
Kenosha, Wisconsin RNS The message appeared on signs, T-shirts and face masks in the crowd. Black Lives Matter. But Sonja Wolfe, a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America’s Church Council and resident of Kenosha, Wisconsin, said she was tired of feeling like they don’t. “I’m tired of feeling like I don’t matter to some […]