John Ross
“With broken hearts, we are making an earnest plea that you use your voice and profound influence to call for an end to the hostilities and war in Ukraine and intervene...”
US Christian leaders ask Kirill to speak out, ‘reconsider’ comments on Ukraine
by: Jack Jenkins WASHINGTON, March 11, 2022 (RNS) — More than 100 U.S. Christian leaders, including the leaders of multiple denominations, sent a letter to the head of the RussianRead More
Faced with declining audiences and a troubled product, baseball — like organized religion — has turned on itself.
‘If you build it they will come’ no longer works for baseball — or organized religion
by: Bob Smietana March 4, 2022 (RNS) — Tom Johnson loves baseball. And he loves the church. Both, said Johnson, a former Minnesota Twins pitcher turned pastor, are in trouble.Read More
New hospital in Western Ukraine
Samaritan’s Purse, Israelis will treat wounded Ukrainians in Lviv field hospitals
by: Yonat Shimron March7, 2022 (RNS) — Samaritan’s Purse, the Christian humanitarian relief organization, is setting up an emergency field hospital in an underground parking garage in the western UkrainianRead More
Axios reported that more than 50,000 Ukrainians have fled their country in the past 48 hours.
Franklin Graham sends disaster response teams to Europe; says he opposes war
by: Yonat Shimron Feb. 26, 2022 (RNS) — The Rev. Franklin Graham said his Christian humanitarian relief organization was sending disaster response teams to Poland, Romania and Moldova to assessRead More
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CORBEVAX, a new patent-free COVID-19 vaccine, could be a pandemic game changer globally
CORBEVAX, a new patent-free COVID-19 vaccine, could be a pandemic game changer globally CORBEVAX uses recombinant DNA technology that many countries already have the infrastructure to produce. Artis777 via iStock/Getty ImagesRead More
Of all of King’s speeches and writings, the one that has had the most transformative power for me is his masterful “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” ...
Opinion: Martin Luther King Jr.’s hard words for white Christians
by: Robert P. Jones Jan. 17, 2022 (RNS) — White people regularly dilute the words of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to be more palatable. No one isRead More
Tutu was presented with top honors, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009 from then-President Barack Obama.
Desmond Tutu, archbishop, activist and apartheid foe, is dead at 90
by: Adelle M. Banks Dec 26, 2021 (RNS) — Retired Anglican Archbishop Desmond Mpilo Tutu, the man who became synonymous with South Africa’s nonviolent struggle against apartheid, died Sunday (Dec.Read More