देश के प्रतिष्ठित धर्मगुरू एक मंच पर – कोरोना महामारी के बीच देंगे जीवन का मंत्र कोरोना महामारी के दौरान सभी धर्मों को एक चुनौती का सामना करना पड़ा है। मंदिर, मस्जिद, चर्च, गुरुद्वारा सब बंद रहे। अब 8 जून से सभी खुल रहे है। देश के समाचार चैनल इंडिया टीवी ने 9 जून 2020 को सर्वधर्म के सभी प्रतिष्ठित गुरूओं को एक मंच पर लाने की कोशिश की है। हिंदू, मुस्लिम, सिख, ईसाई धर्म […]
नयी दिल्ली, 4 जून; विश्व पर्यावरण दिवस के अवसर पर भारत में धार्मिक संगठनों और धर्म गुरुओं के साथ यूनाइटेड नेशन एनवायरनमेंट प्रोग्राम (UNEP ) और यनुाइटेड रिलीजन इनिशिएटिव (URI) कार्यालय फेथ फॉर अर्थ स्ट्रेटेजी एंड एक्शन प्लान शीर्षक से एक वीडियो जारी कर रहा है। World Environment Day 2020 पर सर्वधर्म के धार्मिक और आध्यात्मिक गुरूओं के साथ पर्यावरण दिवस पर जैव विविधता विषय पर ये संदेश जारी होगा। ऐसा भारत में UNEP के […]
Monsoon Raagas 3 – Sao Joao Festival of Goa Monsoons are the source of life on this earth. They help us in cultivating the food we eat, gives us water and all the vegetation on the earth. In fact the lives depend on rains. This only leads us to the point that there is not religious bias in celebrating rains. One such festival is Sao Joao festival which is celebrated in Goa. Come monsoons, it […]
May 23, 2020 Alejandra Molina (RNS) — The coronavirus pandemic hit pastor Kato Hart’s Detroit storefront church hard. Finances dwindled to almost nothing. Rent and utility bills went unpaid. All the while, neighbors were losing jobs and seeking unemployment. His church, Hold the Light Ministries Church of God in Christ, prides itself on “being a servant in our community,” so not being able to help their people was difficult to process, Hart said. But then […]
May 23, 2020 Jack Jenkins WASHINGTON (RNS) — President Donald Trump has unveiled new guidance classifying houses of worship as “essential services” and insisting that governors allow faith groups to worship despite the risk of furthering the spread of the novel coronavirus. Trump made the announcement Friday afternoon (May 22) at a press conference at the White House and appeared to set up a potential standoff between his administration and governors who have halted worship services during […]
Who would you choose, Jesus or the Spirit? Thomas Reese (RNS) — When you create a password at your bank, it asks you some authentication questions. My favorite is, “What historical person would you most like to meet?” I always wonder how many people say “Jesus.” On May 21, we celebrate the Ascension, the day Jesus left the Earth. I think a lot of us would like to have him back. But Jesus did leave […]
May 21, 2020 Jana Riess (RNS) — It’s become almost a foregone conclusion that young adults are leaving organized religion in high numbers. Newly published findings from the National Study of Youth and Religion don’t challenge that conclusion — not exactly. But they do offer a fuller picture of what’s happening, including some possible good news for mainline Protestants. The NSYR tracked more than 3,000 young people from 2002, when they were ages 13 to 17, through […]
May 21, 2020 By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — More than 1,200 California pastors say they will resume in-person services on May 31 in defiance of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s stay-at-home order to slow the spread of the new coronavirus. Newsom has gradually allowed some businesses to reopen as the state’s number of virus-related hospitalizations has flattened. But churches are still banned, along with hair salons and sporting events. Newsom said Monday churches […]
May 21, 2020 By KAREN MATTHEWS, MARINA VILLENEUVE and MICHAEL HILL NEW YORK (AP) — New York will allow religious gatherings of up to 10 people as hospitalization rates continue to decline. More tests and outreach efforts are planned for hard-hit New York City neighborhoods. The Metropolitan Museum of Art could reopen its doors in mid-August. Coronavirus developments in New York: RELIGIOUS SERVICES New York will allow small religious gatherings starting Thursday as the state […]
Houston Catholic church closes after 5 leaders get COVID-19 HOUSTON (AP) — A Catholic church in Houston has closed its doors after five of its leaders tested positive for COVID-19, including two priests who had helped celebrate public masses which had resumed earlier this month. The closure and positive tests come after a priest from Holy Ghost parish, 79-year-old Donnell Kirchner, died last week. He was diagnosed with pneumonia, but health officials are determining whether […]
May 20, 2020 By ROBERT JABLON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The head of the federal Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division told Gov. Gavin Newsom Tuesday that his plan to reopen California discriminates against churches. In a letter to the governor, Eric S. Dreiband said that despite a coronavirus pandemic “that is unprecedented in our lifetimes,” Newsom should allow some in-person worship under the current second phase of his four-part reopening plan. Restaurants and […]
May 20, 2020 By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves on Tuesday issued guidelines for churches and other places of worship to reopen for in-person services during the coronavirus pandemic, with an emphasis on keeping spaces clean and maintaining distance between people. The Republican governor never shut down in-person worship, saying he does not think the government has the power to do so. But he has strongly encouraged people […]
