West Virginia town where Mother’s Day began conducts First online service

West Virginia town where Mother’s Day began conducts First online service

West Virginia town where Mother’s Day began conducts First online service GRAFTON (AP) — In the West Virginia town where Mother’s Day started 112 years ago, there was another first: an online-only audience due to the coronavirus pandemic. The pews were empty Sunday as an organist played the opening hymn at the International Mother’s Day Shrine in Grafton. The tradition began when Anna Jarvis wanted to honour her late mother on the second Sunday of […]

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 May 11, 2020
Mother’s Day : History and Significance

Mother’s Day : History and Significance

Mother’s Day : Celebration of Motherhood There is a day that every child awaits more eagerly and equally as his or her birthday and that is Mother’s Day. Every year the Mother’s Day is celebrated on the second Sunday of May. And this year Mother’s Day is on Sunday 10 May. A day dedicated to the mother’s selfless acts for the child and the family as a whole. Mother’s Day History and Significance Celebrations of […]

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 May 9, 2020
An Old World Torah scroll unites a North Carolina synagogue in a time of pandemic

An Old World Torah scroll unites a North Carolina synagogue in a time of pandemic

An Old World Torah scroll unites a North Carolina synagogue in a time of pandemic Yonat Shimron When Henry Fuchs acquired a Torah scroll from the Hungarian synagogue he belonged to as a child, it came with two conditions. First, that the scroll, painstakingly written in ink on parchment, be used regularly in services at Fuchs’ synagogue in North Carolina, where he now lives. And second, that his congregation recite the Mourner’s Kaddish or prayer […]

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 May 7, 2020
National Day of Prayer, reshaped by pandemic, includes interfaith and online events

National Day of Prayer, reshaped by pandemic, includes interfaith and online events

National Day of Prayer, reshaped by pandemic, includes interfaith and online events Adelle M. Banks The National Day of Prayer, like most events amid the coronavirus, will have a different look this year as it is marked on Thursday May 7. Now in its 69th year, the observance — often predominated by evangelical Christians gathering in public places — will feature interfaith and even international voices on computer screens and cellphones. For the first time, […]

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 May 7, 2020
Digital pilgrimages allow the faithful to travel the world from their couches

Digital pilgrimages allow the faithful to travel the world from their couches

Digital pilgrimages allow the faithful to travel the world from their couches Emily McFarlan Miller Susan Stoltze’s Camino didn’t turn out the way she had imagined it. After days of dealing with cranky innkeepers known as hospitaleros, intermittent thunderstorms, wrong turns and high anxiety, Stoltze cut short her 2014 walk on the Camino Frances, the most popular route of Spain’s ancient Christian pilgrimage, the Camino de Santiago. She had more than 450 miles left to go […]

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 May 6, 2020
Muslims in Jerusalem pray outdoors amid virus lockdown

Muslims in Jerusalem pray outdoors amid virus lockdown

Muslims in Jerusalem pray outdoors amid virus lockdown JERUSALEM (AP) — Muslims in Jerusalem are praying outside in small groups during the holy month of Ramadan as measures aimed at curbing the coronavirus pandemic remain in place, including a halt to prayers at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, the third holiest site in Islam. Prayers at Jerusalem’s world-famous religious sites, sacred to Muslims, Christians and Jews, were halted or heavily restricted last month as Israel and […]

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 May 5, 2020
Christian mindfulness, meditation apps find their moment

Christian mindfulness, meditation apps find their moment

There’s an app for that: Christian mindfulness, meditation apps find their moment Emily McFarlan Miller (RNS) — Rachael Reynolds is a busy wife and mom of three who, like many parents, suddenly has been tasked with home-schooling her children and managing the anxiety of a pandemic. Reynolds, 34, also is a registered nurse and works three or four night shifts a week in the labor and delivery department at a Texas hospital. That adds the […]

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 May 4, 2020
Ramadan TV series about Gulf Jews ignites controversy

Ramadan TV series about Gulf Jews ignites controversy

Ramadan TV series about Gulf Jews ignites controversy By JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — A television series aired by a Saudi broadcaster during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan has sparked controversy by offering a positive depiction of a Jewish community in the Gulf at the time of Israel’s creation. Critics say it and another series aired on the network promote normalization with Israel even as the Palestinian cause is under threat by […]

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 May 4, 2020
The Role of Religion in the Fight Against the Coronavirus Pandemic

The Role of Religion in the Fight Against the Coronavirus Pandemic

The Role of Religion in the Fight Against the Coronavirus Pandemic New Delhi, 22 April 2020: Twenty five leaders and representatives of religious and interfaith organizations in India have issued a joint statement on the constructive role religion should play in uniting people of all faiths in the fight against coronavirus. The statement was issued in response to the urgent need for all religions in the country to “speak with one voice” in emphasizing the […]

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 May 3, 2020
Launch of Global Multi-Religious Faith-in-Action Covid-19 Initiative

Launch of Global Multi-Religious Faith-in-Action Covid-19 Initiative

Launch of Global Multi-Religious Faith-in-Action Covid-19 Initiative Faith and Positive Change for Children, Families and Communities JOINT STATEMENT FROM UNICEF AND RELIGIONS FOR PEACE NEW YORK, 7 April 2020 – The COVID-19 pandemic has presented us with an unprecedented global challenge, touching every community in every nation of the world. The pandemic is causing systems of work, education, finance and domestic lives to grind to a halt, affecting nearly every aspect of people’s lives. As […]

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 April 30, 2020
How the quarantined are grappling with solitude and faith ?

How the quarantined are grappling with solitude and faith ?

The loneliness pandemic: How the quarantined are grappling with solitude and faith by: Claire Giangravé Apr 20, 2020 This is a two-part series by Religion News Service exploring how the solitude that many people are experiencing as they isolate during the coronavirus pandemic is interacting with their faith. Read also The loneliness pandemic: The elderly in ICUs battle coronavirus and solitude VATICAN CITY (RNS) — “An Easter of Solitude”: This is how Pope Francis, standing […]

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 April 23, 2020
विश्व पृथ्वी दिवस की 50 वीं वर्षगांठ का जश्न

विश्व पृथ्वी दिवस की 50 वीं वर्षगांठ का जश्न

विश्व पृथ्वी दिवस की 50 वीं वर्षगांठ का जश्न पृथ्वी दिवस 2020 घोषणाः   बीज रोपण – हरित विश्व के लिये विश्व पृथ्वी दिवस पर परमार्थ निकेतन और ग्लोबल इंटरफेथ वाश एलांयस की संयुक्त पहल विश्व पृथ्वी दिवस की 50 वीं वर्षगांठ का जश्न पृथ्वी को हरियाली और खुशहाली से भरे रखने का महासंकल्प 22 अप्रैल, ऋषिकेश। विश्व पृथ्वी दिवस की 50 वीं वर्षगांठ पर परमार्थ निकेतन और ग्लोबल इंटरफेथ वाश एलायंस के संयुक्त तत्वाधान में […]

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