12th Annual Fighting Poverty with Faith Vigil launches anti-poverty legislative agenda
March 2, 2020

12th Annual Fighting Poverty with Faith Vigil launches anti-poverty legislative agenda

“We come because we share a passionate concern for those entrapped and oppressed by poverty in our...

Activists Speak about the BDS Movement at Brown University
March 2, 2020

Activists Speak about the BDS Movement at Brown University

“Colonial powers are never convinced,” said Omar Barghouti, co-founder of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movement,...

Student protesters target anti-Palestine talk on RIC campus
March 2, 2020

Student protesters target anti-Palestine talk on RIC campus

“…we strongly object to the idea that any criticism, any speaking up for a free Palestine, in...

Attorney General gains access to nearly 70 years of records from Diocese of Providence
March 2, 2020

Attorney General gains access to nearly 70 years of records from Diocese of Providence

Attorney General Peter Neronha today announced an important next step in the Office’s review of clergy child...

‘If Jesus were alive today, he would stand with LGBTQ folks, not against them…’
March 2, 2020

‘If Jesus were alive today, he would stand with LGBTQ folks, not against them…’

“Everyone has a right to happiness,” said Kristine Farrelly, a Christian protester outside Franklin Graham’s East Providence...

Franklin Graham’s hate and fear not wanted in Rhode Island
March 2, 2020

Franklin Graham’s hate and fear not wanted in Rhode Island

Franklin Graham, son of the famous evangelist Billy Graham, is coming to East Providence on May 26...

Martin Hägglund talks about freedom, faith, and the emptiness of infinity
March 2, 2020

Martin Hägglund talks about freedom, faith, and the emptiness of infinity

I went to Boston’s Harvard Book Store to hear Yale Professor Martin Hägglund speak about his new...

Rhode Island Islamic community embraces Mayor Elorza’s kindness initiative
March 2, 2020

Rhode Island Islamic community embraces Mayor Elorza’s kindness initiative

During his second inaugural address in January, Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza announced a “kindness initiative.” “We are...

Hundreds attend Christchurch vigil in Providence
March 2, 2020

Hundreds attend Christchurch vigil in Providence

The white supremacist terror attacks in Christchurch, New Zealand that left 50 dead, 50 wounded and dozens...

Representative Fogarty excoriates Speaker Mattiello over his handling of child sexual assault bill last year
March 2, 2020

Representative Fogarty excoriates Speaker Mattiello over his handling of child sexual assault bill last year

“One of the reasons I voted against the Speaker, and why I’m sitting here now, is because...

Hundreds attend Tree of Life Synagogue vigil
March 2, 2020

Hundreds attend Tree of Life Synagogue vigil

Hundreds of people, representing a multitude of faith traditions or no faith at all, gathered together in...

SNAP to Bishop Tobin: Your words ring hollow to survivors
March 2, 2020

SNAP to Bishop Tobin: Your words ring hollow to survivors

Bishop Thomas Tobin of the Catholic Diocese of Providence, Rhode Island, worked as the auxiliary bishop of...

Poor People’s Campaign week six: A new unsettling force
March 2, 2020

Poor People’s Campaign week six: A new unsettling force

Week six of the Rhode Island Poor People’s Campaign: A Call for Moral Revival took things up...

Week five of the RI Poor People’s Campaign tackles education and jobs, begins to up the ante
March 2, 2020

Week five of the RI Poor People’s Campaign tackles education and jobs, begins to up the ante

The fifth week of the Rhode Island Poor People’s Campaign A National Call for Moral Revival went...

Week four of the Rhode Island Poor People’s Campaign takes on ecological devastation and health care
March 2, 2020

Week four of the Rhode Island Poor People’s Campaign takes on ecological devastation and health care

Week four of the Rhode Island Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival took on...

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