Powerful moment white parishioners gather and kneel in George Floyd’s hometown of Houston and ask for black community’s forgiveness during a ‘praytest’ Parishioners gathered at the Cuney Homes in the Third Ward in Houston, Texas where George Floyd played hoops and did community outreach ‘Father God we asked for forgiveness from our black brothers and … Read more
Don’t forget Madeleine during lockdown: Kate and Gerry McCann ask well-wishers to pray for missing daughter as they mark 13th anniversary of her disappearance Kate, 52, and Gerry, 51, are asking people to join in with prayers tonight at 7pm They usually have an outdoor gathering but it was cancelled this year due to coronavirus … Read more
Hundreds of Muslims ignored social distancing by packing close together to attend Friday prayers in Indonesia, as the country surpassed the Philippines for the most coronavirus infections in South-East Asia. The worshippers were pictured at the Islamic Center mosque in Lhokseumawe, Aceh province, the northernmost part of the island of Sumatra. The Acehnese Muslims – who are … Read more
A vicar’s son has made a tearful video begging people to pray for his father, a popular clergyman who is fighting for his life with coronavirus over Easter. Tom Holmes, 32, struggled to speak as he asked for prayers for Revd Peter Holmes, 65, who has been vicar of St Peter’s church in Norbiton, London, … Read more
Over the past month, I’ve mentioned a few times that our best hope, and perhaps the only way out of this pandemic, will be by creating a safe and effective vaccine. Only then will the world be able to get back to normal. And, in fact, a couple of weeks ago, just before the lockdown began, … Read more
Let us be honest. The fact that Boris Johnson has been taken into intensive care suggests that he is gravely ill. We must pray for him. I certainly am. His plight is confirmation, if any were needed, that this is a very serious disease that can leave even patients it spares in a debilitated and … Read more
Early this week, Boris Johnson will take his seat in the COBRA briefing room in the Cabinet Office of 70 Whitehall and be told by his senior medical advisers that the time has come to officially move to the Delay phase of the Government’s four-part coronavirus action plan. He will then be given an extensive … Read more