Churches deliver MCC aid as hurricane worsens daily life’s routine hardships
“There simply isn’t enough capacity even for the local community. It’s much harder with a population that has been abandoned in places that are extremely difficult,” said Karen Perez, the country director for Jesuit Refugee Service in Mexico.
Mennonite Disaster Service U.S. executive director Kevin King will retire by the end of the year. Ross Penner, the first person to serve as Mennonite Disaster Service Canada executive director, is retiring in March.
The World Council of Churches, Middle East Council of Churches, Lutheran World Federation, World Communion of Reformed Churches, World Methodist Council, Mennonite World Conference, Christian Conference of Asia and ACT Alliance join in expressing their deep concern regarding the humanitarian and social impacts of the widening conflict in the Middle East, and the threat it poses to the peace and security of the region and the world.
Though often linked to Black diasporas and Indigenous culture, honoring ancestors is deeply rooted in American culture.
As a ministry of Anabaptist churches deeply rooted in Christ’s call to peace and as an organization with more than 75 years of experience working with partners in the Middle East, Mennonite Central Committee laments the U.S. military aggression against the country of Iran.
“The Last Judgment,” Michelangelo’s vast fresco painted into the plaster of the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel, is undergoing an extraordinary maintenance process in preparation for Easter, with a team of 20 restorers working in two shifts a day to remove a thin, milky residue that has built up due to the thousands who come to admire the masterpiece every day.
