by David Crampton | Mar 8, 2011 | News
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (RNS/ENInews) A complete search of an Anglican cathedral in Christchurch, New Zealand turned up no bodies buried in the rubble, despite widespread reports that 20 to 22 people had been trapped inside. ChristChurch Cathedral’s spire collapsed...
by David Crampton | Feb 28, 2011 | News
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (RNS/ENInews) Churches shattered by a 6.3-magnitude earthquake were yielding up their dead on Friday (Feb. 25) as clergy and parishioners grieved and searched for places to worship on Sunday. The overall death toll from the Feb. 22 quake...
by Kim Lawton | Jan 10, 2011 | News
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (RNS) Driving through downtown Port-au-Prince, it can be difficult at first to see much change from a year ago, when a devastating 7.0 earthquake devastated this impoverished island nation. The presidential palace is still in ruins, with...
by Robert Parham | Oct 31, 2007 | Opinion
Theological declarations of blame follow terrible disasters. Indian evangelist K. G. Paul said God was judging California with wildfires for the mocking behavior of gays, according to a 10-minute video on GodTube, a conservative Christian knockoff of YouTube. Matt...