Parishioners are withdrawing donations from local churches in protest against the Church of England’s £100 million slavery reparations fund, officials have warned. Church officers have raised concerns that churchgoers have been put off donating to the Church of England following the establishment of the fund, which was announced in January 2023 to “address past wrongs […]
A 16-year-old has been charged with one count of terrorizing and two counts of possession of a firearm by a juvenile after entering a church service in Abbeville, Louisiana, where 60 children were receiving their first holy communion. Police have confirmed that “the person was confronted by parishioners and escorted outside” before being taken into […]
Congregants at a Louisiana church banded together to prevent a mass shooting over the weekend, and it was all caught on a livestream. The chaos erupted Saturday at Saint Mary Magdalene Church in Abbeville during a first communion ceremony for 60 second graders. According to police, a 16-year-old boy carrying a gun opened the back […]
Churchgoers thwarted a teenager armed with a rifle from entering a Louisiana church full of children Saturday in a service that was being livestreamed, authorities said. Police were called to St. Mary Magdalen Church in Abbeville, 20 miles south of Lafayette, at 10:35 a.m. when the 16-year-old suspect tried to get in via the back […]
Feb. 17—NEW LONDON — The First Congregational Church in New London was a place that held memories for many residents of southeastern Connecticut over the decades. It was a place where they gathered for church services, community meals, baptisms, weddings and concerts, and where they started jobs, met friends and welcomed people. After the steeple […]