RNS Opening Budget — Friday, May 29, 2020

NEWS STORY RNS-Pope-Prayer: Pope Francis to lead global prayer ceremony on eve of Pentecost VATICAN CITY (RNS) – As many countries slowly attempt to return to normalcy, easing the safety measures imposed during the coronavirus pandemic, Pope Francis has called for an international moment of prayer to entrust all of humanity to the Lord and […]

NEWS STORY
RNS-Pope-Prayer: Pope Francis to lead global prayer ceremony on eve of Pentecost
VATICAN CITY (RNS) – As many countries slowly attempt to return to normalcy, easing the safety measures imposed during the coronavirus pandemic, Pope Francis has called for an international moment of prayer to entrust all of humanity to the Lord and the Virgin Mary on the Vigil of Pentecost, the feast marking the rebirth of the Church. By Claire Giangravè. 700 words. (category: i)

COMMENTARY
RNS-Keller-Oped: How Ravi Zacharias changed the way evangelism is done
(RNS) — The Indian-Canadian evangelist Zacharias, who died May 19, saw that Western culture was fast becoming a “post-Christendom” society, where Christianity no longer felt true or even plausible. His vision was a new apologetics that didn’t wait for people to come to church, but would go out to them. By Timothy Keller. 1,200 words. (category: k)