Liberia
A pilgrimage in the footsteps of Lott Carey’s pioneering mission to Africa
By Angelita Clifton — December 9, 2022
(RNS) — A journey 'home' to a place my ancestors never saw again.
After 200 years, the Baha’i prophet, the Báb, holds promise for the world
By Anthony Vance — October 28, 2019
(RNS) — The Báb's life is a model of independently investigating the truth free from blind imitation of past practices, the power of young people to create social change and the unstoppable power of spiritual conviction.
Why they should change the names of Hollywood streets
By Jeffrey Salkin — June 28, 2017
What do we do about places named for Confederate generals? Change the names.
Survivors remember Ebola epidemic as Samaritan’s Purse releases documentary
By Emily McFarlan Miller — March 30, 2017
MONROVIA, LIBERIA (RNS) 'Facing Darkness,' a documentary produced by Samaritan’s Purse recounting its work in Liberia during the Ebola epidemic, will show in select theaters Thursday (March 30) and return for encore showings on April 10.
General Butt Naked’s humanitarian rebirth tests Liberia’s forgiveness
By RNS staff — October 26, 2016
MONROVIA (Reuters) Everyone likes a good redemption story, and there are few more remarkable than that of notorious Liberian warlord 'General Butt Naked.'
Liberia’s United Methodists keep ban on divorced clergy becoming bishops
By Fredrick Nzwili — May 7, 2015
(RNS) The church’s leaders say the ban brings moral credibility to the office and guides the conduct of those who want to be bishop.
Amid tears, ‘cry out with joy:’ Pope Francis’ Christmas Day blessing
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — December 25, 2014
In his annual "Urbi et Orbi" address to the city and the world, his text features the prayers for peace and health in lands torn by strife and by Ebola .
Ebola strikes another American aid worker
By Liz Szabo — September 3, 2014
(RNS) The missionary group SIM USA said it isn't known how the doctor became infected. He had been treating pregnant women and those giving birth in Monrovia, Liberia's capital.
Is Ebola a curse from God? Some African Christian leaders think so
By Fredrick Nzwili — August 11, 2014
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) In Liberia, more than 100 Christian leaders meeting in early August declared that God was angry and Ebola a plague. They called for prayers to seek God’s forgiveness.
Ebola patient Dr. Kent Brantly releases statement: ‘I am writing this update from my isolation room’
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — August 8, 2014
(RNS) The missionary who is being treated for Ebola explains why he was in Liberia.
2nd American Ebola patient arrives in US
By Doug Stanglin — August 5, 2014
(RNS) A small plane carrying Nancy Writebol, the second American Ebola patient from Liberia, arrived in the United States on Tuesday (Aug. 5), making a brief refueling stop in Bangor, Maine, en route to Atlanta and Emory University Hospital.
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