Fitness coach Rodrigo Gusman is one of the people behind the idea. He says that during the COVID-19 pandemic, when most of his classes were held on video conferencing tools, he started thinking of new places to hold classes. He organized workouts at a skating rink, a circus and a pet shop.
BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — Central African Republic’s capital had been torn apart by inter-religious violence leading up to, its streets haunted by fear and division.
Yet, there was the open-air popemobile driving through a Muslim-majority neighborhood of Bangui, a zone off-limits to Christians, with the pope crossing a line many feared amid a yearslong civil war.An imam at his side, Francis removed his shoes, bowed his head and entered a mosque,people to “say ‘no’ to hatred, vengeance and violence, especially that committed in the name of a religion or God.”
The episode is being recalled by Catholics as they weigh the pontiff’s legacy throughout Africa, a continent where the faith is growing rapidly and where, unlike Francis, the priesthood leans deeply conservative.The airplane carrying Pope Francis lands in Bangui, Central African Republic, Nov. 29, 2015. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)
The airplane carrying Pope Francis lands in Bangui, Central African Republic, Nov. 29, 2015. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)
Pope Francis blesses children during his visit to people living at a refugee camp in Bangui, Central African Republic, Nov. 29, 2015. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)Perry said that whenever she is doing something new or daunting, she looks inward for strength and confidence.
“Using that feminine divine that I was born with and definitely unlocked when I had my daughter even more. It leveled up for sure. Being a mother just makes you level up with that type of power,” she said. Her daughter, Daisy, 4, joined Perry before her rehearsal.Bezos’ rocket company
announced the crew in February. Sanchez, a helicopter pilot and former TV journalist, picked the women who will join her on a 10-minute spaceflight from West Texas aboard a New Shepard rocket. Perry, Sanchez and King will be joined by Aisha Bowe, a former NASA rocket scientist who now heads an engineering firm, research scientist Amanda Nguyen and movie producer Kerianne Flynn.“I am feeling so grateful and grounded and honored to be invited and included with this incredible group of women,” Perry said. Whenever she gets nervous about the trip, she reminds herself how important it is.