Monthly Archives: April 1996
COMMENTARY: The danger of using death to solve dilemmas
By Ashbel S. (Tony) Green — April 30, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Frederica Mathewes-Green is a member of the Eastern Orthodox Church. She is the author of the recent book”Real Choices”and is a member of the board of the National Women’s Coalition for Life and a frequent contributor to Christianity Today magazine.) (RNS)-In the aftermath of President Clinton’s veto of the partial-birth […]
NEWS STORY: Christian youth gather for two-day `Washington for Jesus’ rally
By RNS Blog Editor — April 30, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS)-Armed with picnic coolers, Bibles and”Jesus”pennants, thousands of Christian youth gathered for a”Washington for Jesus”rally at the U.S. Capitol Monday, rejoicing that they were not alone in their faith.”Sometimes I get discouraged, thinking there are not other Christians,”said Ben Blemahdoo, 16, of Calvary Gospel Church Conqueror’s Club Gospel Team, […]
COMMENTARY: Let moral renewal begin with me
By RNS Blog Editor — April 30, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Charles W. Colson, former special counsel to Richard Nixon, served a prison term for his role in the Watergate scandal. He now heads Prison Fellowship International, an evangelical Christian ministry to the imprisoned and their families. Contact Colson via e-mail at 71421.1551(AT)compuserve.com.) (RNS)-In synagogues, churches and meeting halls across the […]
TOP STORY: THE CATHOLIC CHURCH: Poles look to West—not the Church—for moral guidance
By RNS Blog Editor — April 30, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service KRAKOW, Poland (RNS)-It’s Friday night, and Kasia, 16, Marek, 17, and their gang are eating pizzas and drinking sodas at the Pizza Hut across from Krakow’s Baroque 17th-century Saints Peter and Paul Church, one of more than 50 in this bastion of Polish Catholicism.”Sure, I’m Catholic,”says Kasia, who has radio […]
RNS Daily Digest
By Carl Anderson — April 30, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service Scholars ponder whether Shakespeare was Roman Catholic (RNS)-British scholars are discussing the possibility that William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was a”church-papist,”one who outwardly conformed to the established Protestant Church of England while secretly harboring Roman Catholic beliefs. Shakespeare wrote at the height of the Elizabethan era, named after Queen Elizabeth I, when […]
TOP STORY: DENOMINATIONS: Methodists remain divided on gays, but meeting forges ecumenical ties
By Carl Anderson — April 27, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (RNS)-Still divided over homosexuality but unified in seeking stronger ties with other religious bodies, the United Methodist Church’s General Conference drew to a close Friday after a series of decisions that could reshape the nation’s second-largest Protestant denomination. The subject of the role of homosexuals in the church dominated much […]
Vocal ensembles star at Dove Awards ceremony
By RNS Blog Editor — April 27, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (RNS)-Vocal ensembles-rather than individual artists-walked away with many of the the big awards Thursday night at the Dove Awards, an annual event honoring Christian music. The modern-rock group dc Talk was named Artist of the Year, and group member Toby McKeehan won Song of the Year for”Jesus Freak,”with co-writer Mark […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — April 27, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service U.N. human-rights panel denounces religious intolerance (RNS)-The United Nations Commission on Human Rights says it is”alarmed that serious instances of intolerance and discrimination on the grounds of religion or belief”are occurring around the world. But the resolution, adopted by consensus during the annual meeting of the 53-nation panel, did not […]
COMMENTARY: Do more than cheer for urban youths
By RNS Blog Editor — April 27, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Rodolpho Carrasco, 28, is a writer in Pasadena, Calif., and a consultant to church groups nationwide on youth ministry and internet outreach. Contact him via e-mail at genxlatino(AT)aol.com.) LOS ANGELES (RNS)-Four thousand teen-age boys-black, white and Latino-burst into the L.A. Coliseum recently, to the cheers of 50,000 men. They had […]
After lapse of a generation, Cuban Jews resume religious practice
By RNS Blog Editor — April 26, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service HAVANA (RNS)-Two years ago, Diana Silverstein didn’t know much about what it meant to be Jewish. Her knowledge was scant when it came to the meaning of religious holidays. She didn’t know much about kosher food. Hebrew was as foreign to her as English. But in the last two years, […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — April 26, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service Methodists reaffirm homosexuality is”incompatible”with Christianity (RNS)-An effort to soften the United Methodist Church’s 24-year-old stance declaring that homosexuality is incompatible with Christian teaching was soundly defeated Wednesday (April 24) by delegates attending the denomination’s General Conference. The proposal, brought by the 8.6 million-member church’s Board of Church and Society, was […]
NEWS STORY: Pope, Yugoslav ambassador renew diplomatic tie
By RNS Blog Editor — April 26, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service VATICAN CITY (RNS)-Three years of acrimony between the rump Yugoslav federation and the Vatican appeared a faded memory Thursday (April 25), as Pope John Paul II and Belgrade’s new envoy to the Holy See both promised respect and understanding. The new Yugoslav ambassador to the Holy See, Dojcilo Maslovaric, did […]
COMMENTARY: Shedding light on Luther’s dark side
By James Rudin — April 26, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Rabbi Rudin is the national interreligious affairs director of the American Jewish Committee.) (RNS)-This year marks the 450th anniversary of the death of Martin Luther, the German monk who left the Roman Catholic Church in 1517 to become the leading figure in the Protestant Reformation. Now that Germany is unified, […]
TOP STORY: RELIGION IN CUBA: Relations between church and state improving dramatically in Cuba
By RNS Blog Editor — April 26, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service HAVANA (RNS)-From his pulpit in the landmark Our Lady of Carmen Church, the Rev. Theodoro Becerril watched for years with alarm as the Catholic Church declined, withered and nearly died in communist Cuba. From his vantage point, over a span of 38 years, Becerril witnessed the slow but steady disappearance […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — April 25, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service Southern Baptist relief group to help feed North Koreans (RNS)-A Southern Baptist relief agency plans to feed a flood-ravaged area in North Korea for the next six months after North Korean officials asked for help.”We were asked to help from now until October in the rescue of a city,”said Bill […]
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