Monthly Archives: April 1996
Evangelist Palau promotes racial reconciliation
By RNS Blog Editor — April 13, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service CHICAGO (RNS)-Doug Hansen first realized that he contributed to, and must repent of, racism at a prayer meeting for evangelist Luis Palau’s “Say Yes, Chicago” crusade. To prepare for the crusade, which began last week, about 75 pastors-half of them black, the rest white-gathered late last year at a church […]
TOP STORY: RELIGION AND POLITICS: Vying for the pro-family mantle
By RNS Blog Editor — April 13, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (UNDATED) In the fight over American values, the turf war over “family” is fierce. Last May, the Christian Coalition unveiled its 10-point plan called “Contract with the America Family.” It promotes school prayer, restriction of abortion and abolition of the Department of Education. Now, religious activists on the left are […]
Environment chief sees U.S. caught between flood and the rainbow
By Carl Anderson — April 13, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service PHOENIX (RNS)-Contending that divergent views on the environment have the nation caught”between the flood and the rainbow,”U.S. Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt urged American religious bodies to join the fray over conservation laws and stand fast in efforts to protect natural environment. Speaking Thursday (April 11) to the annual […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — April 13, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service Relief workers’ efforts curtailed in Liberia, but officials plan to return (RNS)-Some relief groups that were aiding Liberia have had to pull out of the region, now torn with newly erupted factional violence, but hope to restart their work when the crisis ends. World Relief, the international assistance division of […]
RNS garners 3 top awards in Associated Church Press contest
By RNS Blog Editor — April 13, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service PHOENIX (RNS)-Religion News Service won three top journalistic honors Friday (April 12) from the Associated Church Press, a professional organization for the religious press. RNS National Correspondent David E. Anderson won first place in the news service category for a piece on the emergence of land mines as a global […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — April 12, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service Mexican officials deny permission for Mormon temple (RNS)-An outcry from local Roman Catholics and concerns about urban development have led city officials in Monterrey, Mexico, to block the construction of what would have been the country’s second Mormon temple. The decision was reported Wednesday (April 10) in the newspaper La […]
TOP STORY: ABORTION: Clinton veto of abortion bill bodes far-reaching political effects
By Adelle M. Banks — April 12, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS)-President Clinton’s veto Wednesday (April 10) of a proposed ban on a controversial late-term abortion procedure has highlighted an emotional moral battle that may have profound implications for the 1996 presidential race. Condemned harshly by groups ranging from the National Conference of Catholic Bishops to the Christian Coalition and […]
NEWS FEATURE: Evangelist Palau promotes racial reconciliation
By RNS Blog Editor — April 12, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service CHICAGO (RNS)-Doug Hansen first realized that he contributed to, and must repent of, racism at a prayer meeting for evangelist Luis Palau’s “Say Yes, Chicago” crusade. To prepare for the crusade, which began last week, about 75 pastors-half of them black, the rest white-gathered late last year at a church […]
COMMENTARY: Who’s the victim here?
By RNS Blog Editor — April 12, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (RNS)-The long mugging of Bernie Goetz continues. Twelve years ago, Goetz shot four kids on a New York subway train. The kids were after his wallet. Now, one of the muggers is back and he’s better armed and more ambitious. This time he’s packing a lawyer and he wants $50 […]
COMMENTARY: Suddenly, the hospital room is a moral arena
By James Rudin — April 12, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Rabbi Rudin is the national interreligious affairs director of the American Jewish Committee.) (RNS)-Two recent federal court decisions on physician-assisted suicide have raised profound questions for America’s religious communities, issues that many clergy are ill-prepared to face. In March, a Washington state law banning medical suicides was struck down; in […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — April 11, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service Bishop’s doctrine committee criticizes third edition of Catholic textbook (RNS)-The U.S. Catholic Bishops’ doctrine committee is criticizing the latest edition of the textbook”Catholicism,”saying it could prompt dissent. The popular textbook, by the Rev. Richard P. McBrien, is used in Catholic and Protestant educational institutions as well as in parish settings. […]
NEWS STORY: Pope to issue statement on Holocaust, but no encyclical
By RNS Blog Editor — April 11, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service VATICAN CITY (RNS)-Pope John Paul II appears close to delivering on a 1987 pledge that the Vatican would assess Catholic treatment of Jews during the Holocaust and church teaching that some contend fostered anti-Semitism. The tract on one of the most sensitive and complicated issues confronting the church is being […]
NEWS STORY: California court says landlords cannot refuse to rent to unmarried couples
By RNS Blog Editor — April 11, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service SAN FRANCISCO (RNS)-In a long-awaited case pitting the Religious Freedom Restoration Act against state open-housing laws, the California Supreme Court ruled 4-3 Tuesday (April 9) that landlords may not refuse to rent to unmarried couples on grounds of religious belief. The case involved landlady Evelyn Smith in the Northern California […]
TOP STORY: AFTERMATH OF APARTHEID: Searching for the truth in a hate-scarred land
By RNS Blog Editor — April 11, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (RNS)-Wellington Moluli wore sunglasses in the dark sanctuary of the Central Methodist Church in downtown Johannesburg. Twig-thin with a slight tremor, Moluli spoke haltingly as he described his time in solitary confinement as a political prisoner.”I was a youth organizer for the ANC (African National Congress) in […]
Mainstream issues to dominate Methodist conference
By Carl Anderson — April 11, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (RNS)-Baptism, ordained ministry and ecumenical accords will top the agenda when the United Methodist Church convenes its General Conference in Denver next week. And while abortion and homosexuality will not necessarily dominate this year’s discussions, tensions will be evident among liberal and conservative members of the 8.6 million-member denomination. The […]
