Monthly Archives: January 1999
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 29, 1999
c. 1999 Religion News Service Atheist’s Bible sells for $2,000 (RNS) More than three years after the mysterious disappearance of Madalyn Murray O’Hair, the nation’s most famous atheist, her personal belongings, including a Bible and a defaced coin, fetched substantial amounts at an auction Saturday (Jan. 23). The Internal Revenue Service seized the personal possessions […]
NEWS STORY: Pope leaves St. Louis, calls millennium a time for “spiritual renewal’’
By Ira Rifkin — January 28, 1999
c. 1999 Religion News Service ST. LOUIS Pope John Paul II said goodbye to this city and perhaps for the last time to the United States returning to Rome Wednesday (Jan. 27) after telling 100,000 Catholics gathered for the largest indoor Mass ever to look toward the millennium as a time for spiritual rejuvenation. “Living […]
NEWS STORY: Pope leaves St. Louis, calls millennium a time for”spiritual renewal”
By Ira Rifkin — January 28, 1999
c. 1999 Religion News Service ST. LOUIS _ Pope John Paul II said goodbye to this city _ and perhaps for the last time to the United States _ returning to Rome Wednesday (Jan. 27) after telling 100,000 Catholics gathered for the largest indoor Mass ever to look toward the millennium as a time for […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 28, 1999
c. 1999 Religion News Service Study recommends U.S. consider European models of teen sex education (RNS) A study by the Advocates for Youth reports that U.S. teens experience sex sooner than teens in European countries that use”matter of fact”approaches to teen sexuality.”Open, honest dialogue about sexuality and sexual development can help U.S. teens, like their […]
NEWS STORY: Pope arrives in United States warning nation faces “time of testing’’
By Ira Rifkin — January 27, 1999
c. 1999 Religion News Service ST. LOUIS _ Saying the United States faces a “time of testing,” Pope John Paul II began his 30-hour whirlwind visit to this Midwestern river city Tuesday (Jan. 26) by urging Americans to “resist the culture of death” and instead “stand steadfastly on the side of life.” During the first […]
NEWS STORY: Pope arrives in United States warning nation faces “time of testing’’
By RNS Blog Editor — January 27, 1999
c. 1999 Religion News Service ST. LOUIS-Saying the United States faces a “time of testing,” Pope John Paul II began his 30-hour whirlwind visit to this Midwestern river city Tuesday (Jan. 26) by urging Americans to “resist the culture of death” and instead “stand steadfastly on the side of life.” During the first of his […]
COMMENTARY: Puritan impeachers and the clash of worldviews
By RNS Blog Editor — January 27, 1999
c. 1999 Religion News Service UNDATED _ A friend loaned me a book called”Blur,”about living and working in the”connected economy.”It helps me understand the clash of world-views going on in Washington and in the tortured world of religion. The authors, Stan Davis and Christopher Meyer, point to vehicles such as e-mail, e-commerce on the Internet […]
RNS DAILY Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 19, 1999
c. 1999 Religion News Service Falwell: the Antichrist _ a male Jew _ may be alive (RNS) Television evangelist Jerry Falwell has told a conference on the millennium that the Antichrist may well be alive and, as a”counterfeit”of Jesus, will be a male Jew. Falwell made his remarks Thursday (Jan. 14) before a crowd of […]
NEWS FEATURE: Protestant ecumenical effort looks for `holy rhythm’ of church union
By RNS Blog Editor — January 15, 1999
c. 1999 Religion News Service UNDATED _ Leaders of nine Protestant denominations that have been part of a 37-year effort to forge Christian unity will gather later this month in St. Louis to map out how they can reinvigorate the movement and move forward into the next century. Initially, the Consultation on Church Union, as […]
NEWS FEATURE: Pope to deliver message for the millennium to Catholics of the Americas
By RNS Blog Editor — January 14, 1999
c. 1999 Religion News Service VATICAN CITY _ Pope John Paul II will travel to Mexico City next week to deliver a message for the millennium to the more than 780 million Roman Catholics of the Americas. The Roman Catholic pontiff is expected to call on the Catholics of North, South and Central America to […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 14, 1999
c. 1999 Religion News Service Update: Two more Christian chapels in India torched (RNS) Two more Christian chapels in western India have been attacked by mobs and set ablaze in a new round of the anti-Christian attacks that began over the Christmas holidays. A Roman Catholic prayer hall in Dhuda and a chapel in Lahan […]
RNS DAILY DIGEST
By RNS Blog Editor — January 13, 1999
c. 1999 Religion News Service Israeli religious council size cuts will keep out non-Orthodox (RNS) Israel’s Orthodox-dominated Religious Affairs Ministry has cut the size of the nation’s local religious councils in a move that will keep more liberal Reform and Conservative Jews from joining the bodies. Spokesman Shimon Malka said Religious Affairs Minister Eli Suissa […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 12, 1999
c. 1999 Religion News Service Erotic Web site with pope visit information ordered shut down (RNS) A federal judge has ordered the closing of a Web site that combines information about Pope John Paul II’s visit to St. Louis later this month with erotic pictures. The closing of the Web site by Internet Entertainment Group […]
RNS DAILY Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 7, 1999
c. 1999 Religion News Service Ashcroft out as religious conservatives’ top choice for GOP nod (RNS) Religious conservatives have lost one potential Republican presidential candidate while gaining another. Sen. John Ashcroft, R-Mo., announced Tuesday (Jan. 5) he would not seek the GOP nomination in 2000, while Gary Bauer said he was taking a leave of […]
NEWS FEATURE: Book raises questions about Pope Pius XII’s wartime role
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1999
c. 1999 Religion News Services UNDATED _ In the two decades since his coronation, Pope John Paul II has ushered in an unprecedented thaw in relations between Catholics and Jews _ a nearly unbelievable mend, given the centuries of ugly and sometimes murderous behavior by the majority faith. The first pope to visit a synagogue […]
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