Monthly Archives: February 1999
COMMENTARY: The Jerrys and the GOP
By RNS Blog Editor — February 27, 1999
c. 1999 Religion News Service (Andrew M. Greeley is a Roman Catholic priest, best-selling novelist and a sociologist at the University of Chicago National Opinion Research Center. Check out his home page at http://www.agreeley.com or contact him via e-mail at agreel(at)aol.com.) UNDATED _ How are the two men who are destroying the Chicago Bulls _ […]
NEWS STORY: Russian police raid three Scientology facilities
By Christa Brown — February 27, 1999
c. 1999 Religion News Service MOSCOW _ Carrying automatic weapons and wearing bulletproof vests, Russian law enforcement officers have raided three Scientology facilities here over two days as part of an investigation of suspected tax evasion by the group. The police actions were part of an 11-month investigation into the activities of the Church of […]
NEWS FEATURE: Archdiocese seeks to train a new generation of Hispanic leaders
By Alan Chambers — February 26, 1999
c. 1999 Religion News Service UNION CITY, N.J. _ In a restored classroom once filled with immigrant German Roman Catholic students, Veronica Chavez sat in rapt attention with 44 other Latino adults as the Rev. Fernando Gomez offered pointers on the best way to lead a prayer group. Chavez, who leads a weekly charismatic meeting, […]
COMMENTARY: Public spirituality: Never sit too close
By Frances Kennedy — February 24, 1999
c. 1999 Religion News Service (Eugene Kennedy, a longtime observer of the Roman Catholic Church, is professor emeritus of psychology at Loyola University in Chicago and author most recently of”My Brother Joseph,”published by St. Martin’s Press.) UNDATED _ Recently, my wife and I were fortunate enough to attend a concert given by a wonderful tenor. […]
NEWS FEATURE: Scholar sees Hebrew influences in Emily Dickinson’s poetry
By RNS Blog Editor — February 19, 1999
c. 1999 Religion News Service AMHERST, Mass. _ It’s been quite a year for Emily Dickinson. In less than 12 months, two separate Dickinson scholars have published books suggesting her poetry, when read between the lines, reveals she was having either a secret lesbian affair with her sister-in-law or a secret adulterous affair with her […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — February 17, 1999
c. 1999 Religion News Service Most Americans are religious, but not committed to house of worship (RNS) Large majorities of Americans say they’re religious and think spirituality is important, but that doesn’t translate into commitment to a single religion or house of worship, a MacArthur Foundation survey has found. More than seven out of 10 […]
NEWS FEATURE: Have `sexual McCarthyism,’ Monicagate soured America on sex and love?
By Julie Wolfe — February 12, 1999
c. 1999 Religion News Service UNDATED _ Have Monicagate and”sexual McCarthyism”soured America’s love affair with Valentine’s Day? Unfortunately, no, say religious leaders and thinkers. Ethicists and theologians say they are all for flowers, candy, candlelight dinners _ even sex. But, they add, sexual standards must be reassessed in an era when sexuality has been debased […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — February 12, 1999
c. 1999 Religion News Service Israeli president warns of violence at Orthodox protest (RNS) With Orthodox leaders threatening to mobilize a half-million supporters for a weekend protest, Israel’s president met Thursday (Feb. 11) with a leading rabbi in an effort he said was designed to prevent bloodshed should secular counter-demonstrators also turn out. President Ezer […]
NEWS FEATURE: Anglican-Roman Catholic dialogue: a steep and difficult climb
By RNS Blog Editor — February 12, 1999
c. 1999 Religion News Service ROME _ Cardinal Edward Cassidy, who heads the Vatican’s Council for the Promotion of Christian Unity, likens the ecumenical dialogue between Anglicans and Roman Catholics to climbing a mountain. In the early stages, he says, you are scaling the foothills, which is easy. But as time goes on you reach […]
NEWS STORY: Clinton urges peace, reconciliation at prayer breakfast
By RNS Blog Editor — February 5, 1999
c. 1999 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ President Clinton urged historic enemies in the Middle East and elsewhere to reconcile and work for peace in a National Prayer Breakfast talk Thursday (Feb. 4) that one of his spiritual advisers said was as much about his own impeachment problems as the global issues he cited.”I ask […]
NEWS STORY: Church leaders, activists say end to poverty `biblically mandated’
By RNS Blog Editor — February 5, 1999
c. 1999 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ Declaring that efforts to eliminate poverty are”biblically mandated,”some 600 religious leaders and activists gathered for a four-day summit focused on what the church and the government can do to fulfill that mandate. And to make their point, as their final act on Wednesday (Feb. 3), they fanned out […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — February 5, 1999
c. 1999 Religion News Service St. Valentine’s relics to go display in Glasgow (RNS) Were there two St. Valentines? What are claimed to be the relics of St. Valentine are to go on display in a new setting in Glasgow, where they have been kept since 1868. The relics are to be housed in a […]
COMMENTARY: The significance of the Ten Commandments
By James Rudin — February 4, 1999
c. 1999 Religion News Service (Rabbi Rudin is the national interreligious affairs director of the American Jewish Committee). UNDATED _ At this time each year the Torah portion containing the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20: 1-14) is read at Sabbath services in synagogues throughout the world. Like many other youngsters, I memorized the original Hebrew words […]
COMMENTARY: Everyone is lovable
By Byron Kaye — February 4, 1999
c. 1999 Religion News Service (Les Kaye is the abbot of Kannon Do Zen Meditation Center in Mountain View, California and author of”Zen at Work.”He can be reached at medatwork(AT)aol.com.) UNDATED _ The record of human history traces key events, individuals, and social forces that contour civilizations and create new forms of societies. Yet, history […]
NEWS FEATURE: Religious Objects Recycled for Needy Churches
By Tony Cook — February 4, 1999
c. 1999 Religion News Service UNDATED _ Sister Elias Freeman is an unlikely scavenger. But scavenger she is, her habit billowing in the chill of a January breeze, glasses glinting in the light, as she cajoles bigger and richer churches to give up their old bits of holy things so that those bits can find […]
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