Monthly Archives: August 2004
NEWS STORY: With Return of Icon, Vatican Looks to Better Catholic-Orthodox Relations
By RNS Blog Editor — August 31, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service (UNDATED) With the return by Pope John Paul II of the venerated icon of the Mother of God of Kazan to Moscow, the Vatican can look to improved relations with the Russian Orthodox Church. A papal delegation presented the icon to Russian Orthodox Patriarch Alexey II on Sunday (Aug. 29) […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — August 31, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service Former Christian Coalition Head Accepts Fees From Casino Lobbyists (RNS) Ralph Reed, the former head of the Christian Coalition and now a Republican strategist, admitted that he accepted $1.23 million in consulting fees tied to Indian-run gambling casinos, The Washington Post reported. Reed, who also serves as Southeast regional chairman […]
NEWS STORY: Christian Right, Sure of Payoff Should Bush Win, Is Backstage in New York
By RNS Blog Editor — August 31, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service NEW YORK _ The prime-time speakers lineup at the Republican National Convention doesn’t include Pat Robertson, the Rev. Jerry Falwell or anyone else instantly identifiable with the Christian right. At conventions past, the religious movement’s leaders would have been upset by such a slight, but not this year, they say. […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — August 28, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service Second Court Strikes Down `Partial-Birth’ Abortion Ban (RNS) A second federal judge has struck down a law against so-called “partial-birth” abortions as unconstitutional, a ruling that conservatives said was disappointing but predictable. U.S. District Judge Richard Casey called the procedure “gruesome, brutal, barbaric and uncivilized,” but said the law signed […]
NEWS FEATURE: Lessons on the Lake: Boats, Biscuits and the Bible
By Greg Garrison — August 28, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service PELL CITY, Ala. _ As the pontoon boat bobbed back and forth on the ripples of Logan Martin Lake, Sunday school teacher Teresa Harris stood to begin her Bible lesson. First she reached into a picnic basket and began passing out hot sausage biscuits. Teenagers reached into coolers for cans […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — August 27, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service Pope Urges Youth to Resist Seduction of Success and Power VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope John Paul II urged young people Thursday (Aug. 26) to resist the temptation of New Age idolatry and reject the “facile myths of wealth and power.” The 84-year-old Roman Catholic pontiff addressed young people in a […]
NEWS STORY: Friend to Mennonites Fleeing Soviet Oppression Dies at 87
By Rich Preheim — August 27, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service SCOTTDALE, Pa. _ Elfrieda Dyck, a Canadian nurse who helped thousands of Mennonite refugees from Eastern Europe find new homes in South America, died Aug. 20. She was 87. Dyck and her husband, Peter, who survives, served in Europe with Mennonite Central Committee, a North American Mennonite relief and service […]
COMMENTARY: No Shortage of Catholics Falling Short
By Frances Kennedy — August 27, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service (Eugene Cullen Kennedy, a longtime observer of the Roman Catholic Church, is professor emeritus of psychology at Loyola University in Chicago and author of “Cardinal Bernardin’s Stations of the Cross,” published by St. Martin’s Press.) (UNDATED) Last spring, the Monsignor Moron Award was given, as saints were first named, by […]
COMMENTARY: This German Philosopher `Kant’ Be Forgotten
By James Rudin — August 27, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service (Rabbi Rudin, the American Jewish Committee’s senior interreligious adviser, is Distinguished Visiting Professor at Saint Leo University.) (UNDATED) At a recent service in our synagogue, Rabbi Darren Levine spoke about the German philosopher Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) and his impact on Jewish religious thought. The sermon set me thinking about a […]
NEWS FEATURE: Gibson DVD Hits Stores Without the Spring Passion
By David Finnigan — August 27, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service LOS ANGELES _ Looking back to those highly charged weeks in February and March, Rabbi Marvin Hier would have changed nothing because nothing has changed about his analysis of filmmaker Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of the Christ,” which makes its DVD debut Tuesday (Aug. 31). “If you’re asking me if […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — August 26, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service Ugandan Archbishop Lays Claim to Two California Churches (RNS) The Anglican archbishop of Uganda said the Episcopal bishop of Los Angeles has “no jurisdiction” over two parishes in Newport Beach and Long Beach that left the U.S. church and aligned themselves with Ugandan leaders. On Aug. 17, St. James Church […]
NEWS STORY: Pope Writes Prayer for Unity With Russian Orthodox Church
By RNS Blog Editor — August 26, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service (UNDATED) A prayer written in Russian by Pope John Paul II to venerate the icon of the Mother of God of Kazan before its return to the Russian Orthodox Church: Glorious Mother of Jesus, who proceeded before the people of God on the way of the faith, love and union […]
NEWS STORY: Groups Rally for Sudan in `Day of Conscience’
By Kein Eckstrom — August 26, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ Religious and humanitarian groups rallied from coast to coast Wednesday (Aug. 25) in solidarity with more than a million refugees in Sudan who fled their homes in fear of government-backed militias. The “National Day of Conscience” demonstrations were organized by the Save Darfur Coalition, a broad-based network of […]
NEWS STORY: Praying for Christian Unity, Pope Sends Treasured Icon Back to Russia
By RNS Blog Editor — August 26, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service VATICAN CITY _ Pope John Paul II on Wednesday (Aug. 25) kissed a treasured Russian icon and sent it back to Moscow as a sign of his affection for the Russian Orthodox Church and his desire to end 1,000 years of division between the Catholic and Orthodox worlds. The frail, […]
NEWS FEATURE: Churches Struggle to Recover, and Help Others, After Hurricane Charley
By RNS Blog Editor — August 26, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service (UNDATED) When members of Grace United Methodist Church in Cape Coral, Fla., came forward for Communion two Sundays after Hurricane Charley, they were each given a bottle of water to share with someone who, like them, was still hurting after the storm. The symbolic act illustrated an ongoing reality. Grace […]
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