Monthly Archives: April 2005
Volcano Expert Churns As IMAX Film Sparks Religious Fight Over Evolution
By RNS Blog Editor — April 20, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Rutgers University professor Richard Lutz goes looking for undersea volcanoes, not controversy. So the soft-spoken scientist is surprised to find himself on the front lines of the culture wars. Lutz was the chief scientist for “Volcanoes of the Deep Sea,” one of three IMAX films that had distribution problems […]
COMMENTARY: These Young Adults Don’t Need a Spiritual Director
By Tom Ehrich — April 20, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service (UNDATED) As I joined my 24-year-old son at Vocare, I had six wishes for the young adults (ages 19-29) attending this spiritual retreat offered by Episcopal dioceses to help in the transition to adulthood. I felt these wishes deeply because I am the father of two young adults, but also […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — April 20, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service Woman Nominated to Lead Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) (RNS) The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) has nominated the Rev. Sharon Watkins to serve as its next president. If formally elected in July, she will become one of the first women to lead a major mainline Protestant denomination. The Disciples […]
NEWS STORY: Jewish Leaders Want New Pope to Build on Positive Legacy of John Paul II
By RNS Blog Editor — April 19, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service ROME _ On April 13, 1986, the stately Great Synagogue here opened its rarely used front gates to honor the arrival of Pope John Paul II, whose visit _ the first ever by a pope to a temple _ was celebrated by Jews worldwide. On that day, the pope, in […]
NEWS STORY: Americans Want New Pope to Hear Their Voices
By RNS Blog Editor — April 19, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service (UNDATED) American Catholics say they want female and married clergy. They want divorced and remarried Catholics to be able to receive Communion without getting annulments. And they want some say in picking their priests. After 27 years of the papacy of John Paul II, who closed off discussion on many […]
NEWS STORY: Cardinals Fail to Elect New Pope in First Day of Conclave
By RNS Blog Editor — April 19, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service VATICAN CITY _ Roman Catholic cardinals meeting behind closed doors on Monday (April 18) failed to elect a new pope on their first attempt, burning their ballots in a cast-iron stove that sent black smoke swirling through the early evening sky above St. Peter’s Basilica. Dense black smoke rose from […]
COMMENTARY: Pope John Paul II United American Catholics and Evangelicals
By RNS Blog Editor — April 19, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service (UNDATED) As the Catholic Church tries to replace Pope John Paul II, one aspect of the great impact of this world-changing religious leader has received too little attention: the way in which his moral witness contributed to a historic religious realignment in North America. Prior to this papacy, most conservative […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — April 19, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service Dates, Location Set for Graham’s New York City Crusade (RNS) Evangelist Billy Graham’s “last New York City evangelistic crusade” will be held June 24-26 in Flushing Meadows Park, organizers announced Monday (April 18). Original plans had called for the crusade to be held the week of June 20 at Madison […]
NEWS STORY: Oprah Winfrey Tells Baptists to `Surrender All,’’ as She Did Years Ago
By RNS Blog Editor — April 19, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service CLEVELAND _ Her limousine pulled into the church parking lot. An expectant crowd watched as the door opened and a pair of peach-colored stilettos stepped onto the pavement. Oprah Winfrey had arrived, looking every inch the star with glamorous hair and a form-fitting peach suit that instantly set the crowd […]
NEWS ANALYSIS: Pre-Conclave Meetings Focused on Major Issues Facing Next Pope
By Richard Allen — April 19, 2005
Religion News Service VATICAN CITY _ Though certainly imperfect, and at times a bit exhausting, the 13 “General Congregation” meetings of Roman Catholic cardinals preceding the papal conclave were an exercise in genuine collegiality, cardinals said. “The next pope, whoever it is, will have heard the mind of the church” as a result of this […]
NEWS STORY: Diane Knippers, an Evangelical Heavyweight, Dies at 53
By Kein Eckstrom — April 19, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ Diane Knippers, an intellectual heavyweight who rallied opposition to the liberal drift of mainline churches and was named by Time magazine as one of the country’s 25 Most Influential Evangelicals, died Monday (April 18). She was 53. Knippers had battled colon cancer for more than a year and […]
Cardinals to Huddle to Choose Next Pope
By Jeff Diamant — April 18, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service VATICAN CITY _ Amid secrecy, religious pomp and a degree of uncertainty, 115 Roman Catholic cardinals will sequester themselves with Michelangelo’s historic biblical art in the Sistine Chapel on Monday to begin the process of selecting a successor to Pope John Paul II. The cardinals _ one of whom will […]
NEWS STORY: Gamblers Bet on Next Pope
By RNS Blog Editor — April 16, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Think you know what’s in the cards for the papacy? You can bet on it. With the secret conclave that will select the next pope set to begin Monday (April 18), gamblers are going to online papal pools to put small bets on the likely successor to John Paul […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — April 16, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service In Posthumous Message, John Paul II Praises Missionary Martyrs VATICAN CITY (RNS) In a posthumous message issued by the Vatican on Friday (April 15), Pope John Paul II praised missionaries who were martyred for their faith and said he hoped their example would encourage young people to “tread the path […]
Will Michelangelo’s Vision Speak to Cardinals, as John Paul Predicted?
By RNS Blog Editor — April 16, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service (UNDATED) When 115 cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church gather to vote on a successor to Pope John Paul II, they will be meeting in the same place where cardinals have gathered for hundreds of years to elect the leader of their church: the Sistine Chapel, home to several of […]
