Monthly Archives: August 2005
COMMENTARY: Thou Shalt Not Assassinate Foreign Leaders
By RNS Blog Editor — August 25, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Pat Robertson spoke to TV viewers Monday (Aug. 22) on his “700 Club,” publicly calling for the assassination of the three-time elected president of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez. Calling Chavez a “terrific danger” in the Americas, Robertson said: “We have the ability to take him out and I think the […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — August 25, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service Muslim Group Praises Station for Firing Host, Who Then Lands New Job WASHINGTON (RNS) The Council on American-Islamic Relations has thanked Washington radio station WMAL for firing a conservative talk show host for anti-Islamic statements during a broadcast. But on Wednesday (Aug. 24), Michael Graham announced that he will have […]
As Criticism Spreads, Robertson Claims Assassination Comments Misinterpreted
By RNS Blog Editor — August 25, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Criticism of Pat Robertson’s statements about assassinating Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has spread across the religious spectrum, with fellow conservative Christian leaders joining what has become a chorus of denunciation. One prominent Southern Baptist leader has gone so far as to say Robertson has brought “shame to the cause […]
COMMENTARY: No New Monuments to the Ten Commandments
By Charles Honey — August 25, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Like most Americans, I like monuments. They’re big, they’re solid and they last. Mount Rushmore is ridiculously massive, but it is spectacularly American and looks great on a postcard. But do I really want to see a monument of the Ten Commandments springing up on every courthouse and state […]
Responding to the call
By Tracy Gordon — August 25, 2005
Quote of the Day: Kim Clark, new president of Brigham Young University-Idaho “You have to appreciate what this is like. We behold him to be a prophet. Imagine yourself getting a call from Moses.” -Kim Clark, who left his position as dean of Harvard Business School in response to the call of Gordon Hinckley, president […]
Pat Robertson’s critics; and interpretations of sharia
By RNS Blog Editor — August 25, 2005
Adelle M. Banks reports Wednesday on Pat Robertson’s controversial statements about assassinating Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. Criticism of his comments has spread across the religious spectrum, and today Robertson says that when he said the U.S. should “take him out” he wasn’t referring to assassination. With the current debate over the new Iraqi constitution, and […]
NEWS SIDEBAR: World Youth Day to Go Down Under in 2008
By Eric J. Lyman — August 24, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service COLOGNE, Germany _ The World Youth Day festivities are going down under in 2008, Catholic leaders announced on Sunday (Aug. 21), thanks mostly to lobbying by Cardinal George Pell of Sydney. Hours before the highly anticipated announcement was made, Pell said in an interview that he hoped the event would […]
NEWS STORY: Pope Urges Youths to Discard `Do-it-Yourself’ Religion
By Eric J. Lyman — August 24, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service COLOGNE, Germany _ Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday (Aug. 21) ended his first foreign trip and closed the World Youth Day festivities by urging more than 1 million young Catholics to reject “do-it-yourself” religion. Benedict closed World Youth Day with a huge open-air Mass at a former mine called Marienfeld. […]
NEWS STORY: Pope Vows Better Ties in Meeting with Muslim, Jewish Leaders
By Eric J. Lyman — August 24, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service COLOGNE, Germany _ Capping off two days of interfaith meetings filled with political importance and religious symbolism, Pope Benedict XVI met with the leadership of Germany’s fast-growing Muslim community Saturday (Aug. 20), a day after a poignant visit to Cologne’s synagogue. Even the late John Paul II, who made interfaith […]
RNS Weekly Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — August 24, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service Boycott Over, Southern Baptists Offers Tips on Disney Movies (RNS) In a sign that its boycott against the Walt Disney Co. is history, the news service of the Southern Baptist Convention has published a review of Disney movies that Baptists might have missed during their eight-year separation from the entertainment […]
Gathering the tools
By Tracy Gordon — August 24, 2005
Quote of the Day: Promise Keepers President and CEO Tom Fortson Jr. “The church is not the four walls. The church is like Home Depot. You go there to get what you need to return home and fix what’s in disrepair.” -Promise Keepers President and CEO Tom Fortson Jr., speaking in Nashville, Tenn., where his […]
A new American mosque; and Muslim singles looking for love
By RNS Blog Editor — August 24, 2005
Tuesday’s RNS report features two stories on Islam: Frank Bentayou reports on America’s largest mosque, the $14 million Islamic Center of America, that recently opened in Dearborn, Mich.: “It’s our statement of peace and understanding to the world” from one of America’s capitals of Muslim life, Ed Bedoun, a member of the mosque board, said. […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — August 24, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service Vatican Review of Chastity in U.S. Seminaries to Start Next Month (RNS) A Vatican review of U.S. Catholic seminaries will begin in September, with a special focus on how the schools prepare priests to “faithfully live chastely” under the shadow of the sexual abuse scandal. On-site visits will be made […]
Single Muslims Look for Love at `Matrimonial Event’
By Jeff Diamant — August 24, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service EDISON, N.J. _ Islam forbids unsupervised dating, so the recent gathering of young, unmarried Muslims in the banquet hall of an Edison restaurant was billed not as a singles party but as a weightier Muslim Matrimonial Event. The modern “speed-dating” technique was blended with old religious practices, giving it an […]
New, $14 Million Mosque Source of Pride for American Muslims
By RNS Blog Editor — August 24, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service DEARBORN, Mich. _ Suddenly in late spring, Fridays brought a new feeling along the strip this Detroit suburb calls Altar Alley. Dearborn’s big, older churches cluster on an access street that parallels teeming Ford Road, west of the tinted-glass forest of automotive corporate towers. A striking new institution joined them […]
