Monthly Archives: September 2005
On with the show
By Tracy Gordon — September 30, 2005
Quote of the Day: House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas “So, how was your day?” House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas, a few hours after he became the highest-ranking congressional leader to be indicted while in office. He made the comment Wednesday (Sept. 28) in Washington while giving a speech to supporters of the International […]
Hillel Building Boom Enhances Jewish Life on College Campuses
By RNS Blog Editor — September 30, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service (UNDATED) David Yaron belonged to a Jewish fraternity at Johns Hopkins University, but it wasn’t until the creation of the Hillel house that he felt a sense of pride and belonging with the campus’ broader Jewish community. The 16,000-square-foot complex built in the spring of 2004 is the central Jewish […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — September 30, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service Serbian President Invites Pope to Visit Belgrade VATICAN CITY (RNS) Serbian President Boris Tadic met with Pope Benedict XVI on Thursday (Sept. 29), expressing support for a papal visit to Belgrade. He also pressed the Vatican to back Serbia’s drive to take over the breakaway Kosovo province as its status […]
COMMENTARY: FEMA Needs to Change Dead Body `Blessing’ Policy
By RNS Blog Editor — September 30, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service (UNDATED) The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s errors and blunders are by now well known, including those I personally witnessed in an early September visit to hurricane Katrina evacuees in Houston’s Astrodome. But Newsweek magazine recently reported another, more hidden, problem, that FEMA requires chaplains to recite a blessing over the […]
New Pope’s First Synod Could Shape Papacy
By RNS Blog Editor — September 30, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service VATICAN CITY _ Back from his official vacation at the papal summer villa, Pope Benedict XVI convenes a worldwide assembly of bishops Sunday (Oct. 2) that many expect will set the contours of his young papacy. As the first assembly of bishops, or synod, of Benedict’s pontificate, the meeting will […]
“Unlikely Angel” discusses drugs and God
By Tracy Gordon — September 29, 2005
Quote of the Day: Former hostage Ashley Smith of Duluth, Ga. “If I did die, I wasn’t going to heaven and say, `Oh, excuse me, God. Let me wipe my nose, because I just did some drugs before I got here.'” -Ashley Smith of Duluth, Ga., a former hostage who reveals in her new book, […]
Vatican Rules Would Try to Prevent Gays From Entering Priesthood
By RNS Blog Editor — September 29, 2005
Stacy Meichtry, RNS’ Vatican correspondent, reports on new rules that would bar gay men from Roman Catholic priesthood. Quotes: A Vatican official, speaking to RNS on the condition of anonymity because Vatican policy prohibits public discussion of internal matters, confirmed that a document containing the new regulations had been submitted to the pope for final […]
Palau Redefines Mass Evangelism With Party-Like Approach
By Adelle M. Banks — September 29, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ When evangelist Luis Palau enters the main stage at his “DC Festival” on the National Mall Oct. 8-9, he won’t be the sole messenger of the gospel. Instead, he will continue a team effort his ministry has successfully established in other American cities, moving away from the centuries-old […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — September 29, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service U.S. Envoy Raises Alarm on Inflammatory Literature in Mosques (RNS) Karen Hughes, the U.S. undersecretary of state for public diplomacy, has raised concern about inflammatory literature reportedly found in American mosques. According to media reports on Hughes’ trip to Saudi Arabia this week, Hughes told a group of Saudi journalists […]
Gay Rights Advocates Say Vatican Can’t Stop Religious Momentum
By RNS Blog Editor — September 29, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service CLEVELAND _ The Vatican may be on the verge of delivering a stunning setback to homosexuals in the Catholic Church, but a ban on celibate gay seminarians cannot stop the momentum for gay and lesbian rights among the nation’s religious groups, advocates for change say. Members of a national interfaith […]
Mystical Seekers Find Meaning in Kabbalah Without Madonna-like Flair
By RNS Blog Editor — September 29, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service (UNDATED) If you want to find Len Robinson, a longtime practitioner of the Jewish mystical path Kabbalah, it won’t be through his local synagogue. The best way to Robinson, the Kabbalist, is through theater circles _ he is a director and actor in Grand Rapids, Mich. To be the best […]
COMMENTARY: Hurricanes Reveal Religion’s Needed Role in Ecology
By RNS Blog Editor — September 29, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service (UNDATED) In the years that I have worked on environmental issues in religious congregations, I have often seen the topic get pushed down the list in deference to activities seen as more germane to the mission of the faith community _ feeding the hungry, housing the homeless, other charitable acts. […]
Gays in the Catholic Church; Palau’s festivals; finding meaning through Kabbalah
By RNS Blog Editor — September 29, 2005
David Briggs writes in Wednesday’s RNS report about the potential effects of the Vatican’s proposed document on homosexuality in the Catholic Church. While some gay rights groups have condemned the document, they say a ban on celibate gay seminarians cannot stop the momentum for gay and lesbian rights: Leaders seeking change in faiths from Catholicism […]
RNS Weekly Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — September 28, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service FEMA Extends Faith-Based Initiative With Hurricane Reimbursements (RNS) The Federal Emergency Management Agency intends to reimburse religious groups that have offered relief to victims of hurricanes Katrina and Rita, marking a new step in the White House’s faith-based initiative. The move by FEMA is being criticized by a church-state watchdog […]
Episcopal Bishop John Chane
By Tracy Gordon — September 28, 2005
Quote of the Day: Episcopal Bishop John Chane of Washington “If the church is to really focus on the issues of the Bible’s teaching and the core teachings of Jesus Christ, why does this archbishop spend so much time on human sexuality issues while so many of his countrymen and women are oppressed by poverty, […]
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