Monthly Archives: February 2007
RNS Weekly Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — February 28, 2007
c. 2007 Religion News Service Irish Bishops: Put Down `The Drink’ During Lent LONDON (RNS) Roman Catholic bishops in Ireland have branded their country’s abuse of alcohol a “national tragedy” and urged citizens to cut alcohol consumption by one-third during Lent. The bishops’ pastoral letter, titled “Alcohol: The Challenge of Moderation,” was announced ahead of […]
Oscar Winner Jennifer Hudson
By Tracy Gordon — February 28, 2007
Quote of the Day: Oscar Winner Jennifer Hudson “Oh my God, I have to just take this moment in. I cannot believe this. Look what God can do. I didn’t think I was going to win.” -Jennifer Hudson, reacting to her Oscar win for best supporting actress in “Dreamgirls” on Sunday (Feb. 25) in Los […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — February 28, 2007
c. 2007 Religion News Service Gay Bishop Says U.S. Church Should Reject Anglican Ultimatum (RNS) The openly gay Episcopal bishop at the center of the Anglican debate over homosexuality said his church should reject demands to ban any more gay bishops and same-sex unions even if it leads to a break with the worldwide Anglican […]
Hartford Mosque Mirrors Evolution of American Islam
By Christopher S. Taylor — February 28, 2007
c. 2007 Religion News Service HARTFORD, Conn. _ More than a half century ago, Malcolm X traveled regularly through the Northeast while working for the New Haven Railroad, using his trips to plant temples for the Nation of Islam. As he passed though Hartford during the 1950s, he saw the African-American community as fertile ground […]
Second-Generation Black Muslims Face New Challenges
By Omar Sacirbey — February 28, 2007
c. 2007 Religion News Service BOSTON _ As the tribute to Malcolm X wound down, Aaliyah Turner surveyed the scene at Roxbury Community College and gave herself a mixed review. The crowd was diverse _ black Muslims, Jewish peaceniks, white leftists, Arab Muslims, Harvard students, even a representative from the Nation of Islam. But Turner, […]
COMMENTARY: The Unnoticed Heroes of Faith
By Tom Ehrich — February 28, 2007
c. 2007 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Last summer, a neighbor and I watched a woman back her boat and trailer into a ditch. We went over immediately to help. My neighbor is a retired firefighter. He diagnosed the problem, identified a solution, and initiated a response. “That’s what I did for a living,” he said […]
Some N.J. Catholics Conflicted Over New Civil Unions Law
By Alexi Friedman — February 28, 2007
c. 2007 Religion News Service NEWARK, N.J. _ Helen Guididas is a devout Catholic, but when it comes to same-sex civil unions, the 84-year-old is conflicted. Just before attending Mass Sunday morning (Feb. 25) at St. Helen’s Roman Catholic Church in Westfield, Guididas said she couldn’t fully support the state’s new law that gives same-sex […]
Lenten Fish Snacker
By Tracy Gordon — February 27, 2007
Quote of the Day: A KFC Press Release “KFC’s new Fish Snacker Sandwich, a tender, flaky filet of 100 percent Alaskan Pollack topped with tangy tartar sauce and served on a warm sesame bun, extends KFC’s popular Snacker line-up and is ideal for American Catholics who want to observe Lenten season traditions while still leading […]
Groups Use Wilberforce Film to Combat Modern Slavery
By Nancy Haught — February 27, 2007
c. 2007 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Slavery is not dead, and neither is the campaign to kill it. A new generation of abolitionists hopes that a sweeping historical epic now in theaters will help boost their ranks. The U.S. State Department estimates that 17,500 new slaves are brought to the United States every year. Worldwide, […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — February 27, 2007
c. 2007 Religion News Service Farrakhan Uses Last Major Speech to Call for Unity (RNS) Louis Farrakhan, the controversial leader of the Nation of Islam, used what was billed as possibly his last major address to urge followers to unite and cooperate with other faiths, but also used it to reshape the organization’s theology. “My […]
Ayaan Hirsi Ali; Sunday celebrations; Wilberforce combats modern slavery
By RNS Blog Editor — February 27, 2007
In Monday’s RNS report, Katherine Boyle talks to Ayaan Hirsi Ali, who has been called an “infidel,” and doesn’t mind a bit: Controversial author and Islam critic Ayaan Hirsi Ali is not afraid to say what she thinks. But, after receiving a number of death threats, the slender, soft-spoken Somali native decided to travel with […]
Author Is Called an `Infidel,’ and She Doesn’t Mind a Bit
By John Boyle — February 27, 2007
c. 2007 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ For the past three years, bodyguards have shadowed Ayaan Hirsi Ali after the controversial author and critic of Islam received repeated death threats. But that hasn’t stopped the slender, soft-spoken Somali native from saying what she thinks. Two burly bodyguards stand outside her office door as Hirsi Ali […]
COMMENTARY: Taking Chances
By Doug Mendenhall — February 27, 2007
c. 2007 Religion News Service (UNDATED) I wonder if God considered alternatives to Jesus. I suppose there are other ways that Almighty God could have dealt with this whole issue of who gets into paradise. Some people would probably be more comfortable with a roll of the dice, a cut of the deck or a […]
Book Explores Sports, Sabbath and Shopping on Sunday
By John Boyle — February 27, 2007
c. 2007 Religion News Service (UNDATED) From the church pews to the living-room Superbowl game watch, Sunday celebrations vary greatly across America _ although, for some, church services and sporting events are observed with nearly equal fervor. Craig Harline, an author and professor at Brigham Young University, explores the origins and current state of the […]
Gesundheit!
By Kevin Eckstrom — February 24, 2007
John Allen, the widely respected Vatican correspondent for the National Catholic Reporter, takes his British colleagues to task for a story that got some notice earlier this week. Seems that The Times of London reported -erroneously, Allen says-that an Anglican-Catholic ecumenical commission was close to saying that Anglicans would soon answer to Rome and the […]
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