Monthly Archives: January 1996
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service New study says religious Americans continue as most generous (RNS) Americans with religious affiliations continue to give higher percentages of their incomes to charities and to volunteer larger amounts of time to non-profit causes than do those without such affiliations, according to a new survey released Wednesday (Oct. 9). “Religious […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service Court case raises questions about religious test for public office (RNS) Advocates of strict separation between church and state said Tuesday (Oct. 8) that a case pending before the South Carolina Supreme Court raises important questions about what constitutes a religious test for public office. The court heard oral arguments […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service Australian euthanasia advocates seek to expand assisted suicide law (RNS) _ The son of the first person to commit suicide under a new euthanasia law in Australia’s Northern Territory is calling for voluntary euthanasia to be legalized across the Australian continent. At a press conference in Sydney Monday (Oct. 7), […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service Vatican criticizes anti-Cuba economic embargo law (RNS) The Vatican has challenged both the legality and morality of a U.S. law aimed at tightening the American economic embargo on Fidel Castro’s regime by penalizing foreign firms that do business with Cuba.”It is a law that involves extra-territorial application in a way […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service Muslim Arab-Americans favor Clinton by wide margin (RNS) President Clinton holds a double-digit lead over Bob Dole among all Arab-Americans, with Muslim Arab-Americans favoring Clinton by a margin of more than 40 percentage points, according to the first-ever national survey of Arab-American voters. The survey, released Thursday (Oct. 10), showed […]
RNS Daily Digest
By Kim Lawton — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service Christian Coalition apologizes for `racist’ sample voter guides (RNS) The Christian Coalition has apologized for distributing sample voter guides that African-American leaders in Texas branded as “race-baiting.” The generic sample voter guides in question included photos of fictional congressional candidates. The candidate who supported the Christian Coalition’s positions on key […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service Episcopal Church recovers most of embezzled funds (RNS) The Episcopal Church in the United States has closed the book on the Ellen Cooke scandal, announcing all but about $100,000 has been recovered from the $2.2 million embezzled by its former treasurer. The total loss to the church was $422,094, including […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service African-American Muslim leader meets with Pope John Paul II (RNS) Imam Warith Deen Mohammed, leader of the nation’s largest mainstream African-American Muslim organization, and Pope John Paul II met for the first time Wednesday (Oct. 2) following the pontiff’s last regular weekly audience prior to his entering the hospital Sunday […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service Study: Reconstructionist Jews more observant as adults (RNS) Members of Judaism’s small Reconstructionist denomination are likely to be more religiously observant now than they were growing up and are attracted to the movement largely out of interest in personal growth and spirituality, according to a new study. The 1996 Demographic […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service Report: Another exodus of Rwandan refugees from Zaire may be underway (RNS) The United Nation’s World Food Program (WFP) said Wednesday (Nov. 20) it has”strong indications”that tens of thousands of Rwandan refugees are heading through chaotic eastern Zaire to Rwanda. It would be the second mass exodus in a week […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service Naval Academy chaplain’s aide discharged over abortion protest (RNS) An assistant to the Roman Catholic chaplain at the U.S. Naval Academy has been discharged from the Navy after he refused to wear his uniform in protest of federal abortion law. William J. Downes, a former petty officer, said he was […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service Eds: note sexual content in 2nd item) Parents want a content-based television rating system (RNS) Parents want a TV rating system to tell them the content of a program _ its sex, violence and language _ rather than advice on whether the program is suitable for specific age groups, according […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service Dissident Catholics to press reforms in pilgrimage to Rome (RNS) Dissident Catholic groups that have irked the Vatican with demands for women priests, gay rights and other progressive notions are preparing to become more nettlesome for the Roman hierarchy. Organizers from 10 countries, including the United States, announced on Monday […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service Muslim woman calls for release of Christian husband who faces flogging (RNS) A Muslim student in South Carolina is calling on officials of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to”unconditionally release”her Christian husband, who has been sentenced to a year in prison and a flogging after an Islamic court ruled that […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service Archbishop Tutu suggests need for improved U.S. race relations (RNS) Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who is leading the Truth and Reconciliation Commission investigating human rights abuses committed during the apartheid era in South Africa, said Sunday (Nov. 17) the United States could use a similar truth-seeking process to improve race relations […]
