Monthly Archives: January 1998
COMMENTARY: Violence against women _ it’s worse than we thought
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1998
c. 1998 Religion News Service. (Marie M. Fortune is a minister in the United Church of Christ. She is Executive Director of the Center for the Prevention of Sexual and Domestic Violence in Seattle and author of Keeping the Faith: Guidelines for Christian Women Facing Abuse.) UNDATED _ In the midst of much ado about […]
NEWS STORY: Canadian agency faults Focus on the Family over program on gays
By Douglas Todd — January 1, 1998
c. 1998 Religion News Service VANCOUVER, British Columbia _ One of the largest Christian ministries in North America has been rebuked by Canada’s broadcast ethics watchdog for airing allegedly questionable commentary about homosexuals. The Focus on the Family show, which airs on hundreds of radio stations in Canada and more than 2,300 in the United […]
NEWS STORY: Pope in Croatia presses democracy, reconciliation
By Chris Smith — January 1, 1998
c. 1998 Religion News Service ZAGREB, Croatia _ Pope John Paul II beatified a cardinal revered by Croatians as a national hero and met with the country’s strongman leader Saturday (Oct 3), preaching a message of reconciliation and an end to hatred. After the joyous outdoor beatification ceremony for Cardinal Alojzije Stepinac in Marija Bistrica […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1998
c. 1998 Religion News Service Appeals court says church can keep donations of bankrupt couple (RNS) A federal appeals court in Minneapolis has ruled that a Minnesota church may keep money donated to it by a couple who shortly thereafter declared bankruptcy. In its decision, the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals based its ruling on […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1998
c. 1998 Religion News Service After Good Friday game, cardinal says no to baseball (RNS) Cardinal John O’Connor, the archbishop of New York, plans to boycott the baseball season this year because the major leagues played games on Good Friday.”I love the Yankees. I love the Mets. I love baseball,”the archbishop wrote in his archdiocesan […]
Religion editors’ calendar for June and July
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1998
c. 1998 Religion News Service June 2-5 Catholic Press Association, annual meeting, New Orleans. Contact: 516-471-4730. June 2-6 International Union of Gospel Missions, annual convention, Grand Rapids, Mich. Contact: Phil Rydman, 816-471-8020. June 4-6 The Center for Progressive Christianity, national forum, Seattle. Contact: Jim Adams, 617-441-0928. June 5-7 Union of American Hebrew Congregations, board of […]
COMMENTARY: New victims for the national addiction to meanness
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1998
c. 1998 Religion News Service (Andrew M. Greeley is a Roman Catholic priest, best-selling novelist and a sociologist at the University of Chicago National Opinion Research Center. Check out his home page at http://www.agreeley.com or contact him via e-mail at agreel(at)aol.com.) UNDATED _ Meanness continues to run rampant in American society. Consider the grim determination […]
RNS DAILY Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1998
c. 1998 Religion News Service Atlanta and Dallas papers share top religion coverage prizes (RNS) The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and the Dallas Morning News were among the top winners in awards presented Saturday (Sept. 12) by the Religion Newswriters Association for religion coverage in the secular media during 1997. Writers from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the Houston […]
NEWS STORY: Activists seek to bolster U.S. involvement in `jubilee’ debt campaign
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1998
c. 1998 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ With a call to”break the chains of debt,”some 140 religious and secular activists met here over the weekend (Oct. 1-4) to bolster efforts in the U.S. religious and other communities at winning support for a campaign aimed at canceling the international debt owed by more than 40 of […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1998
c. 1998 Religion News Service Arkansas clergy criticize Starr, Congress for releasing testimony (RNS) A dozen Christian and Jewish leaders have called on Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr and Congress to admit that it was wrong to release President Clinton’s grand jury testimony. The Rev. Jeanie Burton, senior pastor of the Arkansas Methodist church where first […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1998
c. 1998 Religion News Service Baptist leader pleads innocent to federal charges (RNS) The Rev. Henry Lyons, president of the National Baptist Convention, USA, pleaded innocent Monday (July 6) to federal charges that he used his office to cheat corporations out of money to augment his lavish lifestyle. Lyons was indicted Thursday (July 2) on […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1998
c. 1998 Religion News Service Abortion foes criticize `morning-after’ contraceptive (RNS) Abortion foes offered harsh criticism for a new”morning-after”contraceptive Thursday (Sept. 3), the day after the Food and Drug Administration said a New Jersey company may begin selling the drugs. The contraception kits, called PREVEN, include a combination of four pills long known to prevent […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1998
c. 1998 Religion News Service Alabama school board settles prayer dispute with Jewish family (RNS) An Alabama school board has voted to settle a lawsuit filed by a Jewish family contending their children were teased, mocked and forced to pray by Christian students and teachers. In voting to approve the settlement, the board members also […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1998
c. 1998 Religion News Service Activists for and against abortion condemn doctor’s slaying (RNS) Activists on either side of the abortion issue have condemned the murder Friday (Oct. 23) of an Amherst, N.Y., doctor who conducted abortions. The American Life League was among the anti-abortion groups criticizing the slaying of Dr. Barnett Slepian, who was […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1998
c. 1998 Religion News Service Alabama court order on school prayer is appealed (RNS) The American Center for Law and Justice, the conservative legal advocacy group founded by religious broadcaster Pat Robertson, said Thursday (March 19) it is joining an appeal seeking to overturn portions of a federal court order restricting state-sponsored prayer and religious […]
