Monthly Archives: August 2000
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — August 19, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service Tired and Frail Tutu Returns to South Africa for Rest (RNS) Archbishop Desmond Tutu has returned to South Africa to fight his battle with prostate cancer and resume private life after a two-year teaching stint in the United States. The 68-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner, who was the public voice […]
COMMENTARY: Catholic Schools: More Catholic than Ever
By Frances Kennedy — August 19, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service (Eugene Kennedy, a longtime observer of the Roman Catholic Church, is professor emeritus of psychology at Loyola University in Chicago and author most recently of “My Brother Joseph,” published by St. Martin’s Press.) (UNDATED) Criticizing Roman Catholic schools has been very popular among certain strongly conservative observers in recent years. […]
COMMENTARY: Catholic Schools: More Catholic than Ever
By Frances Kennedy — August 19, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service (Eugene Kennedy, a longtime observer of the Roman Catholic Church, is professor emeritus of psychology at Loyola University in Chicago and author most recently of “My Brother Joseph,” published by St. Martin’s Press.) (UNDATED) Criticizing Roman Catholic schools has been very popular among certain strongly conservative observers in recent years. […]
NEWS FEATURE: Unification Church Takes Its Place Among Americana
By RNS Blog Editor — August 19, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service BAYOU LA BATRE, Ala. _ Beneath the live oaks that shadow the streets of Bayou La Batre, it’s hard to remember that 23 years ago, this sleepy town was a religious battleground aswirl with talk of cults and messiahs and the devil himself. The nation watched on television as the […]
NEWS FEATURE: Billionaire Shares Wisdom Gleaned From Faith and Business
By Charles Honey — August 19, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. _ Rich DeVos knows the odds are stacked against his getting into heaven. He is well aware of Jesus’ teaching that it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom. He learned this […]
NEWS FEATURE: Billionaire Shares Wisdom Gleaned From Faith and Business
By Charles Honey — August 19, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. _ Rich DeVos knows the odds are stacked against his getting into heaven. He is well aware of Jesus’ teaching that it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom. He learned this […]
COMMENTARY: For GOP, Pro-Life Is No-Win
By RNS Blog Editor — August 18, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service (Paul Mulshine is a columnist for The Star-Ledger of Newark, N.J.) (UNDATED) If you’ve been watching the conventions, you probably noticed a pattern emerging on the issue of abortion. The Republicans barely mentioned it. The Democrats can’t shut up about it. Take that fact and add to it the observation […]
COMMENTARY: For GOP, Pro-Life Is No-Win
By RNS Blog Editor — August 18, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service (Paul Mulshine is a columnist for The Star-Ledger of Newark, N.J.) (UNDATED) If you’ve been watching the conventions, you probably noticed a pattern emerging on the issue of abortion. The Republicans barely mentioned it. The Democrats can’t shut up about it. Take that fact and add to it the observation […]
NEWS STORY: Veep Choice May Test Black Voters’ Loyalty to Democrats
By Jonathan Tilove — August 18, 2000
c. 2000 Newhouse News Service LOS ANGELES _ Democrats are dealing with an undercurrent of concern that vice presidential candidate Joseph Lieberman might cool African-American enthusiasm for the Democratic ticket, for which overwhelming support from black voters is a prerequisite of victory. Lieberman got a warm reception from the Democratic National Committee Black Caucus on […]
COMMENTARY: Curiouser and Curiouser
By James Rudin — August 17, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service (Rabbi Rudin is the senior interreligious adviser of the American Jewish Committee.) (UNDATED) Lewis Carroll who wrote “Alice in Wonderland” would love this year’s race for the White House. It’s only August, but the campaign is already becoming “curiouser and curiouser” with no end of surprises in sight. For openers, […]
NEWS STORY: American Muslims Seek Reassurance on Lieberman’s Mideast Approach
By RNS Blog Editor — August 17, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service LOS ANGELES _ Uneasy American Muslim leaders say vice presidential nominee Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn., must move quickly to reassure them he will be fair on the Mideast or risk losing millions of votes in crucial states to Republican George W. Bush. The ambivalence toward Lieberman is evident even among […]
NEWS STORY: American Muslims Seek Reassurance on Lieberman’s Mideast Approach
By RNS Blog Editor — August 17, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service LOS ANGELES _ Uneasy American Muslim leaders say vice presidential nominee Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn., must move quickly to reassure them he will be fair on the Mideast or risk losing millions of votes in crucial states to Republican George W. Bush. The ambivalence toward Lieberman is evident even among […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — August 16, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service L.A. Cardinal Offers Pro-life Prayer at Democratic Convention (RNS) Los Angeles Cardinal Roger Mahony drew criticism from both the pro-choice and pro-life camps for opening the Democratic National Convention with a prayer asking God’s protection “especially on unborn children.” Mahony, who has led the country’s largest and most diverse Catholic […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — August 16, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service L.A. Cardinal Offers Pro-life Prayer at Democratic Convention (RNS) Los Angeles Cardinal Roger Mahony drew criticism from both the pro-choice and pro-life camps for opening the Democratic National Convention with a prayer asking God’s protection “especially on unborn children.” Mahony, who has led the country’s largest and most diverse Catholic […]
NEWS STORY: Pope Welcomes 600,000 Young Pilgrims to Rome for World Youth Day
By RNS Blog Editor — August 16, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service VATICAN CITY _ Pope John Paul II welcomed some 600,000 young Roman Catholic pilgrims from throughout the world to Rome on Tuesday (Aug. 15) with an appeal for “a time of peace in justice and freedom” for all people. The 80-year-old pontiff spoke at gatherings in the squares outside the […]
