Monthly Archives: June 2004
NEWS STORY: Bush Campaign’s Plan for `Friendly Congregations’ Comes Under Fire
By Adelle M. Banks — June 4, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ The Bush-Cheney campaign is under fire from two religious watchdog groups for asking supporters to help identify “friendly congregations” in Pennsylvania that might be good locations for distribution of campaign information. “The Bush-Cheney ’04 national headquarters in Virginia has asked us to identify 1,600 `Friendly Congregations’ in Pennsylvania […]
NEWS FEATURE: At the Gospel Grille, Combining the Synergy of Music, Food
By Anne Oconnor — June 4, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service CINCINNATI _ Kevin Ellerbe sees an important synergy between good gospel music and good food. And for nearly a year, now, he’s seen the fulfillment of a dream to blend the two in a unique venue here called the Gospel Grille, where patrons can feast on enticing buffet treats such […]
NEWS FEATURE: Two Books Look at the Mystical Experience
By Cecile Holmes — June 4, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service (UNDATED) To the uninitiated, the mystic’s path seems otherworldly, a road into the unknown taken by people like cloistered Christian nuns, whirling Sufis and wandering Hindu holy men. But do the mystics seek the mysticism or does it seek them? Two new books suggest that mystics _ especially Christian ones […]
COMMENTARY: Pope Not Infallible When Calling America `Soulless’
By Frances Kennedy — June 4, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service (Eugene Cullen Kennedy, a longtime observer of the Roman Catholic Church, is professor emeritus of psychology at Loyola University in Chicago and author of “Cardinal Bernardin’s Stations of the Cross,” published by St. Martin’s Press.) (UNDATED) Pope John Paul II might as well be French for the studied distaste he […]
NEWS STORY: Pope to Discuss Differences with Bush, Visit Switzerland
By RNS Blog Editor — June 4, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service VATICAN CITY (RNS) _ Pope John Paul II will meet with President Bush to discuss their differences over Iraq and the Middle East on Friday (June 4), then make a two-day visit to Switzerland where fractious Catholics are questioning the celibate, male priesthood and suggesting that the pope retire. It […]
COMMENTARY: Celebrating Eugene Borowitz
By James Rudin — June 4, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service (Rabbi Rudin, American Jewish Committee’s senior interreligious adviser, is Distinguished Visiting Professor at Saint Leo University.) (UNDATED) This year Rabbi Eugene B. Borowitz reaches his 80th birthday, the biblical four-score years. A longtime professor at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York City, Reform Judaism’s rabbinical school, Borowitz […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — June 4, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service Religious Groups Say Marriage Amendment is Unnecessary WASHINGTON (RNS) Leaders from several mainline Protestant churches that are deeply divided by homosexuality said a proposed constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage would force all churches to accept only one definition of marriage. The Washington offices of the Episcopal Church, Presbyterian Church […]
NEWS STORY: Democrats’ Report Says Kerry Is Most `Catholic’ of Senators
By Kein Eckstrom — June 3, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ Sen. John Kerry, who has come under fire from Catholic bishops for his support of abortion rights, is the senator who most frequently votes in line with the church’s legislative priorities, according to a report issued by Senate Democrats on Wednesday (June 2). The report, compiled by Sen. […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — June 3, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service McCarrick Says Denying Communion Is a `Slippery Slope’ WASHINGTON _ The Catholic bishop who is heading a task force on how to handle dissenting politicians said denying them Communion is a “slippery slope” that will be unwelcome in his archdiocese. Cardinal Theodore McCarrick of Washington, in his strongest statement to […]
COMMENTARY: Is Judaism Pro-Choice?
By RNS Blog Editor — June 3, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service (Judy Gruen’s latest book is “Till We Eat Again: Confessions of a Diet Dropout,” published by Champion Press. Visit her Web site at http://www.judygruen.com.) (UNDATED) Earlier this spring, I received an e-mail from a well known Jewish women’s organization urging me to attend an abortion rights rally in Washington, D.C. […]
NEWS FEATURE: Young Bible Reader Brings Joy to Nursing Home Patients
By Renee Busby — June 3, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service FAIRHOPE, Ala. _ Hannah Denham has been practicing her reading. But she doesn’t always sit at home in her room to read her favorite stories. Instead, she shares them with strangers. Since February, the 5-year-old Spanish Fort School kindergartner has been going to Beverly Healthcare Eastern Shore here once a […]
NEWS FEATURE: Hispanics A Growing Presence Among Latter-day Saints
By Yonat Shimron — June 3, 2004
c. 2004 Religion New Service CARY, N.C. _ When people ask Carlos Calderon his religion, the last thing they expect to hear is Mormon. “They can’t make the connection,” said Calderon, 41, a native of the Dominican Republic and now the president of the new Spanish-speaking Mormon congregation in Cary, N.C. “In some people’s minds […]
COMMENTARY: Guided Tours
By Tom Ehrich — June 2, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service (Tom Ehrich is a writer and computer consultant, managing large-scale database implementations. An Episcopal priest, he lives in Durham, N.C. Visit his Web site at http://www.onajourney.org.) (UNDATED) Now that my wife and I have unpacked treasures from our parents’ houses, it will take a guided tour to understand our home. […]
NEWS STORY: Safety of Multi-Passenger `Church Vans’ Questioned
By Bruce Nolan — June 2, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service NEW ORLEANS _ Little Solid Rock Missionary Baptist Church’s big van seemed steady under Lester Beauvais’ hands as he and 10 church members seated behind him rode up Interstate 10 on a recent Sunday. The afternoon sky was clear, the road dry. Beauvais held the 1999 Dodge van at 70 […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — June 2, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service European, U.S. Churches Issue D-Day Statement PARIS (RNS) On the eve of observances marking the 60th anniversary of D-Day in France’s Normandy region, European and North American church organizations have called for peace and international reconciliation at a time when transatlantic relations are badly strained over Iraq. “We appeal to […]
