Monthly Archives: September 2004
NEWS FEATURE: Church Without Walls Overcomes Hurdles to Live Up to Its Name
By RNS Blog Editor — September 3, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service FLINT, Mich. _ When Church Without Walls opened about two years ago, it chose its name to describe its ministry. But concentrating its ministry outside the church building is sometimes easier said than done, church leaders have found. The nondenominational Christian church with about 125 members held an old-time tent […]
COMMENTARY: How Catholics Make New Liturgical Rules Catholic
By Frances Kennedy — September 3, 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) As the church prays, an ancient axiom Catholic tells us, so the church believes. […]
NEWS STORY: Republican Jews Walk Fine Line With Evangelical Christian Allies
By David Finnigan — September 3, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service NEW YORK _ When Sen. Norm Coleman took to the podium at the Plaza Hotel this week near Manhattan’s Central Park, the Minnesota Republican made it plain to the audience of 1,500: “I wouldn’t be in the United States Senate without the strong support of the Republican Jewish Coalition,” he […]
COMMENTARY: The Time for Taking Judaism’s Spiritual Temperature
By James Rudin — September 3, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service (Rabbi Rudin, American Jewish Committee’s senior interreligious adviser, is Distinguished Visiting Professor at Saint Leo University.) (UNDATED) As a youngster growing up in Alexandria, Va., time moved slowly. It always seemed there was a lengthy period between celebrating birthdays, starting vacations, returning to school, and especially observing the Jewish High […]
NEWS STORY: Religious Left Says It’s Ready for Major Political Push
By RNS Blog Editor — September 2, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service NEW YORK _ With a full-page ad in the New York Times, a flashlight-illuminated protest on Broadway and a plea from rock star Bono for spiritually motivated, poverty-fighting activism, the religious left has sent a message to the presidential candidates and the voters during the Republican Convention. After years of […]
NEWS STORY: Venerable St. Mark’s Opens Its Doors to GOP Protesters
By Jason Anthony — September 2, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service NEW YORK _ There is a lot of prayer in New York this week. Not all of it is coming from Madison Square Garden. St. Mark’s Church in-the-Bowery, one of the oldest churches in Manhattan and widely known for its progressive stance, has thrown open its doors to thousands of […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — September 2, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service Pope Deplores Terrorism, Appeals for French Journalists’ Release VATICAN CITY (RNS) Offering a prayer for the “precious gift of peace,” Pope John Paul II on Wednesday (Sept. 1) deplored terrorist attacks in Israel and Russia and the executions of 12 Nepalese in Iraq and appealed for the release of two […]
NEWS DIGEST: Religion in Canada
By Ron Csillag — September 2, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service Muslims Divided Over Sharia Tribunals TORONTO (RNS) A prominent Muslim organization is opposing the establishment of private judicial tribunals in Ontario that would allow Muslims to settle disputes according to Islamic sharia law. Tarek Fatah of the Muslim Canadian Congress said the use of sharia to settle legal matters is […]
RNS Weekly Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — September 1, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service Catholic Bishops Call for `Bottom-Up’ Trade Policies WASHINGTON (RNS) An annual Labor Day statement from the nation’s Catholic bishops calls for trade policies that examine the needs of workers “from the bottom up.” Cardinal Theodore McCarrick of Washington called on governments to pursue trade agreements that encourage growth on both […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — September 1, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service Survey: Most Protestant Ministers Not Very Familiar With Other Faiths (RNS) Most Protestant ministers expressed little familiarity with the key beliefs of a number of non-Protestant religious groups, a survey has found. The faith perspectives most likely to be “extremely familiar” to Protestant clergy were Roman Catholicism (41 percent), Judaism […]
NEWS STORY: Panel Looks at the Intersection of Religion and Politics
By Judilee King — September 1, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service NEW YORK _ Only a few blocks from the Republican Convention in Manhattan, journalists gathered for the second installment of “Red God, Blue God,” a symposium aimed at educating journalists on how to cover the relationship between religion and politics. A panel of three experts on religion and politics, moderated […]
NEWS STORY: Departing RNS Editor to Be Honored With Lifetime Achievement Award
By Kein Eckstrom — September 1, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ In 1976, Catholics from around the world descended on Philadelphia for an Eucharistic Congress convention, and the big draw was a nun from Calcutta named Mother Teresa. Few people noticed a bishop from Krakow, Poland, named Karol Wojtyla. Looking back, veteran religion reporter David E. Anderson says perhaps […]
COMMENTARY: The Campaign: What We Need, What We Get
By Tom Ehrich — September 1, 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) Our family of five plus a girlfriend gather in my oldest son’s first grownup apartment and enjoy a superb Cajun shrimp-and-sausage stew. He […]
NEWS STORY: Books, Documentaries, Examine Bush’s Faith Life
By Adelle M. Banks — September 1, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service (UNDATED) In the last presidential race, then-Texas Gov. George W. Bush was hailed and ridiculed for declaring in a debate that “Christ” was his favorite philosopher “because he changed my life.” As the next election looms, several books and documentaries have gone beyond singularly memorable quotes by the 43rd U.S. […]
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