Monthly Archives: May 2006
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — May 13, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service Report: Niger Worst, Sweden Best, Place to be a Mother (RNS) There is no worse place in the world to be a mom than in the West African nation of Niger. So says Save the Children’s annual Mother’s Index, which ranks the status of mothers and children in 125 countries […]
COMMENTARY: A Dictionary Worth Reading? I’ve Found One
By James Rudin — May 12, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service (UNDATED) It’s not often a book becomes an instant classic when it first appears in print. But that’s what happened when the prestigious Cambridge University Press of Great Britain recently published “A Dictionary of Jewish-Christian Relations.” A dictionary is a classic? Aren’t all dictionaries dull reading? Not this one. The […]
Priest Convicted in 1980 Ritual Slaying of Nun
By James Ewinger — May 12, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service TOLEDO, Ohio _ A jury on Thursday (May 11) convicted a Roman Catholic priest for the slaying he’s lived with for 26 years, finding that Rev. Gerald Robinson intentionally killed Sister Margaret Ann Pahl in 1980. Robinson stood as Common Pleas Judge Thomas Osowik read the verdict about 11:30 a.m., […]
Churches Urge Swift Action on U.N. Peacekeepers in Darfur
By Carl Anderson — May 12, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service (UNDATED) The All Africa Conference of Churches, the continent’s largest ecumenical agency, is calling on the Sudanese government to quickly approve the deployment of United Nations peacekeeping troops in the conflict-ridden Darfur region of Sudan. It is a call echoed by religious and human rights groups and governments, including the […]
Ndungane, A Lone Liberal Voice in Africa, Fights a New `Discrimination’
By RNS Blog Editor — May 12, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service CAPE TOWN, South Africa _ Twelve years ago, Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu successfully fought for the end of legalized racism in apartheid South Africa. Now, his successor, Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane, has turned his sights on his own church _ especially other African prelates with a newfound strength in the wider […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — May 12, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service Pope Presses Chavez on Religious Freedom in Venezuela VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Benedict XVI met Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez for the first time on Thursday (May 11) and expressed concern that the South American leader’s rule was encroaching on the rights of the Roman Catholic Church to operate in his […]
MyChristianMusicSpace
By RNS Blog Editor — May 11, 2006
Technology Emerges as Salvation of Christian Music Industry Beau Black looks at the impact of digital distribution and online communities on the Christian music business in this week’s full text RNS article, linked above. Quote: Like a growing number of independent acts, Green River Ordinance has taken full advantage of MySpace, building its list of […]
St. Louis Jesuits; Absent mothers; Lawyers and stem cells
By RNS Blog Editor — May 11, 2006
In Wednesday’s RNS report Dennis O’Connor reports that the St. Louis Jesuits, a group that transformed Catholic music, is back on tour: The St. Louis Jesuits are back. And although they’ve been called a religious version of the Beatles, there’s a good chance most people haven’t heard of this liturgical musical ensemble. But anyone attending […]
Group That Transformed Catholic Music Is Back on Tour
By Julie O'Connor — May 11, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service (UNDATED) The St. Louis Jesuits are back. Although they’ve been called a religious version of the Beatles, there’s a good chance most people haven’t heard of this liturgical musical ensemble. But anyone attending a Roman Catholic Mass since the mid-1970s has probably sung more than a few of their well-known […]
Stem Cells Attract New Activists _ Lawyers
By Kate Coscarelli — May 11, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Since its beginnings, stem-cell research has attracted attention from doctors, politicians and religious activists. Now that the field is moving from theoretical musings to practical applications, you can add one more group: lawyers. From trial lawyers duking it out over attempts to establish stem-cell research institutes in California and […]
COMMENTARY: Cracking the Code of Da Vinci’s Popularity
By Frances Kennedy — May 11, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Republican senators have now withdrawn their modified Tooth Fairy Plan to leave $100 gasoline tax rebate under every American’s pillow. That leaves organized religion _ eager to ban, burn, or bankrupt the soon-to-open movie of “The Da Vinci Code” _ in sole possession of the dumbest idea of the […]
COMMENTARY: What I Didn’t Know About Motherhood
By Dale Hanson Bourke — May 11, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Giving birth was the easy part. I didn’t know it at the time, of course. Once the hours of contractions and pain had passed and that crying baby was placed in my arms, I breathed a sigh of relief and said a prayer of gratitude. Then came the sleepless […]
Mothers Who Give Up Custody of Their Children Face `Scarlet Letter’
By RNS Blog Editor — May 11, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Catalina Herrerias recalls an acquaintance’s reaction in 1981 when she revealed she’d voluntarily relinquished custody of her two young daughters. “You must have been a real (expletive) to have given up your own kids,” he said. Now, one of Herrerias’ daughters is divorcing _ and leaving her children with […]
RNS Weekly Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — May 10, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service Study Suggests Support for Shariah Based on Aid to the Poor (RNS) A recent study by two Indiana academics suggests that Shariah law, the Islamic legal code often associated with strict rules, oppression of women and harsh punishments, has a softer side when it comes to the poor. Based on […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — May 10, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service Study Suggests Support for Shariah Based on Aid to the Poor (RNS) A recent study by two Indiana academics suggests that Shariah law, the Islamic legal code often associated with strict rules, oppression of women and harsh punishments, has a softer side when it comes to the poor. Based on […]
