Beliefs
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service Dissident Catholics to press reforms in pilgrimage to Rome (RNS) Dissident Catholic groups that have irked the Vatican with demands for women priests, gay rights and other progressive notions are preparing to become more nettlesome for the Roman hierarchy. Organizers from 10 countries, including the United States, announced on Monday […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service Naval Academy chaplain’s aide discharged over abortion protest (RNS) An assistant to the Roman Catholic chaplain at the U.S. Naval Academy has been discharged from the Navy after he refused to wear his uniform in protest of federal abortion law. William J. Downes, a former petty officer, said he was […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service Pope creates a new diocese in East Timor (RNS) Pope John Paul II, in an effort to sharpen the Vatican’s influence in the struggle between Indonesia, the most populous Muslim nation in the world, and East Timor, a largely Roman Catholic territory occupied by Indonesia, has created a new Timorese […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service Cathedral dean retires with tribute from a daredevil (RNS) From high above the altar of Manhattan’s Cathedral of St. John the Divine, a high-wire artist plans to pay a special New Year’s Eve tribute to the Rev. James Parks Morton, the church’s retiring dean. Philippe Petit is scheduled to perform”Crescendo”from […]
COMMENTARY: Taking Exception: Christian churches seek a shared Jerusalem
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
DALE L. BISHOP, MARK B. BROWN AND TERENCE W. MILLER (Dale L. Bishop is the area executive for the Middle East for the United Church of Christ and the Disciples of Christ; Mark B. Brown is assistant director for advocacy governmental affairs of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America; and Terence W. Miller is the […]
NEWS STORY: Vatican urges curb on explicit, deceptive advertising
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
STEVEN HEILBRONNER Religion News Service VATICAN CITY _ The Vatican called on advertisers Tuesday (Feb. 25) to curb the use of explicit sexual material and deception in print and broadcast campaigns, and said governments should increase regulation of advertising. The recommendations, culled from several years of study and approved by Pope John Paul II, were […]
RNS Daily Digest
By Carl Anderson — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service Supreme Court rejects Mississippi appeal on school prayers (RNS) The Supreme Court on Monday (Nov. 4) rejected an appeal by the state of Mississippi seeking to reinstate a state law allowing student-led prayer in the state’s public schools. The justices, without comment, left intact lower court rulings that struck down […]
RNS Daily Digest
By Carl Anderson — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service Lutheran, Episcopal churches ready vote for full communion (RNS) A joint committee of leaders from the Episcopal Church and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America have readied the final text of an historic agreement that will bring the nearly 8 million members of the two denominations into full communion.”This committee […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service Spain ranked `most sinful’ nation in industrialized world (RNS) Spain is the most sinful nation in the industrialized world, according to a new survey by a Swedish business journal. The journal, Svensk Export Strategi, ranked 19 leading industrialized countries according to the seven”modern deadly sins”of smoking, drinking, drugs, gambling, over-eating, […]
Daily News Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service Canada to lead multinational force to help refugees in Zaire (RNS) Canada has agreed to lead a multinational military contingent to assist in humanitarian efforts for refugees in eastern Zaire. United Nations Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali said Tuesday (Nov. 12) that the details are still being worked out, but more […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service Pope and U.N. chief stress need for action in Zaire at food summit (RNS) Starving refugees in Zaire were the focus of attention Wednesday (Nov. 13) at the opening of the five-day United Nations-sponsored World Food Summit in Rome. Both Pope John Paul II and U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali addressed […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service Jewish group urges Israel not to amend conversion law (RNS) The Council of Jewish Federations, the umbrella agency for local Jewish community federations across the United States and Canada, has urged Israel not to”risk dividing”the world Jewish community by approving a law that would invalidate non-Orthodox conversions to Judaism. A […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service Navy withdraws support of Promise Keepers-endorsed rally (RNS) The U.S. Navy has withdrawn its sponsorship of a Promise Keepers-endorsed rally in Norfolk, Va., after the Anti-Defamation League raised concerns about church-state separation. Sailors from the Norfolk Naval Base are still expected to participate in the off-base event Saturday (Nov. 16).”Some […]
Daily News Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service Russian Orthodox accused of profiteering tobacco, booze (RNS) The image of the Russian Orthodox Church has been tarnished by charges in the Moscow press that the church imported alcohol and tobacco as tax-free humanitarian aid and then re-sold the products in Russia’s newly emerging free market. Since the fall of […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service Catholic Bishop Belo receives Nobel Peace Prize (RNS) Declaring himself”a voice for the voiceless,”Roman Catholic Bishop Carlos Belo of Indonesia-occupied East Timor received the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway, Tuesday (Dec. 10). Belo, a co-winner of the award with self-exiled Timorese human rights activist Jose Ramos Horta, used the […]
