Ethics
COMMENTARY: The Short, Happy Life of Rudolph Giuliani
By Dale Hanson Bourke — May 24, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service (Dale Hanson Bourke is the mother of two sons and author of “Everyday Miracles.”) (UNDATED) He could have been a contender. Instead, he turned contemplative. And in doing so, Rudolph Giuliani, the brash mayor of New York, stunned more people than had any of his harsh rhetoric in the past. […]
COMMENTARY: The Short, Happy Life of Rudolph Giuliani
By Dale Hanson Bourke — May 24, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service (Dale Hanson Bourke is the mother of two sons and author of “Everyday Miracles.”) (UNDATED) He could have been a contender. Instead, he turned contemplative. And in doing so, Rudolph Giuliani, the brash mayor of New York, stunned more people than had any of his harsh rhetoric in the past. […]
COMMENTARY: Off the Rocker
By Frances Kennedy — January 14, 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 Press.) UNDATED _ Nothing brings out the brave moralist in American observers as much as a safe and vulnerable […]
COMMENTARY: Off the Rocker
By Frances Kennedy — January 14, 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 Press.) UNDATED _ Nothing brings out the brave moralist in American observers as much as a safe and vulnerable […]
NEWS STORY: Priests Group Mounts Anti-Abortion Political Ad Campaign
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Priests for Life, a Roman Catholic group, has launched a national ad campaign urging voters to oppose candidates who back abortion rights. A $250,000 ad blitz began airing earlier this week on major cable TV stations in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Detroit, Kansas City, Washington and other cities. […]
NEWS FEATURE: Corporate Charity Aims to Boost Business Objectives
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Corporate America has discovered that giving pays. Businesses increasingly see philanthropy as a chance to boost bottom lines by attracting customers, retaining employees and banking goodwill for future times of crisis. The practice is called “strategic philanthropy,” meaning every dollar or product donated must enhance a company’s business objectives. […]
NEWS STORY: L.A. Cardinal Calls for `Moral Revolution’ Against Death Penalty
By Kein Eckstrom — January 1, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ The leader of the nation’s largest Roman Catholic archdiocese said Thursday (May 25) that recent reassessments of the death penalty may signal the beginning of a long, slow death for capital punishment. Cardinal Roger Mahony, leader of the Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles, told the National Press Club […]
NEWS FEATURE: Corporate Charity Aims to Boost Business Objectives
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Corporate America has discovered that giving pays. Businesses increasingly see philanthropy as a chance to boost bottom lines by attracting customers, retaining employees and banking goodwill for future times of crisis. The practice is called “strategic philanthropy,” meaning every dollar or product donated must enhance a company’s business objectives. […]
NEWS FEATURE: Experts: Assisted Suicide More a Matter of Control Than of Pain Relief
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ Diagnosed with cancer of the mouth, the cigar-smoking genius with the larger-than-life ego persuaded his doctor to euthanize him when the time was right. When Sigmund Freud decided the time was right _ 16 years after the diagnosis _ Dr. Max Schur gave him 21 milligrams of morphine. […]
NEWS STORY: Priests Group Mounts Anti-Abortion Political Ad Campaign
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Priests for Life, a Roman Catholic group, has launched a national ad campaign urging voters to oppose candidates who back abortion rights. A $250,000 ad blitz began airing earlier this week on major cable TV stations in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Detroit, Kansas City, Washington and other cities. […]
NEWS FEATURE: Memorial Gifts Ripe for Planned Giving
By Shaun Casey — January 1, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service UNDATED _ When Steven Cooper’s mother died, he gave a $1,000 donation in her memory to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Not a sad story, he said recently. She was 93, she loved animals, and she was tired of living. Cooper’s relatively small, impulsive donation […]
NEWS STORY: L.A. Cardinal Calls for `Moral Revolution’ Against Death Penalty
By Kein Eckstrom — January 1, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ The leader of the nation’s largest Roman Catholic archdiocese said Thursday (May 25) that recent reassessments of the death penalty may signal the beginning of a long, slow death for capital punishment. Cardinal Roger Mahony, leader of the Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles, told the National Press Club […]
NEWS FEATURE: French Religious Leaders Dismayed Over Family Planning Proposals
By Elizabeth Bryant — January 1, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service PARIS _ Forty years ago, Elisabeth Gazengel had an abortion. Shunned and illegal in 1960s France, the procedure was also performed without anesthesia. Nonetheless, the then-20-year-old university student quietly put together donations from friends, found a willing hospital, and gritted her teeth. “I had the moral judgment of all the […]
NEWS FEATURE: Experts: Assisted Suicide More a Matter of Control Than of Pain Relief
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ Diagnosed with cancer of the mouth, the cigar-smoking genius with the larger-than-life ego persuaded his doctor to euthanize him when the time was right. When Sigmund Freud decided the time was right _ 16 years after the diagnosis _ Dr. Max Schur gave him 21 milligrams of morphine. […]
NEWS FEATURE: Memorial Gifts Ripe for Planned Giving
By Shaun Casey — January 1, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service UNDATED _ When Steven Cooper’s mother died, he gave a $1,000 donation in her memory to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Not a sad story, he said recently. She was 93, she loved animals, and she was tired of living. Cooper’s relatively small, impulsive donation […]
