Catholic
Eternal gridlock awaits millenial pilgrims in the eternal city
By RNS Blog Editor — January 3, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service VATICAN CITY (RNS)-As ancient Rome prepares for the third Christian millennium, one thing is already clear. The celebration will be no Roman holiday-not for the guests and not for the hosts. When Pope John Paul II, the putative master of ceremonies, recently observed that in Christianity “time has a fundamental […]
RNS Daily Digest
By Carl Anderson — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service U.S. Catholic Conference urges solidarity with people in Holy Land (RNS) The recent spate of violence and the protracted tensions in the Middle East are a”summons to all Catholics to show solidarity with the peoples of the Holy Land in their quest for justice, security and peace,”says Bishop Daniel P. […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service White House says persecution panel will come at”appropriate”time (RNS) The White House said Thursday (Oct. 24) that it still plans to appoint a panel of top religious leaders to investigate and defend religious liberty abroad but left open the possibility the committee will not be formally put in place until […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service Top Vatican official deals with delicate diplomacy in Cuba (RNS) Engaged in a delicate diplomatic waltz, a high-ranking Vatican official visiting Cuba has sharply criticized U.S. policies toward the island nation as”imperial,”while pressing Cuban leader Fidel Castro to give the Roman Catholic Church the”necessary spaces”it needs to carry out its […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service Leaders of Adventist, Orthodox church meet in Istanbul (RNS) In the first-ever visit by Seventh-day Adventist Church officials to the Ecumenical Patriarchate, headquarters of the worldwide Orthodox movement in Istanbul, Turkey, leaders from the two groups discussed tensions created by Protestants attempting to spread their faith in Eastern Europe.”The goals […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service Pope expresses anguish over violence in Africa (RNS) Pope John Paul II, in a brief appearance Wednesday (Oct. 30) before pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square, said the widening war in the central African nations of Zaire, Burundi and Rwanda is”an interminable tragedy.””It is anguishing to see how human beings who […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service Administration asks Supreme Court to overturn church-state school ruling (RNS) The Clinton administration has asked the Supreme Court to overturn a 1985 ruling by the justices that set limits on how federally funded remedial education for needy students is provided to pupils in religious schools. In a brief filed on […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service Australian euthanasia advocates seek to expand assisted suicide law (RNS) _ The son of the first person to commit suicide under a new euthanasia law in Australia’s Northern Territory is calling for voluntary euthanasia to be legalized across the Australian continent. At a press conference in Sydney Monday (Oct. 7), […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service Court case raises questions about religious test for public office (RNS) Advocates of strict separation between church and state said Tuesday (Oct. 8) that a case pending before the South Carolina Supreme Court raises important questions about what constitutes a religious test for public office. The court heard oral arguments […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service New study says religious Americans continue as most generous (RNS) Americans with religious affiliations continue to give higher percentages of their incomes to charities and to volunteer larger amounts of time to non-profit causes than do those without such affiliations, according to a new survey released Wednesday (Oct. 9). “Religious […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service Muslim Arab-Americans favor Clinton by wide margin (RNS) President Clinton holds a double-digit lead over Bob Dole among all Arab-Americans, with Muslim Arab-Americans favoring Clinton by a margin of more than 40 percentage points, according to the first-ever national survey of Arab-American voters. The survey, released Thursday (Oct. 10), showed […]
RNS Daily Digest
By Kim Lawton — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service Christian Coalition apologizes for `racist’ sample voter guides (RNS) The Christian Coalition has apologized for distributing sample voter guides that African-American leaders in Texas branded as “race-baiting.” The generic sample voter guides in question included photos of fictional congressional candidates. The candidate who supported the Christian Coalition’s positions on key […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service Pope returns to Vatican from hospital amid reports of Parkinson’s (RNS) Pope John Paul II returned to the Vatican on Tuesday (Oct. 15), one week after having his appendix removed at a Rome hospital, amid persistent reports that he is suffering from Parkinson’s disease. The 76-year-old pontiff moved haltingly as […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service Vatican criticizes anti-Cuba economic embargo law (RNS) The Vatican has challenged both the legality and morality of a U.S. law aimed at tightening the American economic embargo on Fidel Castro’s regime by penalizing foreign firms that do business with Cuba.”It is a law that involves extra-territorial application in a way […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service Episcopal Church recovers most of embezzled funds (RNS) The Episcopal Church in the United States has closed the book on the Ellen Cooke scandal, announcing all but about $100,000 has been recovered from the $2.2 million embezzled by its former treasurer. The total loss to the church was $422,094, including […]
