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RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service African-American Muslim leader meets with Pope John Paul II (RNS) Imam Warith Deen Mohammed, leader of the nation’s largest mainstream African-American Muslim organization, and Pope John Paul II met for the first time Wednesday (Oct. 2) following the pontiff’s last regular weekly audience prior to his entering the hospital Sunday […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service Archbishop Tutu suggests need for improved U.S. race relations (RNS) Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who is leading the Truth and Reconciliation Commission investigating human rights abuses committed during the apartheid era in South Africa, said Sunday (Nov. 17) the United States could use a similar truth-seeking process to improve race relations […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service Muslim woman calls for release of Christian husband who faces flogging (RNS) A Muslim student in South Carolina is calling on officials of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to”unconditionally release”her Christian husband, who has been sentenced to a year in prison and a flogging after an Islamic court ruled that […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service Report: Another exodus of Rwandan refugees from Zaire may be underway (RNS) The United Nation’s World Food Program (WFP) said Wednesday (Nov. 20) it has”strong indications”that tens of thousands of Rwandan refugees are heading through chaotic eastern Zaire to Rwanda. It would be the second mass exodus in a week […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service Study: Reconstructionist Jews more observant as adults (RNS) Members of Judaism’s small Reconstructionist denomination are likely to be more religiously observant now than they were growing up and are attracted to the movement largely out of interest in personal growth and spirituality, according to a new study. The 1996 Demographic […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service Eds: note sexual content in 2nd item) Parents want a content-based television rating system (RNS) Parents want a TV rating system to tell them the content of a program _ its sex, violence and language _ rather than advice on whether the program is suitable for specific age groups, according […]
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 […]
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 […]
