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NEWS STORY: Church, nation bid farewell to Cardinal Joseph L. Bernardin
By Carl Anderson — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service UNDATED _ The church he loved and the nation whose public policy he sought to influence for a quarter of a century said farewell Wednesday (Nov. 20) to Chicago’s Roman Catholic Cardinal Joseph L. Bernardin. With his friend and colleague Cardinal Roger Mahony of Los Angeles presiding and Vice President […]
NEWS STORY: LUTHERANS AND EPISCOPALIANS: Lutheran and Episcopal bishops thrash out unity proposal
By Carl Anderson — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service WHITE HAVEN, Pa. _ At a critical moment near the end of the historic six-day joint meeting of the bishops of the Episcopal Church and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), the Lutherans sent what amounted to a small valentine to the Episcopal prelates meeting separately, some 100 feet […]
TOP STORY: A DIVIDED CHURCH SEEKS COMMON GROUND: Cardinal Bernardin to launch major reconciliation e
By Carl Anderson — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Seeking to heal divisions among Roman Catholics in the United States, Chicago Cardinal Joseph L. Bernardin will launch a new national initiative next week designed to find ways to overcome the divisions among the church’s feuding factions.”We must act today to prepare our church for the new millennium,”Bernardin said […]
NEWS STORY: GENDER ISSUES: Vatican sets review for gender-neutral versions of Scripture
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service VATICAN CITY _ In an effort to resolve one of the thorniest disputes between the American church and Rome, the Vatican agreed on Friday (Dec. 13) to speed up talks with the U.S. hierarchy on the use of”inclusive language”in the biblical texts read during Mass. The accord sets up a […]
TOP STORY: HIGH PROFILE CONFABS: Catholic bishops focus on young adults, colleges and economic justi
By Carl Anderson — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ Reaching out to young Catholics _ and perhaps even interesting them in the religious life _ tops the agenda of the nation’s Roman Catholic bishops when they gather in Washington next week for their annual fall meeting. The Nov. 11-14 meeting of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops […]
COMMENTARY: Even Jesus would have a hard time becoming a bishop
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Andrew M. Greeley is a Roman Catholic priest, best-selling novelist and sociologist at the University of Chicago National Opinion Research Center. Check out his home page at http://www.agreeley.com or contact him via e-mail at agreel(at)aol.com.) UNDATED _ In an era when the human psyche is shaped by repeated free choices, […]
COMMENTARY: Chicago Catholics contemplate a new regime
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Andrew M. Greeley is a Roman Catholic priest, best-selling novelist and a sociologist at the University of Chicago National Opinion Research Center. Check out his home page at http://www.agreeley.com or contact him via e-mail at agreel(at)aol.com.) UNDATED _ One of the first things likely to change when Chicago gets a […]
NEWS STORY: JESUS SEMINAR SHIFTS FOCUS: Jesus seminar changes focus, taking aim at Paul and Nicene C
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service SANTA ROSA, Calif. _ Having completed an ambitious and controversial decade of work on the sayings and deeds of”the historical Jesus,”the maverick scholars of the Jesus Seminar have changed course, with a plan to write their own version of the New Testament. They also plan to focus on the history […]
COMMENTARY: The legacy of Herod: Piety becomes a cloak for selfishness
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1995 Religion News Service (Samuel K. Atchison is an ordained minister and has worked as a policy analyst and social worker to the homeless. He currently is a prison chaplain in Trenton, N.J.) UNDATED _ As a minister, I often encounter people who feel it necessary to impress me with their piety. They seem […]
COMMENTARY: Reclaiming the black church’s lost sheep
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Samuel K. Atchison is an ordained minister who has worked as a policy analyst and social worker to the homeless. He currently is a prison chaplain in Trenton, N.J.) (UNDATED) A recent incident in my prison congregation underscores the struggle for relevance currently faced by black churches. Made up largely […]
COMMENTARY: A pastor opens his heart to the Christmas church-goer
By Charles Austin — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Charles Austin is a journalist and a pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. He is pastor of Christ Lutheran Church, Ridgefield Park, N.J.) UNDATED _ You are welcome; and yes, we know who you are. But be assured, that from where I stand in the pulpit _ as […]
BACKGROUNDER: HEBRON
By Elaine Fletcher — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service HEBRON, West Bank _ Thousands of years after the biblical patriarch Abraham purchased a family burial ground in this ancient Canaanite town, the”Cave of Machpelah”_ or”Cave of the Patriarchs”as it is often called _ is probably the world’s most bitterly disputed cemetery. It is also the religious soul of the […]
COMMENTARY: In memory of a friend, a mentor and a brother priest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Andrew M. Greeley is a Roman Catholic priest, best-selling novelist and sociologist at the University of Chicago National Opinion Research Center. Check out his home page at http://www.agreeley.com or contact him via e-mail at agreel(at)aol.com.) CHICAGO _ He taught the whole country how to die. One hears that phrase over […]
TOP STORY: REBUILDING BURNED CHURCHES: Donors learn a simple act of charity is a complicated thing
By Adelle M. Banks — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service NEW YORK _ There was a time when it all seemed so simple. Close to 100 mostly African-American churches have been the victim of arson or suspicious fires over the past two years. And people of faith _ all faiths _ rallied to help them rebuild. The National Council of […]
COMMENTARY: Can churches stop fighting long enough to attend to the young?
By Tom Ehrich — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Tom Ehrich is an Episcopal priest in Winston-Salem, N.C, an author and a former Wall Street Journal reporter. E-mail him at journey(at)interpath.com.) BOISE, Idaho _ Sitting in the home of an actual young American family in this city brimming with young people, learning about a new church focused on the […]
