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RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — August 10, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service Federal court bars Medicare, Medicaid payments to Christian Scientists (RNS) A federal judge in St. Paul, Minn., has struck down Medicare and Medicaid payments to Christian Science health practitioners as a violation of the constitutionally required separation of church and state.”Legislative accommodation of religious beliefs is a valuable and worthy […]
POLITICAL STORY: MUSLIM VOTERS: For Muslim voters in presidential race, party lines are nothing sacr
By Ira Rifkin — July 31, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ Ask Earl El-Amin about his choice for president and he’s quick to say that party labels have little to do with his selection process.”I’m not a Democrat or a Republican. I’m a Muslim. That means if the candidate is aligned with my religious beliefs, I vote for them,”said […]
RNS Weekly Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — July 19, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service A pope-Castro meeting? It’s possible (RNS) Fidel Castro may not be welcome on U.S. soil, but the Cuban communist leader could find a warmer reception at the Vatican with Pope John Paul II. The possibility of Castro meeting with the pope _ which has not formally been requested by either […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — July 17, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service Churches urge U.S. action on environment (RNS) The National Council of Churches and a dozen Protestant and Orthodox bodies called Tuesday (July 16) for greater U.S. leadership in reducing the emission of”greenhouse gases”that many scientists believe are changing the Earth’s climate.”These are profound issues of global justice,”the Rev. Joan Brown […]
NEWS UPDATE: Clinton praises efforts to rebuild burned houses of worship
By RNS Blog Editor — July 11, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ President Clinton praised religious groups, political leaders and the public for their response to the rash of church burnings, at ceremonies Wednesday (July 10) marking a new law that would stiffen federal penalties for such crimes.”I want to compliment all the religious organizations and other groups in this […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — July 6, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service Presbyterians reject General Council Assembly executive director (RNS) In a sign of grassroots discontent with denominational leadership, the executive director of the Presbyterian Church (USA)’s General Assembly Council has lost his bid for a second four-year term. In a surprise vote Thursday (July 4) in what was expected to be […]
NEWS UPDATE: CHURCH FIRES: Clinton calls for emergency funds to fight church fires
By RNS Blog Editor — July 3, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ As the number of suspicious fires at mostly black, Southern churches climbed to more than 40 in the last 18 months, President Clinton called Tuesday (July 2) for an emergency transfer of money to help combat the attacks. Speaking in the White House Rose Garden, Clinton called for […]
TOP STORY: ETHICS AND SOCIETY: Idaho prosecutor’s use of fornication law to fight teen pregnan
By RNS Blog Editor — June 28, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service EMMETT, Idaho _ A note arrived from the principal’s office as Amanda Smisek, great with child, sat in class this spring at her high school here. The message: A detective at the city police station wanted to speak with her. “I thought someone must have got into trouble and they […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — June 21, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service Foundations offer aid to help rebuild burned black churches (RNS)-More than $3 million in grants and pledges has been donated to a National Council of Churches fund designed to aid the more than 40 predominantly black churches that have been damaged or destroyed in the recent rash of suspicious fires. […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — June 20, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service Oregon judge denies church’s request to destroy tape of jailed suspect (RNS)-An Oregon judge has denied the Catholic Church’s request to destroy a tape recording made secretly during a jailed suspect’s confession meeting with a priest. Lane County Circuit Judge Jack Billings said in a June 13 letter that the […]
TOP STORY: TENSIONS IN THE WEST BANK: Ancient Hebron a key site in saga of Israeli turmoil
By Elaine Fletcher — June 18, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service “And Sarah died in Qiryat Arba, that is Hebron, in the land of Canaan … and Abraham stood up from before his dead and spoke to the sons of Het, saying, I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a burying place with you […]
NEWS STORY: Clinton calls on clergy to speak out against racism
By Adelle M. Banks — June 13, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (RNS)-Heeding a call Wednesday (June 12) from President Clinton, religious leaders from across the country said they plan to speak out from the pulpit against racism and offer aid to African-American churches destroyed by a string of arsons throughout the South. In a speech Wednesday at the rededication of Mount […]
NEWS STORY: Clinton calls on clergy to speak out against racism
By Adelle M. Banks — June 13, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (RNS)-Heeding a call Wednesday (June 12) from President Clinton, religious leaders from across the country said they plan to speak out from the pulpit against racism and offer aid to African-American churches destroyed by a string of arsons throughout the South. In a speech Wednesday at the rededication of Mount […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — June 6, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service Red Cross suspending work in Burundi after three workers killed (RNS)-The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said Wednesday (June 5) it is suspending its operations in strife-torn Burundi because of the slaying of three Swiss Red Cross workers from Switzerland. The workers were ambushed Tuesday (June 4) after […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — June 6, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service Red Cross suspending work in Burundi after three workers killed (RNS)-The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said Wednesday (June 5) it is suspending its operations in strife-torn Burundi because of the slaying of three Swiss Red Cross workers from Switzerland. The workers were ambushed Tuesday (June 4) after […]
