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RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — May 23, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service Loyola Cuts Programs After Katrina Devastated Campus, Budget NEW ORLEANS (RNS) Loyola University’s board of trustees has approved a major restructuring plan in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, cutting a host of degree programs and 17 faculty positions as it prepares for lower enrollment next fall. The trustees unanimously adopted […]
Online Game Features Crucifixions, Offends Catholic Group
By Kein Eckstrom — April 6, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service (UNDATED) For nearly 2,000 years, Christians have marked the days leading up to Easter with dramatic reenactments of Jesus’ suffering, culminating with his crucifixion on Good Friday. This year, in a 21st century twist, players in a new online game who break the rules can undergo “virtual” crucifixions as punishment, […]
COMMENTARY: How Not to Make the Case for a War Against Islamists
By RNS Blog Editor — April 5, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service (UNDATED) SecDef Rumsfeld, speaking before the Army War College the other day, graded the way the United States made its case to the world on the war against Islamists. “D plus,” he said. “Maybe a D.” He’s right. And it’s worse than he thinks. Despite the beliefs of some that […]
COMMENTARY: How Not to Make the Case for a War Against Islamists
By RNS Blog Editor — April 5, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service (UNDATED) SecDef Rumsfeld, speaking before the Army War College the other day, graded the way the United States made its case to the world on the war against Islamists. “D plus,” he said. “Maybe a D.” He’s right. And it’s worse than he thinks. Despite the beliefs of some that […]
COMMENTARY: The Press Is Brave, Unless the Subject Is Islam
By RNS Blog Editor — February 23, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service (UNDATED) If only the Danish cartoonists had drawn a picture of Dick Cheney shooting … Well, we have to be careful here, don’t we. The way things are today, one could get in trouble for describing a hypothetical, nonexistent drawing. The very mention of the sinful syllables “Danish cartoonists” is […]
Southern Baptist Mission Board to Drop Plan Dumping Critical Member
By Adelle M. Banks — February 17, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Trustees of the Southern Baptist Convention’s International Mission Board have decided to drop a plan seeking the ouster of a fellow board member who criticized a policy prohibiting speaking in tongues. Board Chairman Tom Hatley announced Thursday (Feb. 16) that he intends to ask trustees at their March meeting […]
Kirtland, the Historic Place of Mormon Revelations
By RNS Blog Editor — December 23, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service KIRTLAND, Ohio _ Anyone with a birthday close to Christmas will recognize the dilemma faced by leaders of two churches linked to the man they call the Prophet Joseph Smith Jr. Smith, who is said to have discovered the Book of Mormon and while in northeast Ohio received revelations that […]
NEWS STORY: Religious Freedom Activists Praise Bush’s China Focus
By RNS Blog Editor — November 29, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Human rights activists on Monday (Nov. 21) praised President Bush’s call for religious freedom during his recent visit to China, but said the Communist government’s apparent unwillingness to make concessions is discouraging. The topic came to the foreground during the president’s week-long diplomatic swing through East Asia, which ended […]
Dalai Lama Captures America’s Attention, Admiration
By RNS Blog Editor — November 11, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ Sporting his signature red robe, large eyeglasses and playful smile, the Dalai Lama shuffled into a packed news conference to face a barrage of flashing cameras and questions. In broken but forceful English, the exiled spiritual and political leader of Tibet, now 70, had the rapt attention of […]
Nominee Calmly Coaches Youth Baseball, Regularly Attends Catholic Mass
By RNS Blog Editor — November 3, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service WEST CALDWELL, N.J. _ His neighbors have always known Samuel A. Alito Jr. was an important guy. After all, his work as a federal prosecutor and judge often made the newspapers. But in the western suburbs of Essex County, he is also known for his life away from work. Thrilled […]
Violence Escalates in Sudan as Church Groups Urge Peace Talks
By Carl Anderson — October 15, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service (UNDATED) A flare-up of violence in Sudan’s western Darfur region threatens to spiral out of control as international religious aid agencies press the Sudanese government and rebel forces to engage in substantive peace talks. Last week (Oct. 8) rebels associated with the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army killed three African Union peacekeepers […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — August 26, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service Christian Group’s Ads Target Senate Majority Leader on Stem Cells WASHINGTON (RNS) A conservative Christian group is launching ads in the crucial presidential proving grounds of Iowa to pressure Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist to change his new position on embryonic stem cell research. The Center for Reclaiming America, part […]
COMMENTARY: On This the Jihadis and Presbyterians Agree
By RNS Blog Editor — August 11, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service (UNDATED) We’re often told that Islamic terrorism has an exact mirror in Christian-inspired extremism. Sure, there are thousands of jihadis killing and maiming people of all creeds and colors, but look at Timothy McVeigh! Can’t _ he’s compost now. But when he was alive he wasn’t shouldering aside old ladies […]
COMMENTARY: Strike Up the Band, Er, Organ
By RNS Blog Editor — August 4, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service (UNDATED) On Aug. 7, several thousand young people will gather on the grounds of St. Mary Seminary in Wickliffe, Ohio, for The Fest, an annual feast where the music is their own. They will hear the pounding rock of the Christian band Skillet, and the Latin sound of another nationally […]
COMMENTARY: Clean-Cut Roberts Scares Left on Abortion, Religion and Even the Way He Looks
By RNS Blog Editor — July 28, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service (UNDATED) It’s been a few weeks, and we still don’t know exactly what John Roberts _ if that is his real name _ was doing when Roe v. Wade was decided. Working quietly in a college classroom? Playing pinball at the student union? Sitting in a darkened dorm mapping out […]
