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NEWS STORY: International Church Groups in Holy Land Ready for Iraq War
By Elaine Fletcher — January 1, 2003
c. 2003 Religion News Service JERUSALEM _ Basement music rooms have been converted to a “sealed” bomb shelter designed to protect against possible chemical or biological attack. Students have been drilled to get into the rooms in three minutes flat. While international schools elsewhere in Israel and the Middle East region have already closed their […]
NEWS FEATURE: The Good Shepherds: Numbers Crunch Creates Crisis in Priesthood
By David Briggs — January 1, 2003
c. 2003 Religion News Service CLEVELAND _ Each month, the Cleveland Catholic Diocese sends Father Thomas Dunphy a 2-inch-tall stack of documents _ resources for Catholic education; ways to integrate Hispanics, gays and ex-Catholics into parish life; updates on Lenten rules. Each month, the pastor of St. Martin of Tours in Valley City, Ohio, tosses […]
COMMENTARY: At the End of Year Two, a Time for Right Remembering
By Tom Ehrich — January 1, 2003
c. 2003 Religion News Service (Tom Ehrich is a writer and computer consultant, managing large-scale database implementations. An Episcopal priest, he lives in Durham, N.C.) (UNDATED) The last Friday of Year Two is an exhilarating day. Sunny and cool, perfect for driving with the top down. Meetings at work go well. My business development initiatives […]
NEWS SIDEBAR: Kibbutz Promotes Arab-Israeli Coexistence
By Elaine Fletcher — January 1, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service KIBBUTZ LOHAMEI HA GHETTAOT, Israel _ After the first round of violent confrontations this fall between Arabs and Jews within Israel and the Israeli-occupied territories, 18-year-old Manar Fawakhri noticed that people in her Arab Galilee village were looking at her a little askance. “One of my friends taunted me saying, […]
NEWS SIDEBAR: Kibbutz Promotes Arab-Israeli Coexistence
By Elaine Fletcher — January 1, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service KIBBUTZ LOHAMEI HA GHETTAOT, Israel _ After the first round of violent confrontations this fall between Arabs and Jews within Israel and the Israeli-occupied territories, 18-year-old Manar Fawakhri noticed that people in her Arab Galilee village were looking at her a little askance. “One of my friends taunted me saying, […]
NEWS SIDEBAR: Kibbutz Promotes Arab-Israeli Coexistence
By Elaine Fletcher — January 1, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service KIBBUTZ LOHAMEI HA GHETTAOT, Israel _ After the first round of violent confrontations this fall between Arabs and Jews within Israel and the Israeli-occupied territories, 18-year-old Manar Fawakhri noticed that people in her Arab Galilee village were looking at her a little askance. “One of my friends taunted me saying, […]
NEWS SIDEBAR: Kibbutz Promotes Arab-Israeli Coexistence
By Elaine Fletcher — January 1, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service KIBBUTZ LOHAMEI HA GHETTAOT, Israel _ After the first round of violent confrontations this fall between Arabs and Jews within Israel and the Israeli-occupied territories, 18-year-old Manar Fawakhri noticed that people in her Arab Galilee village were looking at her a little askance. “One of my friends taunted me saying, […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service Texas Baptist Convention Adopts Policy toimport Monitor Clergy Abuse (RNS) The Baptist General Convention of Texas has adopted a policy for monitoring complaints of clergy sexual abuse. The executive board of the state convention of Southern Baptists made the decision Sept. 26, based on the recommendation of a task force, […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service Texas Baptist Convention Adopts Policy toimport Monitor Clergy Abuse (RNS) The Baptist General Convention of Texas has adopted a policy for monitoring complaints of clergy sexual abuse. The executive board of the state convention of Southern Baptists made the decision Sept. 26, based on the recommendation of a task force, […]
NEWS STORY: U.S. criticism of China on religious freedom could impact Clinton-Jiang meet
By Ira Rifkin — September 10, 1999
c. 1999 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ A State Department report Thursday (Sept. 9) criticized China for its”government intolerance”of free religious expression, just days before President Clinton is expected to meet with China’s president at an Asia-Pacific summit in New Zealand. The criticism came in the department’s first annual international religious freedom report, a 1,100-page […]
COMMENTARY: The need for a church’s welcoming presence
By Tom Ehrich — July 28, 1999
c. 1999 Religion News Service (Tom Ehrich is a writer and computer consultant, managing large-scale database implementations. He lives in Durham, N.C.) UNDATED _ Eight weeks in Europe leave me tired and disoriented. Tired, because eight weeks of business travel is tiring. Disoriented, because I return from hotel living in Italy and Spain to a […]
NEWS STORY: Minister in same-sex union trial accused of shirking duty
By Matthew Bowman — January 1, 1999
c. 1999 Religion News Service DOWNERS GROVE, Ill. _ Sounding every bit a prosecutor while claiming not to be one, the Rev. Stephen C. Williams tore into fellow United Methodist minister Gregory Dell Thursday (March 25) in his opening statement at Dell’s church trial for presiding at a same-sex union ceremony. The trial was expected […]
NEWS FEATURE: Native religions seek acceptance at interfaith meeting
By Elaine Fletcher — January 1, 1999
c. 1999 Religion News Service AMMAN, Jordan _ Kathy Malera-Bandjalan’s spiritual homeland is a mountain of gold. The mountain, nestled in central Australia’s remote bush country, has been the home of her aboriginal tribe for generations, the site of prayer, burial and indigenous religious rituals. But the mineral rich site has also long been the […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1999
c. 1999 Religion News Service Pope arrives in New Delhi to bolster Catholic presence in Asia (RNS) Pope John Paul II arrived in New Delhi amid tight security Friday (Nov. 5) to begin a three-day visit aimed at bolstering the minority Roman Catholic presence in India and the rest of Asia over the angry protests […]
NEWS STORY: Vatican calls for improved ecumenism training for laity, parish priests
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1998
c. 1998 Religion News Service VATICAN CITY _ The Roman Catholic Church called on seminaries and Catholic universities Monday (March 9) to beef up their efforts at teaching ecumenism, saying the search for Christian unity will be imperiled unless Catholic priests and laity at the parish level become more fully engaged in the movement.”Ecumenism cannot […]
