Monthly Archives: January 1998
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1998
c. 1998 Religion News Service Catholic prelate: Cloning is disrespect for life (RNS) Cardinal William Keeler, archbishop of Baltimore, told Congress on Thursday (Feb. 12) that the cloning of human beings shows disrespect rather than respect for human life.”Cloning is not wrong because cloned human beings lack human dignity _ it is wrong because they […]
NEWS SIDEBAR: Groups aiding in Hurricane Mitch relief
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1998
c. 20013 Telephone: 1-800-HELP-NOW Spanish: 1-800-257-7575 Baptist World Aid 6733 Curran Street McClean, VA 22101-3804 Telephone: (703) 790-8980 CARE 151 Ellis Street NE Atlanta, GA 30303-2426 Telephone: 1-800-521-2273 Catholic Relief Services P.O. Box 17090 Baltimore, MD 21203-7090 Telephone: 1-800-235-2772 Childreach 155 Plan Way Warwich, RI 02886-1099 Telephone: 1-800-556-7918 Christian Children’s Fund 2821 Emerywood Parkway P.O. […]
RNS DAILY Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1998
c. 1998 Religion News Service Church of England set to debate Britain’s drug policies (RNS) For the first time, the general synod of the Church of England is set to publicly debate Britain’s drug problem and the government policies used to tackle it, including the volatile issue of easing laws prohibiting drug use. The synod, […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1998
c. 1998 Religion News Service Church World Service plans more aid for North Korea (RNS) Church World Service, the relief and humanitarian arm of the National Council of Churches, has announced it plans to send $500,000 in new aid to North Korea to help people survive the next crucial”crunch”in March or April, when basic food […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1998
c. 1998 Religion News Service Canadian police close Sikh temple fearing factional feud (RNS) Police in Vancouver, British Columbia, closed one of Canada’s largest Sikh temples Sunday (Aug. 2), fearing a clash between moderate and conservative factions. Vancouver Police Chief Bruce Chambers said the officers acted after failing to mediate a long-running religious dispute at […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1998
c. 1998 Religion News Service Calif. congregation to leave United Methodist Church (RNS) Some 200 members of the Kingsburg (Calif.) United Methodist Church _ virtually the entire membership _ have declared that”in Christian conscience”they can no longer remain in the mainline Protestant denomination. Methodist officials said it is the largest single withdrawal of members since […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1998
c. 1998 Religion News Service Churches denounce Northern Ireland bombing (RNS) Church leaders in Europe have denounced last weekend’s bombing in Omagh, Northern Ireland, which took the lives of 28 people, including seven children and 14 women.”That such an unspeakable crime should have been committed, in which so many innocent people have suffered death, injury […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1998
c. 1998 Religion News Service Canadian Catholic editor:”positive side effects”to abortion killings (RNS) The editor of the the British Columbia Catholic, the newspaper of the archdiocese of Vancouver, has written that killing doctors who perform abortions”might have some positive side effects.” The editor, Paul Schratz, made his comments in an editorial on the slaying of […]
RNS News Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1998
c. 1998 Religion News Service Christian retailers voice concerns about book company merger (RNS) Christian retailers have voiced concerns about how the plans of Barnes & Noble to purchase Ingram Book Group will affect their business. Ingram Book Group, a subsidiary of Nashville, Tenn.-based Ingram Industries, owns Spring Arbor Distributors, a major wholesale distributor to […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1998
c. 1998 Religion News Service Catholic priest doesn’t regret giving Clinton communion (RNS) A Roman Catholic priest in South Africa who broke church rules by giving Holy Communion to President Clinton, a Southern Baptist, said Thursday (April 2) he believes he acted correctly.”I’m ready to put my head on the block for that,”said the Rev. […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1998
c. 1998 Religion News Service Church women call for canceling poor nations’ debts (RNS) The 125-member U.S. delegation who attended the festival marking the end of the Ecumenical Decade of the Churches in Solidarity with Women has written President Clinton calling for”the complete cancellation of debts for the most heavily indebted countries as a first […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1998
c. 1998 Religion News Service Christian Reformed Church: abortion is `North American atrocity’ (RNS) After first deciding to make no further statement on abortion, the Christian Reformed Church, in the closing hours of its annual Synod meeting, adopted a statement Friday (June 19) labeling it”a North American atrocity.” In an unexpected move in the closing […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1998
c. 1998 Religion News Service British bioethicist: U.S. `libertarian’ view might lead to human cloning (RNS) A leading British bioethicist has warned that the”libertarian”views of some scientists in the United States could lead to the first attempts at cloning humans.”The position in Europe (against attempts at cloning humans) is reasonably assured, but the concern is […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1998
c. 1998 Religion News Service Ideological conflicts, social issues dominate Baptist meetings (RNS) Conflicts between conservatives and moderates and debates over social issues such as homosexuality highlighted this fall’s annual meetings of Southern Baptist state conventions. In Texas, moderates tightened their control of the nation’s largest state Baptist group, the Baptist General Convention of Texas. […]
NEWS FEATURE: Archbishop’s directive silences church concerts
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1998
c. 1998 Religion News Service HARTFORD, Conn. _ Last March, a crowd of several hundred people packed the pews of St. Patrick-St. Anthony Church in Hartford for a concert by the choral group CONCORA. The music _ most of it slow-moving, ethereal pieces by such 20th-century “mystical” composers as Arvo Part and Henryk Gorecki _ […]
