Monthly Archives: October 2004
NEWS STORY: Anglicans Look to the `Global South’ for Future
By Kein Eckstrom — October 14, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service (UNDATED) If you ask Christians to locate the spiritual center of their faith on a map, Anglicans might point to Canterbury, Catholics to Rome and the Orthodox to Istanbul. But ask Todd Johnson to locate the population center of global Christianity, and he places it somewhere in the neighborhood of […]
NEWS DIGEST: Religion in Canada
By RNS Blog Editor — October 14, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service High Court Hears From Faith Groups on Same-Sex Marriage OTTAWA (RNS) Canada’s Supreme Court will rule next year on legalizing gay marriage after some religious opponents to the proposal had their say, capping two days of hearings. Several religious organizations appeared before the court to argue against same-sex unions, including […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — October 14, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service Seattle Review Panel Says Celibacy Helped `Set the Stage’ for Abuse (RNS) A lay review panel in the Archdiocese of Seattle said the Catholic Church’s celibacy requirement for priests helped “set the stage for the deviant behavior” of clergy sexual abuse. The 10-member Case Review Board said mandatory celibacy was […]
NEWS STORY: World Vision Launches Ad Campaign to Combat Child Sex Tourism
By RNS Blog Editor — October 14, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ A Christian relief organization, the U.S. State Department, and the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement have launched a global advertising campaign to fight child sex tourism by Americans traveling abroad. An estimated 2 million children are trapped in the multi-billion dollar global commercial sex trade, according to World […]
RNS Weekly Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — October 13, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service Supreme Court to Consider Ten Commandments Cases (RNS) The U.S. Supreme Court has decided to hear two cases relating to ongoing questions about the constitutionality of displays of the Ten Commandments in public places. Legal groups who have long hoped the high court would address this issue _ for the […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — October 13, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service Supreme Court to Consider Ten Commandments Cases (RNS) The U.S. Supreme Court has decided to hear two cases relating to ongoing questions about the constitutionality of displays of the Ten Commandments in public places. Legal groups who have long hoped the high court would address this issue _ for the […]
NEWS STORY: Faith-Based Groups Tour America to Promote Election-Year Civility
By RNS Blog Editor — October 13, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service (UNDATED) The Rev. Jay Geisler invited Call to Renewal to his church because he’s weary of Christians squabbling over ideology, and desperate to address the poverty and hopelessness in the neighborhoods around St. Stephen Episcopal Church in McKeesport, Pa. Call to Renewal is one of several faith-related groups touring the […]
COMMENTARY: Faith in Finding Your Song
By RNS Blog Editor — October 13, 2004
c. 2004 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. Visit his Web site at http://www.onajourney.org.) (UNDATED) “Here, an early birthday present,” says my wife, as she hands me a CD of songs by Mark Knopfler. We heard Knopfler a […]
NEWS FEATURE: Author’s Feminine Trilogy Brings Women of Scripture to Life
By RNS Blog Editor — October 13, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service PARIS _ It is dawn in the ancient city-state of Ur, and Sarai has just woken up. She rushes to the courtyard of her family’s sumptuous residence and stares at the blood on her hands. “She closed her eyes to hold back her tears. She did not need to know […]
NEWS STORY: Mystery Lingers After University President Resigns in Scandal
By RNS Blog Editor — October 12, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service NEW ORLEANS _ A year after his abrupt resignation over allegations of sexual abuse of a minor 18 years ago, the whereabouts of former Loyola University President Bernard Knoth remains an enigma to dozens of former colleagues, while the process for deciding his future as a Catholic priest is murky, […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — October 12, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service Muslims, ACLU Object to Intelligence Overhaul Bill (RNS) Muslim, civil liberties and human rights organizations are voicing opposition to legislation they believe expands the Patriot Act and denies civil liberties to immigrants. “The 9/11 Recommendations Implementation Act,” which passed the House in a 282-134 vote Friday (Oct. 8), details a […]
NEWS STORY: Religious Groups Weigh in as Supreme Court Considers Juvenile Executions
By RNS Blog Editor — October 12, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ Death row inmate Christopher Simmons will have the support of more than 30 religious organizations Wednesday (Oct. 13) when the Supreme Court considers whether he and other juvenile offenders deserve the death penalty. United by their conviction that juvenile executions are morally unacceptable, Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist and […]
NEWS FEATURE: Two Southern Baptist Families Seek Controversial Cure to Deadly Disease
By RNS Blog Editor — October 9, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service GROVE HILL, Ala. _ Wilbur Newton has traveled to a fearsome destination. The once-healthy hunter and family man, provider and prankster can no longer move, or talk, or feed himself. He is like a foreigner trying haltingly to communicate in a strange country. At his early 56th birthday party last […]
NEWS STORY: Thousands Expected to Rally for Traditional Marriage
By Adelle M. Banks — October 9, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ A multicultural throng of evangelical Christians plans to spend three hours on the National Mall Oct. 15 to demonstrate their continuing support for a constitutional amendment that would declare marriage to be strictly between a man and a woman. “We didn’t start this fight,” said the Rev. Ken […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — October 9, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service Pope Declares `Year of the Eucharist’ to Promote Peace VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope John Paul II on Friday (Oct. 8) declared October 2004 to October 2005 the “Year of the Eucharist” and urged Catholics to learn from the sacrament to become “promoters of communion, peace and solidarity.” To open the […]
