Monthly Archives: June 2005
Experts Warn Houses of Worship at Risk After Court Ruling
By Eboo Patel — June 25, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ Religious institutions may be more vulnerable to takeover through eminent domain after Thursday’s (June 23) Supreme Court ruling that gives local governments greater power to seize properties for private economic development, according to some religious and civil rights advocacy groups. Churches, mosques, synagogues and other nonprofit religious entities […]
Comedy of the `Allah Tour’ Has Muslims Laughing
By Michael McIntyre — June 25, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service CLEVELAND _ Even for those non-Muslims who know Islam is far more than a religion of violent zealots, the idea of a Muslim comedy show may seem incongruous. Muslims laughing? Yes, actually. And guffawing, snorting, even gasping for air. “My stomach is hurting, I was laughing so hard,” said Arooj […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — June 25, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service Fed Up With Pilgrims, Owner of House Where Pope Was Born Wants Out (RNS) Fed up with pilgrims, the owner of the 18th century house in the Bavarian town of Marktl where Pope Benedict XVI was born is looking for a buyer. “I want my private life back,” Claudia Dandl […]
COMMENTARY: Shame on Dick Durbin for His Nazi Analogy
By RNS Blog Editor — June 25, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Despite laboring in the shocked-and-appalled trade as an opinion writer, I stopped being shocked and appalled years ago. I embraced the wisdom of the late Peter Lisagor, Washington bureau chief of the Chicago Daily News, who said hyperbole is to Washington what craps is to Las Vegas. Last Thursday […]
Christian family relations
By RNS Blog Editor — June 24, 2005
Quote of the Day: William Franklin Graham IV, Billy Graham’s grandson “We’re a Christian family. … The only way to the father is through the son, not through the grandson.” -William Franklin Graham IV, the grandson of evangelist Billy Graham, jokingly explaining his response when people ask him if they can meet his famous grandfather. […]
Christian family relations
By RNS Blog Editor — June 24, 2005
Quote of the Day: William Franklin Graham IV, Billy Graham’s grandson “We’re a Christian family. … The only way to the father is through the son, not through the grandson.” -William Franklin Graham IV, the grandson of evangelist Billy Graham, jokingly explaining his response when people ask him if they can meet his famous grandfather. […]
COMMENTARY: Bishops, Doctors and Their Tottering Hierarchies
By RNS Blog Editor — June 24, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Two of America’s oldest hierarchies, the American Medical Association and the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, tottered into Chicago during the same week recently. They shared overlapping interests. Medicine’s goal is health and that of religion is holiness. Along with wholeness that is kindred to both, these come from […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — June 24, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service Vatican, Russian Orthodox Officials Find Common Ground Against Secularism VATICAN CITY (RNS) High-ranking Vatican and Russian Orthodox officials agreed Thursday (June 23) on the need for both churches to join in affirming “spiritual values” to combat growing secularism in the world. Cardinal Walter Kasper, the Vatican’s chief ecumenical officer, met […]
COMMENTARY: Billy Graham, An Evangelistic `Lion in Winter’
By RNS Blog Editor — June 24, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Politicians have a “Last Hurrah.” Athletes take a “Victory Lap.” For Billy Graham, who announced the current New York City crusade would be his final one in America, it’s a “Last Hallelujah.” Graham, the nation’s most prominent religious leader for more than 50 years, is 86 years old and […]
Pope to European Unbelievers: Live as Though God Exists
By RNS Blog Editor — June 24, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service ROME _ In his first book to be published since he became leader of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Benedict XVI challenges non-believing Europeans of the 21st century to live as though God does exist. “Even he who does not succeed in finding the way to the acceptance of God […]
Ending Convention, Southern Baptists Commission Bronze Statue of Billy Graham
By Adelle M. Banks — June 24, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service NASHVILLE, Tenn. _ Southern Baptists have commissioned a bronze statue of their most famous evangelist, Billy Graham, that will depict him with his hands outstretched, holding a Bible, standing in front of a huge cross. The decision was officially announced Wednesday (June 22), on the last day of Southern Baptists’ […]
This Week’s e-Newsletter
By RNS Blog Editor — June 23, 2005
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This Week’s e-Newsletter
By RNS Blog Editor — June 23, 2005
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RNS Article of the Week
By RNS Blog Editor — June 23, 2005
Party Hearty Festivals Create New Evangelism Model The RNS article of the week takes a look at Luis Palau festivals, and compares them to a Billy Graham crusade. Key quote: Palau-a youthful 70-has reached more than 4.4 million people with a party approach to evangelism featuring a slogan of “Great Music. Good News.” It has […]
RNS Article of the Week
By RNS Blog Editor — June 23, 2005
Party Hearty Festivals Create New Evangelism Model The RNS article of the week takes a look at Luis Palau festivals, and compares them to a Billy Graham crusade. Key quote: Palau-a youthful 70-has reached more than 4.4 million people with a party approach to evangelism featuring a slogan of “Great Music. Good News.” It has […]
