Monthly Archives: November 2005
Faith in God’s protection
By Tracy Gordon — November 30, 2005
Quote of the Day: Mississippi Investigative Reporter Jerry Mitchell “If they kill me, they kill me. I try not to do anything stupid. My faith plays a big role. I really believe God’s hand has been in this.” -Jerry Mitchell, award-winning investigative reporter for the Jackson Clarion-Ledger in Mississippi, commenting about how he has received […]
RNS Weekly Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — November 30, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service Swedish Pastor’s Acquittal of Alleged Hate Crime Called Free Speech Win (RNS) American legal groups defending religious liberty say they are pleased with the acquittal of a Swedish pastor who had been charged with a hate crime after calling homosexuals a “cancerous tumor” in society. Pastor Ake Green was acquitted […]
Vatican Renews Rejection of Gay Priests, Says Homosexuality Not Normal
By RNS Blog Editor — November 30, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service VATICAN CITY _ The Vatican on Tuesday (Nov. 29) officially published a document barring openly gay men from entering the priesthood and immediately rushed to defend the guidelines, renewing its rejection of homosexuality as normal. Although the document draws from decades of church teaching that regards gays as “objectively disordered,” […]
At Large Seminary, New Rules to Have Little Impact on Screening of Gay Men
By Kein Eckstrom — November 30, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service EMMITSBURG, Md. _ When Joe Yokum considered a call to the Catholic priesthood five years ago, the first thing a seminary official asked him was not his understanding of the Trinity or salvation, or even why he wanted to be a priest. “Do you consider yourself to be a homosexual […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — November 30, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service Swedish Pastor’s Acquittal of Alleged Hate Crime Called Free Speech Win (RNS) American legal groups defending religious liberty say they are pleased with the acquittal of a Swedish pastor who had been charged with a hate crime after calling homosexuals a “cancerous tumor” in society. Pastor Ake Green was acquitted […]
COMMENTARY: Confession Still Good for the Soul, But It’s Bad for Your Career
By Tom Ehrich — November 30, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service (UNDATED) In the original spirit of Advent _ penitence, not shopping _ I could suggest we all confess our sins. Imagine the good it would do us to confess the sordid side of our adolescence, poor decisions made at college, slacking off at work, stupid petitions signed, harsh words spoken, […]
Former Catholic Cleric Predicts Gay Exodus from Priesthood
By RNS Blog Editor — November 30, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service RIDGEFIELD, N.J. _ He left the Catholic priesthood in 1998, he said, because he was tired of shielding his identity as a gay man from a church that condemns homosexuality. The Rev. Mariano Gargiulo, now an Episcopal priest in the Newark diocese, said he believes Tuesday’s (Nov. 29) Vatican edict […]
Terminated teacher
By Tracy Gordon — November 30, 2005
Quote of the Day: Fired Catholic Teacher Michelle McCusker “I don’t understand how a religion that prides itself on being forgiving and on valuing life could terminate me because I’m pregnant and am choosing to have this baby. I held the Catholic religion to a higher standard.” -Michelle McCusker, a Catholic-school teacher who was fired […]
Vatican’s document on gay priests
By RNS Blog Editor — November 30, 2005
Tuesday’s RNS report offers three articles on the Vatican’s official document on gay priests, release today, Nov. 29. Stacy Meichtry reports from the Vatican City: The Vatican officially published a document Tuesday (Nov. 29) that bars openly gay men from entering the priesthood and followed that up with an editorial rejecting homosexuality as abnormal. Critics […]
To Protect Kids, an Orthodox Jewish Community Unplugs the Internet
By RNS Blog Editor — November 29, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service LAKEWOOOD, N.J. _ Like so many Americans, Mesh Gelman relies on the Internet for work. But in a move that’s likely to complicate his business in international trade, he plans to unplug his home computer from the wired world, shutting out all that’s good _ and bad _ about the […]
Keeping Mikvah: Many Jewish Women Still Immerse Themselves
By RNS Blog Editor — November 29, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service (UNDATED) For many Jewish women, keeping mikvah _ immersing themselves in natural, flowing water _ is a private matter. Their husbands probably know when they leave home to visit a mikvah. Attendants may know if a woman immersed herself so completely that not a strand of her hair floated to […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — November 29, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service On Anniversary, New York Defender of the Poor Called `Future Saint’ NEW YORK (RNS) On the 25th anniversary of Dorothy Day’s death, the former New York Catholic and defender of the poor was called a 21st-century saint worthy of canonization. On Sunday (Nov. 27), Cardinal Edward Egan celebrated a Mass […]
Meaning of mikvah; Internet ban for Orthodox Jews
By RNS Blog Editor — November 29, 2005
Nancy Haught writes in Monday’s RNS report on the practice of keeping mikvah, in which Jewish women immerse themselves in a ritual bath: For many Jewish women, keeping mikvah-immersing themselves in natural, flowing water-is a private matter. Their husbands probably know when they leave home to visit a mikvah. Attendants may know if a woman […]
Pet Chaplains Help Grieve Losses of Man’s Best Friends
By RNS Blog Editor — November 29, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service (UNDATED) When her cocker spaniel died last June, Pam Carpenter was devastated. Niki was the family clown. Abused as a puppy, he thrived after Carpenter adopted him and wielded control over her husband, Don, and their seven other dogs on their North Carolina farm. So when chronic bronchitis meant Niki […]
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 […]
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