Monthly Archives: January 2006
Looking for more than a phone call
By Tracy Gordon — January 26, 2006
Quote of the Day: Family Research Council President Tony Perkins “I welcome the president’s remarks-but he’d be more effective if he made them in person. Even Jimmy Carter doesn’t phone in to Habitat for Humanity.” –Family Research Council President Tony Perkins, comparing President Bush’s annual telephone call to March for Life anti-abortion protesters to former […]
Evangelicals on immigration
By RNS Blog Editor — January 26, 2006
On Immigration Issue, Big Evangelical Groups Conspicuously Mum In the latest RNS article of the week, linked above, G. Jeffrey MacDonald looks at reasons why evangelicals seem to be keeping quiet on the issue of immigration. Sample grab: Evangelicals’ hesitancy traces, observers say, to political as much as moral reservations. Evangelicals might be inclined to […]
COMMENTARY: Competition Should Inspire, Not Denigrate
By RNS Blog Editor — January 26, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Across the countries of the world, no sport is more competitive than soccer. We’ve all heard the stories of entire stadiums erupting in violence. Many world-class arenas are now ringed in wire to keep irate fans from storming the field and attacking officials or members of the opposing team. […]
Four Bishops, Including First Woman, Nominated to Head Episcopal Church
By Kein Eckstrom — January 26, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service (UNDATED) One woman and three Southern men have been nominated to lead the Episcopal Church as the badly divided denomination faces an uncertain future and threats of schism after decades of fighting. The four bishops _ J. Neil Alexander of Atlanta; Henry Parsley of Birmingham, Ala.; Edwin Gulick of Louisville, […]
Pope Benedict XVI Issues First Encyclical, on Love
By RNS Blog Editor — January 26, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service VATICAN CITY _ Pope Benedict XVI issued the first encyclical of his papacy Wednesday (Jan. 25), dedicating Roman Catholicism’s highest form of writing to a reflection on love and charity that called for a “purification” of erotic love between men and women. The encyclical, titled “Deus Caritas Est” or “God […]
Bush speaks at Kansas State University
By Tracy Gordon — January 26, 2006
Quote of the Day: President Bush “One of the great strengths of this country is our faith-based programs that rose up in indignation about the slavery that was taking place in the Sudan.” -President Bush, speaking Monday (Jan. 23) at Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kan.
RNS Weekly Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 25, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service At Annual March, Abortion Foes Find Hope in Revamped Supreme Court WASHINGTON (RNS) Abortion opponents who gathered in Washington Monday (Jan. 23) for their annual march expressed hope that President Bush’s newest nominee for the Supreme Court will help overturn the Roe vs. Wade decision. The crowd, which included priests, […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 25, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service Religious Conservatives Claim Victory After NBC Shuts `The Book of Daniel’ (RNS) Conservative critics are claiming victory after NBC pulled “The Book of Daniel,” a racy primetime drama about an Episcopal priest struggling to hold his dysfunctional family together. NBC officials in New York would not confirm or deny that […]
Nuns’ resolve; and what the assisted suicide ruling means for states and for one particular se
By RNS Blog Editor — January 25, 2006
In Tuesday’s RNS report David Briggs reports on a solution to the issue of dwindling numbers of nuns: The Sisters of St. Joseph of Cleveland, becoming part of a national trend finding strength in numbers amid rapidly declining and aging populations, have voted to join with six other congregations of St. Joseph from Louisiana to […]
Assisted Suicide Issue Painfully Personal for Senator Who Lost Depressed Son
By RNS Blog Editor — January 25, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ Oregon Sen. Gordon Smith rarely shies from action when public policy collides with his private pain. But if Senate colleagues try again to thwart his state’s assisted-suicide law, this time Smith wants no part of it. The issue has become too raw and too personal, said Smith. His […]
Seven Shrinking Communities of Nuns to Form a Single Union
By RNS Blog Editor — January 25, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service CLEVELAND _ Lucille Moran felt as if she was part of a family at St. Joseph Academy in the 1930s. She would not only play sports in every season but help the Sisters of St. Joseph of Cleveland in their work from scrubbing floors to assisting boarding students. She would […]
COMMENTARY: A Primer in Lazy Labeling of Christians
By Tom Ehrich — January 25, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service (UNDATED) It’s time for an election-year primer on how to address Christians. In the world of lazy labeling and media shorthand, terms like “evangelical,” “Christian” and “Word” are assigned meanings that aren’t helpful or true. Thus, an “evangelical Christian” is assumed to be a conservative Republican who favors war, opposes […]
Other States See Path in Ruling on Oregon’s Assisted Suicide Law
By Don Colburn — January 25, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service (UNDATED) When Oregon became the first state to legalize doctor-assisted suicide in 1997, backers hoped _ and opponents feared _ that others would follow. None did. Oregon remains the only state where a doctor can legally prescribe a drug dose aimed at hastening a patient’s death. The U.S. Supreme Court’s […]
A father breaks his silence
By Tracy Gordon — January 24, 2006
Quote of the Day: Frank Lindh, Father of Former Taliban Fighter “In simple terms, this is the story of a decent and honorable young man embarked on a spiritual quest. … He certainly didn’t go to Afghanistan to do anything against America. He never fired a gun at an American. He was simply rescued.” -Frank […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 24, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service At Annual March, Abortion Foes Find Hope in Revamped Supreme Court WASHINGTON (RNS) Abortion opponents who gathered in Washington Monday (Jan. 23) for their annual march expressed hope that President Bush’s newest nominee for the Supreme Court will help overturn the Roe vs. Wade decision. The crowdÃÂ?MDULÃÂ?, which included priests, […]
