Monthly Archives: March 2006
COMMENTARY: A Spiritual Experience at Arlington National Cemetery
By RNS Blog Editor — March 31, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Each funeral service I conduct fills me with sadness. Especially poignant is the inescapable journey to the cemetery for the recitation of prayers as the casket is lowered into the ground. But that sorrow becomes acute when I visit my parents’ shared grave in America’s most sacred space: Arlington […]
Holocaust Survivor Elie Wiesel Laments Indifference to Suffering
By RNS Blog Editor — March 31, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service SHORT HILLS, N.J. _ With 1,300 people before him _ most of them fellow Jews _ Elie Wiesel, the world-renowned author and Holocaust survivor, challenged his audience to resist the lure of indifference when it comes to the suffering of others. “You study the history of the 20th century, and […]
Christian Doctor Works in Her Home on Her Terms at Her Pace
By RNS Blog Editor — March 31, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service DAMASCUS, Ore. _ Sixteen short steps tell you worlds about what matters most to Beverly De La Bruere. Pass through the double doors of her sky blue ranch-style home, and you’re standing next to a poster-sized 90-day planner that tracks a busy family life. A few steps to the right […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — March 31, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service U.S. Bookstores Refuse to Sell Magazine With Cartoons of Prophet Muhammad (RNS) Borders bookstores and Waldenbooks, both part of the Borders Group Inc., have pulled the April-May issue of Free Inquiry from magazine racks because it includes cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad. The satiric cartoons, first published in Denmark, have […]
Church Spending on Catholic Sex Abuse Scandal Tops $1 Billion
By Kein Eckstrom — March 31, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ U.S. Catholic leaders received 783 allegations of clergy sexual abuse last year, which pushed the price tag of the scandal past $1 billion since 1950, church officials said Thursday (March 30). In addition, researchers analyzed data from previous years to try to craft a profile of abusive priests. […]
Torah Cover: The Return
By RNS Blog Editor — March 30, 2006
Torah Cover That Survived Nazis Returns to New York Family Marilyn Henry reports on a Torah cover returned to its rightful owners after being lost in Nazi-era Austria in this week’s RNS full text article, linked above. Quote: The Wesel Torah cover is the second prominent Jewish ritual object to be returned in five years. […]
Torah Cover: The Return
By RNS Blog Editor — March 30, 2006
Torah Cover That Survived Nazis Returns to New York Family Marilyn Henry reports on a Torah cover returned to its rightful owners after being lost in Nazi-era Austria in this week’s RNS full text article, linked above. Quote: The Wesel Torah cover is the second prominent Jewish ritual object to be returned in five years. […]
Eco-palms; Internet saint
By RNS Blog Editor — March 30, 2006
Adelle M. Banks reports in Wednesday’s RNS report that churches are increasingly choosing “eco-palms” for their Palm Sunday services: Combining ecology and theology, a growing number of churches are choosing “eco-palms” for their Palm Sunday services. It’s an idea that’s resonating with congregations who previously had not given much thought to where palms come from […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — March 30, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service Italy Grants Asylum to Afghan Christian Accused of Apostasy ROME (RNS) Abdul Rahman, the Afghan who faced the death penalty for converting to Christianity from Islam, arrived in Italy on Wednesday (March 29) where he received political asylum. Italy’s decision to grant Rahman, 41, asylum capped a week of intense […]
Churches Buy More Expensive `Eco-Palms’ for Palm Sunday
By Adelle M. Banks — March 30, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Combining ecology and theology, hundreds of churches are choosing “eco-palms” for their Palm Sunday services this year. It’s an idea resonating with congregations that had not previously given much thought to where palms come from, but have interests in other justice causes, such as “fair trade coffee,” that help […]
Worldwide Web Fuels Sainthood Campaign for Globe-trotting Pope
By RNS Blog Editor — March 30, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service VATICAN CITY _ The messages arriving in Monsignor Slawomir Oder’s inbox are multiplying. A mother writes from Bloomington, Ill., appealing to John Paul II from beyond the grave to heal her daughter from a sudden brain injury. Another click away, a child has been conceived in Mexico, thanks, the e-mail […]
COMMENTARY: The (Easter) Mystery of Daylight Savings Time
By Frances Kennedy — March 30, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Everybody knows the longing that comes with the returning light of spring. We call it spring fever. It fills us with a yearning that we cannot quite name, and it inspires daydreaming about destinations so vague that even FedEx couldn’t find them. Easter usually roughly coincides with the arrival […]
How do you measure prayer?
By Tracy Gordon — March 30, 2006
Quote of the Day: Rev. Raymond J. Lawrence of New York-Presbyterian Hospital “I don’t see how you could quantify prayer-either the results of it or the substance of it. God is beyond the reach of science. It’s absurd to think you could use it to examine God’s play.” -The Rev. Raymond J. Lawrence of New […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — March 29, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service Archbishop of Canterbury: Bush’s Global Warming Stance Not Christian LONDON (RNS) Singling out President Bush, the archbishop of Canterbury warned Tuesday (March 28) that politicians who fail to prevent global warming face “a very heavy responsibility before God.” Rowan Williams, the spiritual leader of the worldwide Anglican Communion, said Bush’s […]
COMMENTARY: Good Friday Reminder: Jesus an Equal Opportunity Offender
By Tom Ehrich — March 29, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service (UNDATED) “Ah, holy Jesus, how hast thou offended?” asks the Passion hymn “Herzliebster Jesu.” Amid the excitement of Palm Sunday and Easter, this Good Friday question is never easily answered. If Jesus was so manifestly good, why did his people kill him and his followers desert him? The “Hallelujah!” of […]
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