Monthly Archives: November 2006
Renegade Archbishop Rejects Excommunication
By Timothy Isaiah Cho — November 14, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ Archbishop Emmanuel Milingo, the renegade Zambian cleric who was excommunicated for ordaining four bishops without Vatican approval, said Wednesday (Sept. 26) that he will continue to function as an archbishop regardless of what the Vatican says. Milingo, who has angered church officials with his on-again, off-again marriage to […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — November 14, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service Muslim Leaders Ask Pope for Direct Apology (RNS) Representatives of 57 Islamic states expressed concern on Tuesday (Sept. 26) that recent remarks by Pope Benedict XVI reveal a “lack of correct information about the Holy Quran, the Prophet (Muhammad) and the Islamic faith.” The Organization of the Islamic Conference asked […]
It’s Not a Clergy Shortage, but a Pulpit Shortage
By RNS Blog Editor — November 14, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service CLEVELAND _ After four years studying theology and earning his master of divinity degree, the Rev. Chuck Kaliszewski’s United Methodist Church hasn’t yet embraced him as a permanent member of its clergy. Still, he defied the odds and found a preaching job. Kaliszewski, 53, launched what he calls his third […]
GUEST COMMENTARY: Engel Responds: Kennedy’s the Only One Laughing
By RNS Blog Editor — November 14, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service (UNDATED) In his Aug. 30 commentary for Religion News Service, “Abbott More Like Costello in Attacks on Bernardin,” Eugene Kennedy attacked columnist Matt Abbott for his comments on the late Cardinal Joseph Bernardin’s role in the rise of what I call the “Homosexual Collective” in the Roman Catholic Church. Abbott’s […]
COMMENTARY : The Wrong Solution to the Wrong Problem
By Frances Kennedy — November 14, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service (UNDATED) America’s Catholic bishops have released their new guidelines for seminary training. Here’s the question: Do these regulations represent their perception of _ and solution to _ the sex abuse scandal that has engulfed the church for nearly five years? If so, church leaders apparently believe that a lack of […]
10 Minutes With … Matthew Dowd
By Bridget MacDonald — November 14, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service (UNDATED) As chief strategist for President Bush’s 2004 re-election campaign, Matthew J. Dowd helped eke out a victory despite surveys that depicted an electorate uneasy over Iraq, the economy and where the nation was headed. Now Dowd says churches can apply the same techniques that worked for Bush. “Whether your […]
Prayers Offered for Judiciary as Catholics Dominate Supreme Court
By Daniel Burke — November 14, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ At an annual Mass attended by this city’s Roman Catholic elite, including four Supreme Court justices, new Washington Archbishop Donald Wuerl told packed pews of worshippers on Sunday (Oct. 1) that America must honor its moral and religious roots. On the Sunday before the Supreme Court opens its […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — November 14, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service Suit Filed Over `Shabbos House’ for Orthodox Jews NEW YORK (RNS) The federal government has filed a lawsuit alleging religious discrimination against a small town that denied a zoning variance to a residence where Orthodox Jews stay on the Sabbath while visiting patients in the hospital. The facility, Bikur Cholim, […]
Fasting Isn’t for the Faint of Heart
By RNS Blog Editor — November 14, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Jews worldwide began fasting at sunset Sunday (Oct. 1) in observance of Yom Kippur, while Muslims are continuing their monthlong daytime abstinence from food and drink during the penitential season of Ramadan. Fasting isn’t embraced by every medical professional, but millions of people have practiced this form of self-denial […]
Young Iranians Find New Meaning in Ancient Death Rituals
By RNS Blog Editor — November 14, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service SHIRAZ, Iran _ The family matriarch lay in her bed as the night wind blew warmly through the window. She would die on this night, just short of her 110th birthday, leaving behind eight grown children and 32 grandchildren. When Aija Gholamy passed, her family began its mourning in a […]
GUEST COMMENTARY: Living and Dying by the Sword
By RNS Blog Editor — November 14, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Not long ago I appeared on “The O’Reilly Factor” to discuss possible solutions in the “war on terror.” I was asked to share a moderate Christian perspective. Beginning with Jesus’ words, “For all who take the sword will perish by the sword,” I explained how this admonition applied to […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — November 14, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service Wiccans Sue for Pentacle Marker on Veterans’ Graves WASHINGTON (RNS) A prominent church-state watchdog group filed suit Monday (Nov. 13) against the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for not recognizing the Wiccan symbol as an approved emblem for veterans’ memorial plaques. Thirty-eight symbols representing numerous faiths are on the VA’s […]
Catholic Bishops Call for Iraq Exit `At the Earliest Opportunity’
By Daniel Burke — November 14, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service BALTIMORE _ The nation’s Catholic bishops on Monday (Nov. 13) called for U.S. troops to withdraw from Iraq “at the earliest opportunity.” “Our nation’s military forces should remain in Iraq only so long as their presence contributes to a responsible transition,” the statement reads. “Our nation should look for effective […]
Youth Ministers Use MySpace to Keep an Eye on Kids
By RNS Blog Editor — November 14, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Youth minister Lara Blackwood starts her day the same way most of the young people at her church do _ she signs on at MySpace.com. “Any time they post a new blog, I get a message in my e-mail and cell phone that such and such has posted a […]
Sen. Allen Joins Jon Stewart, `Borat’ on Annual List of Top Jews
By Jonathan Tilove — November 14, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service (UNDATED) OK, so George Allen won’t be returning to the U.S. Senate in January, and chances are he’ll never occupy the White House. But, at the end of what had to be one of the worst weeks of his life, the Jewish newspaper the Forward named Allen the 51st member […]
