Monthly Archives: April 2008
Wis. couple charged after death of daughter
By RNS Blog Editor — April 30, 2008
A Wisconsin mother and father have been charged with second-degree reckless homicide after their 11-year-old daughter died of untreated diabetes when they prayed for her but did not take her to a doctor.
Egan angry that Giuliani took Communion at papal Mass
By RNS Blog Editor — April 30, 2008
Cardinal Edward Egan of New York says he wants to meet with former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani after Giuliani broke their “understanding” and took Communion at a papal Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral.
Using the Internet to scale cloistered walls
By RNS Blog Editor — April 30, 2008
The day Lauren Franko was inspired to become a nun, she did what many people her age would do: She logged on to the Internet in search of answers. But first, the now 21-year-old had to break the news to her boyfriend, whom she had met in an online chat room a few years earlier […]
Increasingly global Methodists struggle with diversity
By Daniel Burke — April 30, 2008
c. 2008 Religion News Service FORT WORTH, Texas _ Once the epitome of Main Street U.S.A., the United Methodist Church is rapidly becoming an increasingly international family. Put another way: The church of President Bush and Sen. Hillary Clinton is also the church of Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. And as the Liberian president stood […]
Obama slams pastor’s `destructive’ comments
By Adelle M. Banks — April 30, 2008
c. 2008 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ Using some of his strongest language to date about his former pastor, Sen. Barack Obama said Tuesday (April 29) that the Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s comments in a speech on Monday were “destructive” and contradict “everything that I’m about and who I am.” Obama, who had already distanced himself […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — April 30, 2008
c. 2008 Religion News Service Egan angry that Giuliani took Communion at papal Mass (RNS) Cardinal Edward Egan of New York says he wants to meet with former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani after Giuliani broke their “understanding” and took Communion at a papal Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral. Egan said Monday (April 28) that he had […]
Passover’s gone, but the matzo isn’t
By Jonathan Rubin — April 30, 2008
c. 2008 Religion News Service (UNDATED) It’s not just a case of post-holidays blahs. American Jews are facing another perennial challenge this week: what to do with all the leftover matzo that nobody ate. Matzo is a flat baked cracker best known for its brittle consistency and bland taste. Since all bread products are off-limits […]
Share and share alike
By Tom Ehrich — April 30, 2008
c. 2008 Religion News Service (UNDATED) At a banquet, I fell into conversation with the woman to my left and found myself explaining “cloud computing.” She hadn’t heard about using the Internet to collaborate on sharing information. So I drew a diagram and explained how it works. What was so important? Staying current on technology, […]
Using the Internet to scale cloistered walls
By RNS Blog Editor — April 30, 2008
The day Lauren Franko was inspired to become a nun, she did what many people her age would do: She logged on to the Internet in search of answers. But first, the now 21-year-old had to break the news to her boyfriend, whom she had met in an online chat room a few years earlier […]
Oops He Did It Again
By Kevin Eckstrom — April 29, 2008
When Pope Benedict XVI visited St. Patrick’s Cathedral last weekend for a Mass with U.S. priests and assorted New York dignitaries, many observers were trying to read the tea leaves about what (if anything) was meant by allowing former Gotham mayor Rudy Giuliani to receive Communion. Giuliani, you’ll recall, is an outspoken supporter of abortion […]
Remember 1960
By Mark Silk — April 29, 2008
In the wake of the latest Wright/Obama tempest, a view is taking hold (see Ambinder here) that the Wrights of the world would actually prefer to see Obama lose, inasmuch as an Obama victory would give the lie to their conviction that the American deck is irredeemably stacked against people of color. This analysis might […]
Obama Denounces Wright
By rvineis — April 29, 2008
Obama v. Wright
By Mark Silk — April 29, 2008
“Yesterday he caricatured himself.” That sounds about right to me. Andrew Sullivan is fired up, and ready to go again. Now let’s see how it plays in the less sympathetic reaches of the commentariat.
Lest you thought the wafer watch was over
By Mark Silk — April 29, 2008
New York’s Cardinal Egan thought he had a deal with Rudy Giuliani that he’d never take Communion in his archdiocese. And then America’s pro-choice former mayor went ahead and did so at St. Pat’s, with His Holiness himself a few steps away. Nine days later, Egan fired his blast from the archdiocesan website. Giuliani, tracked […]
Episcopal Church sues breakaway bishop for control of money, property
By RNS Blog Editor — April 29, 2008
The Episcopal Church is suing a breakaway conservative bishop to gain control of property and assets in dispute since his California diocese seceded from the national church last year.
