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COMMENTARY: Choices

| Jan 1, 2000

c. 2000 Religion News Service (Tom Ehrich is a writer and computer consultant, managing large-scale database implementations. An Episcopal priest, he lives in Durham, N.C.) (UNDATED) On the drive to work, I push the radio button for classical music and come across Beethoven's ``Fur Elise,'' whos...
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NEWS FEATURE: Rabbi Promotes Sex by the Good Book

| Jan 1, 2000

c. 2000 Religion News Service ENGLEWOOD, N.J. _ He's rabbi to the stars, even when the stars aren't Jewish. He's been Michael Jackson's confidant, Howard Stern's relationship counselor and Roseanne Arnold's matchmaker. Meet Shmuley Boteach, Lubavitcher Jew and best-selling author of last year's ``...
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NEWS STORY: Report Warns on Ethical Dangers of Gene Modification

| Jan 1, 2000

c. 2000 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ Like the residents of Garrison Keillor's Lake Wobegon, many parents want their children to be ``above average.'' If they could, they'd design their offspring to be healthy, good-looking and intelligent. Such hopes were once relegated to science fiction....
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NEWS STORY: Candidates Dodge Bullet on Nuclear Morality Issue

| Jan 1, 2000

c. 2000 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ As Texas Gov. George W. Bush and Vice President Al Gore pepper their campaigns with references to the need for faith and morality in the nation, two faith leaders who polled the men on their views of nuclear weapons accuse them of ``political immorality''...
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NEWS FEATURE: Artist Brings Meditative Labyrinths to Capitol Hill

| Jan 1, 2000

c. 2000 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ According to legend, kings in ancient Scotland strolled the passageways of labyrinths when they needed to meditate or ponder difficult decisions. Within labyrinths, it was thought, lay the route to wisdom, peace and knowledge. Centuries later, a Virgini...
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NEWS STORY: Pope Tells Diplomats to Learn From the Past

| Jan 1, 2000

c. 2000 Religion News Service VATICAN CITY _ Urging the world to"draw lessons from the past"in its journey through the new millennium, Pope John Paul II appealed Monday (Jan. 10) for an end to war and poverty and respect for human life and the family. The Roman Catholic pontiff devoted his annua...
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NEWS STORY: Vatican Attacks Legal Status for Unmarried Couples, Homosexual Unions

| Jan 1, 2000

c. 2000 Religion News Service VATICAN CITY _ The Vatican warned Tuesday (Nov. 21) that giving legal status to unmarried couples and to homosexual relationships would cause ``grave damage'' to the institution of the family and to society as a whole. The Pontifical Council for the Family issued th...
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NEWS STORY: Vatican Attacks Legal Status for Unmarried Couples, Homosexual Unions

| Jan 1, 2000

c. 2000 Religion News Service VATICAN CITY _ The Vatican warned Tuesday (Nov. 21) that giving legal status to unmarried couples and to homosexual relationships would cause ``grave damage'' to the institution of the family and to society as a whole. The Pontifical Council for the Family issued th...
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NEWS STORY: Vatican Reaffirms Ban on Communion for Divorced Catholics Who Remarry

| Jan 1, 2000

c. 2000 Religion News Service VATICAN CITY _ The Vatican on Thursday (July 6) ruled out any relaxation of its ban on communion for divorced Roman Catholics who have remarried, declaring the prohibition derives from divine law and can never be changed. The Pontifical Council for the Interpretatio...
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NEWS STORY: Pope approves sainthood for Katharine Drexel, beatification for John XXIII

| Jan 1, 2000

c. 2000 Religion News Service VATICAN CITY _ Pope John Paul II cleared the way Thursday (Jan. 26) for Katharine Drexel, a Philadelphia heiress who ministered to Native and African-Americans, to become a saint and John XXIII, the most beloved pope of the 20th century, to be declared blessed during...
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