Religion News Service | Religion, Death and Dying

COMMENTARY: Humanity, not gender, is key in capital punishment case

RNS Blog Editor | Jan 1, 1998

c. 1998 Religion News Service (Andrew M. Greeley is a Roman Catholic priest, best-selling novelist and a sociologist at the University of Chicago National Opinion Research Center. Check out his home page at http://www.agreeley.com or contact him via e-mail at agreel(at)aol.com.) UNDATED _ If wom...
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RNS Daily Digest

RNS Blog Editor | Aug 8, 1997

c. 1997 Religion News Service Rhem found guilty of sexual misconduct at church trial (RNS) A local jurisdictional body of the Reformed Church in America has found the Rev. Richard Rhem guilty of"gross sexual conduct"and has removed him from the ordained ministry of the denomination. The verd...
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RNS Daily Digest

RNS Blog Editor | Mar 25, 1997

c. 1997 Religion News Service Public schools approve clergy broadcasts (RNS) Public school officials in Gary, Ind., have agreed to sell air time on a city high school radio station to a group of ministers who want to broadcast religious programs on the weekends. The station airs news, educat...
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NEWS STORY:

RNS Blog Editor | Jan 1, 1997

c. 1997 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ With an anxious but by no means unified religious community standing in the wings, the Supreme Court Wednesday (Jan. 8) heard arguments on whether laws barring doctor-assisted suicide are legal, setting the stage for a possible landmark ruling involving t...
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BACKGROUNDER: WEIGHING THE RIGHT TO DIE: How will the Supreme Court rule?

RNS Blog Editor | Jan 1, 1997

c. 1997 Religion News Service UNDATED _ The ``right-to-die'' question to be argued before the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday (Jan. 8) is not whether Oregon can permit doctor-assisted suicide, but whether Washington, New York and other states can continue to ban the practice. The High Court will...
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BACKGROUNDER: WEIGHING THE RIGHT TO DIE: Supreme Court to consider new definition of personal freedo

RNS Blog Editor | Jan 1, 1997

c. 1997 Religion News Service UNDATED _ For most of human history in the West, a life was not one's own. A human being belonged to king or country and, above all, to God. On Wednesday (Jan. 8), the U.S. Supreme Court will consider a challenge to that notion, as it hears arguments on whether the...
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FEATURE STORY: Oregon Catholic Church takes new tack in fight against suicide law

RNS Blog Editor | Jan 1, 1997

c. 1997 Religion News Service PORTLAND, Ore. _ The Roman Catholic Church led the fight against doctor-assisted suicide in 1994 _ and learned a tough political lesson. Priests preached from the pulpit, Catholic leaders sent impassioned letters to members, and Catholic groups gave hundreds of thou...
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COMMENTARY: Supreme Court’s euthanasia ruling is good news

RNS Blog Editor | Jan 1, 1997

c. 1997 Religion News Service (Rabbi Rudin is the national interreligious affairs director of the American Jewish Committee.) UNDATED _ It was good news indeed that the Supreme Court decided to tackle the complex and emotional issue of physician-assisted suicides. And it is even better news that...
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COMMENTARY: Religious communities must prepare for complex bioethical debates

RNS Blog Editor | Jan 1, 1997

c. 1997 Religion News Service (Rabbi Rudin is the national interreligious affairs director of the American Jewish Committee). UNDATED _ Two recent court decisions dealing with the complex and emotional subject of physician-assisted suicide have raised profound issues for America's religious comm...
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COMMENTARY: People still don’t get it about cults

RNS Blog Editor | Jan 1, 1997

c. 1997 Religion News Service (Rabbi A. James Rudin is the national interreligious affairs director of the American Jewish Committee.) UNDATED _ Let me say it loud and clear to people who still don't get it about cults that carry out murder and suicide: I told you so! For more than 20 years, I...
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