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NEWS STORY: Serbian Orthodox Bishop Struggles to Find Path to Peace
c. 2000 Religion News Service
GRACANICA, Yugoslavia _ Early on a recent Friday morning, Kosovo's Bishop Artemije prayed, as he usually does, with a couple dozen nuns and monks inside Gracanica Monastery.
As rays of morning sunshine caught particles of incense, the nuns sang in Old Church Slavoni...
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RNS Daily Digest
c. 2000 Religion News Service
Fate of Conjoined Twins Sets Off Ethical, Moral Debate in Britain
(RNS) Conjoined 1-month-old twins are at the center of an ethical and moral debate in Britain after a judge ordered the twins to be separated so that one might live, even though the parents object to...
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NEWS STORY: Episcopalians Reprimand Dioceses That Do Not Ordain Women
c. 2000 Religion News Service
DENVER _ The Episcopal Church on Thursday (July 13) took the first step to reprimand three conservative dioceses that refuse to allow women as pastors, 24 years after the church approved women's ordination.
The dioceses of Fort Worth, Texas, Quincy, Ill., and San Jo...
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NEWS FEATURE: Prison Accorded `Cathedral Status’ for Jubilee Mass
c. 2000 Religion News Service
CLEVELAND _ They came in with their game faces, two dozen women in blue uniforms with the practiced indifference of prisoners, their steely gazes set forward. They were followed by some 25 male inmates, betraying even less emotion and a greater attitude of toughness,...
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NEWS FEATURE: A Golden Make-over for Cleveland Orthodox Church
c. 2000 Religion News Service
CLEVELAND _ Sergei Mitrofanov was vexed. He wanted to show a visitor how a restoration crew is applying small sheets of gold leaf to architectural details at St. Theodosius Orthodox Cathedral in this city's Tremont neighborhood. But first he had to find a piece of gol...
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NEWS FEATURE: Martyr Romero: No Honored Prophet in His Hometown
c. 2000 Religion News Service
CIUDAD BARRIOS, El Salvador _ While many Salvadorans are commemorating the 20th anniversary of Oscar Romero's assassination this week by attending public ceremonies, forums, lectures, vigils and even art exhibits, the late archbishop's hometown seems to be turning its...
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NEWS FEATURE: Southern Baptist Women Serve Despite Restrictions
c. 2000 Religion News Service
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. _ A trinity of Tennessee Southern Baptist churchwomen _ a five-term deacon, a new chaplain and a veteran minister of education _ offers a contrasting picture of leadership in a denomination whose faith statement now excludes women from pastoral offi...
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NEWS STORY: Episcopalians Reprimand Dioceses That Do Not Ordain Women
c. 2000 Religion News Service
DENVER _ The Episcopal Church on Thursday (July 13) took the first step to reprimand three conservative dioceses that refuse to allow women as pastors, 24 years after the church approved women's ordination.
The dioceses of Fort Worth, Texas, Quincy, Ill., and San Jo...
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NEWS STORY: Archdiocese of Boston Checking for Criminal Background of Staff, Volunteers
c. 2000 Religion News Service
BOSTON _ In a move intended to shore up credibility for the scandal-weary Roman Catholic Church, the Archdiocese of Boston has started doing thousands of criminal background checks on parish employees and volunteers.
But despite the new policy's sweeping scope, it e...
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RNS Daily Digest
c. 2000 Religion News Service
Archbishop Carey Urges End to Sudan Civil War
(RNS) Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey issued a powerful plea for reconciliation in the Sudan on Sunday (April 30) when he preached at the installment of the Right Rev. Joseph Marona, the new Anglican archbishop of...
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