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RNS Blog Editor | Jan 1, 1997

c. 1997 Religion News Service U.S. ambassador to Ireland, a Catholic, takes Protestant communion (RNS) U.S. Ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith, the American envoy to Ireland and a Roman Catholic, took Holy Communion Sunday (Dec. 21) in Dublin's oldest Anglican _ Protestant _ cathedral, ignoring str...
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c. 1997 Religion News Service Two Rwandan Hutus sentenced to death for 1994 genocide (RNS) Two Rwandan Hutus have received the first death penalties for the 1994 slaughter of hundreds of thousands of people in their country. Deogratias Bizimana, a former medical assistant, and Egide Gatanazi...
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c. 1997 Religion News Service Texas church ordered to return tithes to bankrupt member's creditor (RNS) A Southern Baptist church in Texas has been ordered by a state judge to relinquish tithes contributed by a bankrupt church member and owed to a creditor. Harris County Civil Court Judge To...
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c. 1997 Religion News Service Swiss-American Christian imprisoned in Iran since mid-January (RNS) American Christian groups are calling for an international lobbying campaign on behalf of a Swiss-American Christian worker who has been imprisoned in Iran without charge since Jan. 12. Daniel B...
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c. 1997 Religion News Service Study: people dropping less of their income into offering baskets (RNS) A new, comprehensive study of church giving patterns has found that the overall percentage of income church members give declined slightly between 1994 and 1995 to 2.46 and was sharply below t...
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c. 1997 Religion News Service Study: Condoms don't increase teen sex rate (RNS) A new study shows that condom distribution through AIDS education programs in public high schools has not increased the rate of sexual activity among teens. But the findings do not prove condom distribution increas...
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c. 1997 Religion News Service Study says teen years key to stemming Jewish intermarriage (RNS) The teenage years are often the most critical period in determining whether young Jews marry other Jews, according to a new survey. The study _ released Tuesday (July 29) by the American Jewish Com...
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c. 1997 Religion News Service Sri Lankan priest disciplined by Vatican for controversial beliefs (RNS) A controversial Sri Lankan theologian has been disciplined by the Vatican because of his opposition to papal infallibility, the virginity of Mary, the dogma of original sin and the necessity...
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c. 1997 Religion News Service Singer Bob Dylan to perform for pope (RNS) Folk-rock legend Bob Dylan is scheduled to sing for Pope John Paul II next month at a Roman Catholic youth rally in the central Italian city of Bologna. Dylan _ whose songs include"The Times They are a-Changing"and"Blow...
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c. 1997 Religion News Service Scientists say religious faith has health benefits (RNS) A group of leading scientists has concluded that sincerely held religious or spiritual beliefs and practices can have a positive impact on physical and mental health. The scientists said faith has the powe...
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