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NEWS STORY: Thousands urge Clinton to ban late-term abortion procedure
c. 1996 Religion News Service
WASHINGTON (RNS)-Thousands of cheering anti-abortion activists, rallying here Monday on the 23rd anniversary of the landmark Roe vs. Wade decision, condemned President Clinton for his stance on abortion and urged him to approve a proposed legislative ba...
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NEWS STORY: Vatican goes interactive with museum treasures
c. 1996 Religion News Service
VATICAN CITY (RNS)-Why spend richly to tour the Vatican museums, along hot, crowded and noisy corridors, when you can take in the artistic richness of the Catholic Church's artifacts and paintings at home?
The question may now be more than academic. T...
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NEWS STORY: Religious groups form anti-gambling coalition
c. 1996 Religion News Service
WASHINGTON (RNS)-In a rare show of unity on a public-policy issue, the liberal National Council of Churches and the conservative Christian Coalition said Wednesday they would work together to try to stop the spread of legal gambling in the United States...
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Where’s my miracle?
c. 1996 Religion News Service
EDITORS: Robert Kirby is a Christian humorist.
(RNS)-Forgive me if I ramble. I'm in a lot of pain right now, physically and spiritually. I had a hernia operation last week and it shook my faith.
A few months ago I developed a small abdominal bulge whe...
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COMMENTARY: Two religions, two geniuses, two accusations of heresy
c. 1996 Religion News Service
(Rabbi Rudin is the national interreligious affairs director of the American Jewish Committee.)
(RNS)-It took 350 years, but Vatican authorities, with prodding from Pope John Paul II, have finally admitted the Inquisition ``committed an objective er...
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NEWS STORY: Four American Baptist churches expelled over gay outreach
c. 1996 Religion News Service
(RNS)-Four San Francisco Bay-area American Baptist churches have been expelled from their regional jurisdiction because of their outreach to homosexuals.
Delegates at a special meeting of American Baptist Churches of the West, one of 34 regional juris...
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COMMENTARY: A new climate of soul-searching on abortion
c. 1996 Religion News Service
(Frederica Mathewes-Green is a member of the Eastern Orthodox Church. She is the author of the recent book"Real Choices"and a frequent contributor to Christianity Today and other publications.)
(RNS)-Each year, the end of January marks a sober anniver...
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Gospel, New Age Grammy nominees announced
c. 1996 Religion News Service
(RNS)-More than two dozen gospel and New Age artists were among the Grammy award nominees announced Thursday by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.
The winners in 88 categories of music will be announced Feb. 28 at a ceremony in Los A...
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RNS Daily Digest
c. 1996 Religion News Service
Australian euthanasia advocates seek to expand assisted suicide law
(RNS) _ The son of the first person to commit suicide under a new euthanasia law in Australia's Northern Territory is calling for voluntary euthanasia to be legalized across the Austr...
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RNS Daily Digest
c. 1996 Religion News Service
Episcopal Church recovers most of embezzled funds
(RNS) The Episcopal Church in the United States has closed the book on the Ellen Cooke scandal, announcing all but about $100,000 has been recovered from the $2.2 million embezzled by its former trea...
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