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Thursday’s Religion News Roundup
A coalition of religious and veterans groups want an expansion of conscientious objection to include moral objections to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Pentagon's internal review of repealing Don't Ask/Don't Tell seems to indicate it could be done with minimal interruption or d...
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Netanyahu tells U.S. Jews he won’t allow nukes for Iran
NEW ORLEANS (RNS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told thousands of American Jewish leaders that Israel will not allow Iran to acquire a nuclear weapon, and stands ready to negotiate a meaningful peace with Palestinians, but only if they guarantee Israeli security.
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COMMENTARY: Diagnosis: Excellent
(RNS) What would you do if you knew you only had a few months to live?
That's the question that Showtime's new series, "The Big C," has asked for 10 weeks so far this season. It's an essentially spiritual question that has been answered with maddening candor, great humor and, increasi...
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Air Force Academy cites progress in tackling religious intolerance
WASHINGTON (RNS) A recent survey on the religious climate of the U.S. Air Force Academy showed that 41 percent of non-Christian cadets face unwanted proselytizing at least once during a year-long period.
The Cadet and Permanent Party Climate Assessment Survey, which was released Frida...
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Pope says science can unite humans with God
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Benedict XVI told scientists that their research can lead to knowledge of God by revealing the natural order of the universe.
The pope made his remarks on Thursday (Oct. 28) before a plenary session of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences at the Vatican.
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Stem cell agency apologizes for `blasphemous’ poem
(RNS) The California agency that distributes public funds for stem cell research has apologized for honoring a poem that appropriated language from the sacrament of Holy Communion.
The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine held a poetry contest to promote Stem Cell Awareness...
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Vatican perplexed by Nobel awarded to IVF creator
VATICAN CITY (RNS) The Vatican's top bioethics official expressed "perplexity" after the Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded Monday (Oct. 4) to the inventor of in vitro fertilization (IVF).
Bishop Ignazio Carrasco de Paula, president of the Pontifical Academy for Life, praised British...
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COMMENTARY: A funny thing happened on the way to the cross
(RNS) Years ago, I stood beside my bishop's hospital bed as he lay dying.
I was newly wed, newly ordained and newly installed as vicar of a struggling mission near Indianapolis. Our diocese was in severe decline, and I could already sense that three years of parsing Scripture and argu...
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Interfaith group urges U.S. to press for Middle East agreement
(RNS) A broad coalition of U.S. Jewish, Christian and Muslim leaders has backed the Obama administration's efforts to broker peace between Israel and Palestinians.
Members of the National Interreligious Leadership Initiative for Peace in the Middle East met Wednesday (Sept. 29) with N...
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Life Begins At Conception, Says New Mo. Law
Huffington Post (RNS): It's a question that has perplexed philosophers, theologians and scientists for thousands of years. Pythagorean Greeks, early Christian church fathers, Talmudic rabbis, Sunni and Shia scholars, Hindu Brahmin and modern bioethicists have grappled with the fundame...
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