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NEWS STORY: Senate passes bill to outlaw late-term abortion procedure
c. 1997 Religion News Service
WASHINGTON _ The Senate, as expected, Tuesday (May 20) passed a bill banning a controversial late-term abortion procedure, but fell shy of achieving a margin of victory large enough to override an expected presidential veto.
The Senate vote on the Par...
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COMMENTARY: Assisted-suicide dilemma focuses attention on disabled
c. 1997 Religion News Service
(Charles W. Colson, former special counsel to Richard Nixon, served a prison term for his role in the Watergate scandal. He now heads Prison Fellowship International, an evangelical Christian ministry to the imprisoned and their families. Contact Colson...
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COMMENTARY: Bernardin book sales should send signal to pope
c. 1997 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.)
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COMMENTARY: Why it’s easy for me to believe in flying saucers
c. 1997 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 76710.3306(AT)compuserv...
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RNS Daily Digest
c. 1997 Religion News Service
Baptists: Keep Rogers Williams in Capitol Rotunda
(RNS) It's not that the Baptist Joint Committee is against women's rights.
It's just that Roger Williams, the founder of Rhode Island, is the pre-eminent American symbol of religious liberty, a pri...
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RNS Daily Digest
c. 1997 Religion News Service
Vatican sets ties with Libya, seeks inroads in Muslim world
(RNS) _ The Vatican, in a further attempt to improve relations in the Muslim world, established diplomatic ties with Libya on Monday (March 10).
The move was a clear disappointment to the...
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RNS Daily Digest
c. 1997 Religion News Service
Gore criticized for `ridiculing' church's teaching on contraception
(RNS) In a sharply-worded letter, Los Angeles Cardinal Roger Mahony has taken Vice President Al Gore to task for"ridiculing"Roman Catholic teachings on contraception during a sp...
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RNS Daily Digest
c. 1997 Religion News Service
Clinton bars use of federal funds for human cloning research
(RNS) President Clinton, warning scientists against"trying to play God,"Tuesday (March 4) issued an executive order banning the use of federal funds to pay for human cloning research."Each...
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RNS Daily Digest
c. 1997 Religion News Service
UCC official: `Amistad' misrepresents Christian abolitionists role
(RNS) Steven Spielberg's"Amistad"has been criticized by a United Church of Christ official, who said the new film fails to properly credit the role played by Christian abolitionists...
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NEWS STORY: Religious opponents urge no compromise on late-term abortion ban
c. 1997 Religion News Service
WASHINGTON _ As the Senate began Wednesday (May 14) to debate a proposal to ban a controversial late-term abortion procedure, religious opponents of abortion urged lawmakers to stand firm against any efforts to weaken the proposed ban.
President Clint...
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