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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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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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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
Naval Academy chaplain's aide discharged over abortion protest
(RNS) An assistant to the Roman Catholic chaplain at the U.S. Naval Academy has been discharged from the Navy after he refused to wear his uniform in protest of federal abortion law.
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Daily News Digest
c. 1996 Religion News Service
Canada to lead multinational force to help refugees in Zaire
(RNS) Canada has agreed to lead a multinational military contingent to assist in humanitarian efforts for refugees in eastern Zaire.
United Nations Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghal...
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ESSAY: GOD AND THE BIG BANG: As time goes by, neither God nor the Big Bang are far away
c. 1996 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ If, for Jews, Jesus was not the Messiah, then who is?
Is the Messiah a being, a divine hero coming to redeem us from alienation and mortality?
This illusion is the corollary of an even more fundamental illusion: Someone out there has it al...
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NEWS STORY: Pope has successful appendectomy, but questions remain on health
c. 1996 Religion News Service
ROME _ A team of surgeons successfully removed Pope John Paul II's inflamed appendix Tuesday (Oct. 8) and said there was no recurrence of a benign tumor removed in 1992. But they skirted questions about other illnesses that might be afflicting the 76-ye...
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NEWS STORY: As pope readies for surgery, Vatican projects air of calm
c. 1996 Religion News Service
VATICAN CITY _ There was an air of business as usual at the Vatican Monday (Oct. 7), despite the absence of Pope John Paul II, who underwent an examination and tests at a Rome hospital in preparation for scheduled abdominal surgery on Tuesday.
The 76-...
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In Italy, a mountain village mourns a cardinal and cousin
c. 1996 Religion News Service
ROME _ Pope John Paul II wasn't the only high-profile man of the cloth who roamed the Dolomite Mountains in summer for rejuvenation. For years, the late Cardinal Joseph Bernardin spent parts of July trooping through the northern Italian countryside wher...
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