Ethics
Citing religion, some health workers refuse flu shots
(RNS) Unlike patients who have a choice about getting the flu shot, many health care workers didn't have a say this year.
For the first time in Rhode Island, hospital and nursing home workers were told to roll up their sleeves, and hundreds of hospitals in other states have simila...
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Pastor who pushes corporal punishment accused of abuse
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (RNS) A pastor known for promoting corporal punishment has been accused of physically abusing a woman for 25 years, beginning during her childhood.
The Rev. Larry Tomczak, an associate pastor at Bethel World Outreach Church near Brentwood, Tenn., was named in a Ma...
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Europeans launch campaign to declare life starts at conception
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Anti-abortion groups from 20 different countries have launched a petition to ask the European Parliament to recognize that life begins at conception.
The "One of Us" initiative is the first of its kind in Europe and represents a larger effort to forge a cohesive...
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The ‘Christian’ answer to gun violence? Eliminate guns
(RNS) While politicians parse which kinds of weapons or how many bullets can legally be in a clip, it’s time for followers of Jesus to speak up.
I don’t mean worshipers of Jesus -- there are millions more of them than there are followers. I suspect many arguing for no limits on gu...
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Russell Moore: Why adoption is a ‘pro-life’ policy for evangelicals
Russell Moore, dean of the School of Theology at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, talked about why he has focused on adoption as a personal cause and a movement for evangelical Christians.
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Death penalty grows rarer in U.S.
WASHINGTON (RNS) Though the number of death-row inmates executed in 2012 remained unchanged from 2011 at 43, death penalty opponents said the year still showed capital punishment is on the wane.
Connecticut this year upped the number of states to repeal the death penalty to 17. So...
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COMMENTARY: Suffer the children
(RNS) As news about shootings at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., began to spread last week, I could hear the gun lobby's spin-masters kicking into high gear.
Don't “politicize” a tragedy in order to deprive people of their constitutional rights, went the line. Our hands we...
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In Newtown churches, many questions - and tears - but few answers
NEWTOWN, Conn. (RNS) At houses of worship here, people gathered in pews, crying, kneeling and hugging each other through services that focused on remembering the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, uniting the community, celebrating Christmas and preventing similar disasters.
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President Obama draws on spirituality to comfort Connecticut families
(RNS) President Obama drew on Scripture and spirtuality to comfort grieving families - and a heartbroken nation - at an interfaith vigil Sunday night in Newtown, Conn.
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Charities fight changes on tax deductions
WASHINGTON (RNS) Most Americans who file income tax returns won't be affected by proposed changes in how charitable contributions are deducted, but that hasn't stopped charitable groups from lobbying Congress to fight any change in deductions as part of the "fiscal cliff'' negotiations. By Jackie Kucinich / USA Today.
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