Ethics
NEWS STORY: Ambivalent America marks 25th anniversary of Roe vs. Wade
c. 1998 Religion News Service
WASHINGTON _ Partisans on both sides of the explosive abortion issue took their case to an increasingly ambivalent American public Thursday (Jan. 22) as the nation marked the 25th anniversary of the Supreme Court's Roe vs. Wade decision legalizing most...
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RNS Daily Digest
c. 1998 Religion News Service
Beliefs, caring attitude, good sermons draw church members
(RNS) American churchgoers cite three significant factors in their choice of a church _ its beliefs and doctrine, how much people in the congregation care about each other, and the quality o...
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NEWS STORY: Catholic editor stunned by reaction to controversial abortion editorial
c. 1998 Religion News Service
VANCOUVER, British Columbia _ The editor of Roman Catholic archdiocese of Vancouver's newspaper says he felt like he was hit by a truck when he ignited a continent-wide furor over an editorial in which he admitted part of him was"pleased"about the murde...
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NEWS STORY: Bullish stock market gave charities boost; future uncertain
c. 1998 Religion News Service
WASHINGTON _ Most U.S. charities had a bumper year in 1997, according to new figures, but the rosy glow may already be evaporating as fund-raisers agonize over whether the erratic stock market will discourage donors.
In 1997, with the stock market sti...
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NEWS STORY: Assisted suicide opponents go on the attack
c. 1998 Religion News Service
WASHINGTON _ Congressional opponents, joined by Roman Catholic religious leaders, have launched the first volley of an attack on physician-assisted suicide in what could become a lengthy legislative battle over the same issues of morality and personal c...
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NEWS FEATURE: Corporate philanthropy turns from check writing to sweat equity
c. 1998 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ Nothing in Jim Shippey's career at United Parcel Service suggested he would spend the end of a hot summer day crouched under a bridge in New York's South Bronx section, grilling surplus prison food with a nun.
The nun, Sister Lauria, was his...
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NEWS FEATURE: Doing good while shopping online
c. 1998 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ In search of books, sweaters, toys, and a nearly infinite variety of whatevers, Americans are spending billions of dollars out there in the Internet universe. Online shoppers spent some $3.5 billion in the last quarter of 1998 alone.
With al...
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EASTER FEATURE: The evangelist, the president and the `craft’ of forgiveness
c. 1998 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ They were words whispered in one final, tortured breath:"Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do." Even as Jesus hung on the cross, badly beaten and nearly dead, he mustered the strength to petition God on behalf of his murderers...
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NEWS ANALYSIS: Political nuns face more than physical danger
c. 1998 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ The admission was a long time coming: Four former Salvadoran guardsmen said they had not acted alone in the killing of three North American nuns and a church worker 17 years ago. They took their orders from higher military authorities, they sa...
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COMMENTARY: Legal abortion faces a tougher future
c. 1998 Religion News Service
(David Sarasohn is an associate editor at The Oregonian of Portland, Ore.) UNDATED _ If there were a poster girl for this week's 25th anniversary of the Roe vs. Wade decision, it would be the woman interviewed by The New York Times who declared firml...
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