Ethics
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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NEWS FEATURE: For the modern Thanksgiving meal, gratitude is not on the menu
c. 1998 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ From the first Thanksgiving _ a day set aside in 1621 by the first Pilgrim settlers to be mindful of God's blessings _ to the football-rooting food-binge typical of the holiday today, the thoughts of Americans about the fourth Thursday of Nove...
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NEWS STORY: Big companies increasing their charitable giving
c. 1998 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ Bouyed by the booming economy and public expectations, the nation's richest companies say their charitable giving will grow 11 percent this year, according to a new survey by the Chronicle of Philanthropy.
The new figures reflect a continuin...
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NEWS STORY: Italian Waldensians support assisted suicide, euthanasia
c. 1998 Religion News Service
ROME _ Italy's small Waldensian Protestant Church has adopted a statement supporting euthanasia and assisted suicide, while urging discussion on the issue with an eye toward legislative approval of the practices, which are strongly condemned by the the...
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COMMENTARY: Resurrecting the legacy of Mother Teresa
c. 1998 MSNBC
(Joan Connell is editor of the Opinions section of MSNBC on the Internet.)
UNDATED _ The mounds of ready-made, cellophane-wrapped bouquets that have come to symbolize popular sentiment over the death of Princess Diana are piling up again to mark the first anniversary...
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