Ethics
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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NEWS FEATURE: Ethicist: Jews should be `tad nervous’ over genetic testing
c. 1998 Religion News Service
PHILADELPHIA _ Specters of genetic and biological blame _ from the 14th-century bubonic plague to the 20th-century Holocaust _ should make Jews"a tad nervous"about the increasing popularity of genetic testing, says Laurie Zolath-Dorfman, an associated p...
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NEWS FEATURE: Buddhist hospital chaplain breaks new ground
c. 1998 Religion News Service
HERSHEY, Pa. _ The hospital bedside conversation was routine _ small talk meant to break the ice. It consisted of little more than chaplain J. Anthony Stultz asking patient Jeremy Bentley how his recovery from being struck by a car was going (well, Bent...
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NEWS FEATURE: FROG bracelets have answer for WWJD question
c. 1998 Religion News Service
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. _ So you're familiar with WWJD, the spiritual and marketing phenomenon that has teenagers asking,"What would Jesus do?"But are you ready to leap to FROG?
An Indiana company says it has the answer: Fully Rely On God, or FROG.
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COMMENTARY: What we see isn’t always reality
c. 1998 Religion News Service
(Tom Ehrich is a pastor, writer and software developer living in Winston-Salem, N.C.)
UNDATED _ My 7-year-old angel gets himself dressed for a choir performance at church. As he walks forward to sing, I notice he's wearing an old YMCA soccer shirt and...
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