Ethics
COMMENTARY: Catholic bishops `playing doctor’ with health care
c. 1998 Religion News Service
(Frances Kissling is president of Catholics for a Free Choice, based in Washington, D.C., an independent organization that advocates for women's reproductive health rights.)
UNDATED _ Many people worry about doctors playing God. And so a lot of effort...
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COMMENTARY: Everyday revelations, everyday blessings
c. 1998 Religion News Service
(Eugene Kennedy, a longtime observer of the Roman Catholic Church, is professor emeritus of psychology at Loyola University in Chicago and author most recently of"My Brother Joseph,"published by St. Martin Press.)
UNDATED _ November begins in the Roma...
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COMMENTARY: Church off on wrong foot for millennium celebration
c. 1998 Religion News Service
(Andrew M. Greeley is a Roman Catholic priest, best-selling novelist and a sociologist at the University of Chicago National Opinion Research Center. Check out his home page at http://www.agreeley.com or contact him via e-mail at agreel(AT)aol.com.)
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COMMENTARY: Humanity, not gender, is key in capital punishment case
c. 1998 Religion News Service
(Andrew M. Greeley is a Roman Catholic priest, best-selling novelist and a sociologist at the University of Chicago National Opinion Research Center. Check out his home page at http://www.agreeley.com or contact him via e-mail at agreel(at)aol.com.)
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COMMENTARY: Thomas Jefferson was a sinner and so am I
c. 1998 Religion News Service
UNDATED _"Beware, your sins will find you out,"was a warning repeated by my youth minister to his flock of rowdy teenagers in the hope of scaring us into good behavior.
As a firm believer in an omnipotent God, he only hinted at how God might catch us...
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NEWS PROFILE: Finley Schaef: memories of the abortion underground before Roe vs. Wade
c. 1998 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ The Rev. Finley Schaef still remembers the woman and her teen-age daughter who visited his Methodist church office in Queens, N.Y., more than 30 years ago faced with a desperate dilemma.
The daughter, the victim of a rape at the hands of her...
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NEWS STORY: Catholic bishops: make abortion priority in voting
c. 1998 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ Leaders of the nation's largest church are urging their 60-million-member flock to make"defending life"their No. 1 concern at the ballot box. And Roman Catholic politicians are being warned they endanger their eternal salvation by supporting l...
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COMMENTARY: The promise next time
c. 1998 Religion News Service
(Dale Hanson Bourke is the publisher of Religion News Service.)
UNDATED _ In the end, it was a greasy doughnut that brought me down.
After weeks of resisting gourmet offerings and home-cooked temptations, it was a Dunkin' Donuts presentation in a ca...
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COMMENTARY: The promise next time
c. 1998 Religion News Service
(Dale Hanson Bourke is the publisher of Religion News Service.)
UNDATED _ In the end, it was a greasy doughnut that brought me down.
After weeks of resisting gourmet offerings and home-cooked temptations, it was a Dunkin' Donuts presentation in a ca...
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COMMENTARY: Should we be thankful for how little we suffer?
c. 1998 Religion News Service
(Dale Hanson Bourke is publisher of RNS.)
UNDATED _ If there is one principle that Americans agree about, one theme that pervades our advertising and public policy and even our education system, it is this: No one should have to suffer.
Americans ha...
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