Ethics
NEWS FEATURE: Abortion foes expect support from new House speaker
c. 1998 Religion News Service
WASHINGTON _ Both sides on the contentious abortion issue describe Rep. Bob Livingston, R-La., as staunchly anti-abortion, but disagree on how much he can advance that agenda as the new speaker of the House of Representatives.
Kate Michelman, presiden...
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Missionary recalls kidnapping ordeal in Russia
c. 1998 Religion News Service
PORTLAND, Ore. _ Handcuffed to a heater in a shack outside a Russian town, Andrew L. Propst and his missionary partner, Travis R. Tuttle, played word games, practiced Russian grammar and devised a dream team of professional baseball players to keep from...
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RNS Daily Digest
c. 1997 Religion News Service
Rhem found guilty of sexual misconduct at church trial
(RNS) A local jurisdictional body of the Reformed Church in America has found the Rev. Richard Rhem guilty of"gross sexual conduct"and has removed him from the ordained ministry of the denominat...
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RNS Daily Digest
c. 1997 Religion News Service
Public schools approve clergy broadcasts
(RNS) Public school officials in Gary, Ind., have agreed to sell air time on a city high school radio station to a group of ministers who want to broadcast religious programs on the weekends.
The station ai...
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COMMENTARY: Beware the pride of demographic victimization
c. 1997 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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NEWS STORY: Abortion opponents call for quick action on late-term procedure ban
c. 1997 Religion News Service
WASHINGTON Tens of thousands of abortion opponents gathered Wednesday (Jan. 22) in the shadow of the White House to condemn President Clinton's veto of a ban on a controversial abortion procedure and to urge its quick congressional reconsideration.
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RNS Daily Digest
c. 1997 Religion News Service
Aid workers reported abducted in Chechnya
(RNS) Leaders of the World Council of Churches and the Lutheran World Federation said Friday (Oct. 24) two more aid workers have been taken prisoner in Chechnya.
The WCC and LWF, parent organizations of Ac...
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RNS Daily Digest
c. 1997 Religion News Service
Pope ends Brazil trip with condemnation of abortion, divorce
(RNS) Pope John Paul II returned to Italy on Monday (Oct. 6) after a four-day trip to Brazil in which he strongly reaffirmed church teaching on the importance of the family and sharply con...
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NEWS FEATURE: Reclusive Ohio doctor’s procedure is a focus in the abortion debate
c. 1997 Religion Service
DAYTON, Ohio _ Dr. Martin Haskell, owner of the Women's Med+ Center in the Dayton suburb of Kettering, is a reclusive abortion doctor _ he hasn't spoken to reporters in years and remains a mystery even in the abortion rights community. But in the public deba...
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NEWS STORY:
c. 1997 Religion News Service
WASHINGTON _ With an anxious but by no means unified religious community standing in the wings, the Supreme Court Wednesday (Jan. 8) heard arguments on whether laws barring doctor-assisted suicide are legal, setting the stage for a possible landmark rul...
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