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GUEST COMMENTARY: Suicide Bombers are Murderers, Not Martyrs
c. 2007 Religion News Service
(UNDATED) As terrorists seem to be competing in the barbarity of their vicious attacks across the globe, the question of why people would do such a thing _ although frequently asked _ fails to lose relevance.
To this day, Americans continue to ask ``w...
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RNS Daily Digest
c. 2007 Religion News Service
Graham Partners Gather One Last Time at Library Dedication
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (RNS) The glory days of Billy Graham returned Thursday (May 31) in his old hometown.
Graham, 88 and barely able to see, hear or walk, came down the mountain from Montreat, N....
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COMMENTARY: And The Truth Shall Set You Free ...
c. 2007 Religion News Service
(UNDATED) Let's call this new group ``Deceivers Anonymous.'' (The name ``Cheaters Anonymous'' is already taken, by a group focusing on adultery.)
Impetus for another addiction-recovery group comes from a steady stream of hearings, memos, e-mails and n...
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Relatives Say Gunman in Amish Shootings Did Not Abuse Them
c. 2006 Religion News Service
NICKEL MINES, Pa. _ The two relatives whom killer Charles Carl Roberts IV said he molested 20 years ago told police on Wednesday (Oct. 4) no such abuse occurred, throwing a new layer of mystery over the gunman's motive and mental state in the attack on...
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Picture Emerges of Disturbed Gunman in Amish Shootings
c. 2006 Religion News Service
NICKEL MINES, Pa. _ While Marie Roberts prayed for her kids and other children at her weekly prayer meeting in this Lancaster County village, she had no idea her husband was preparing to destroy their community.
Gunman Charles Carl Roberts IV, 32, app...
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RNS Daily Digest
c. 2006 Religion News Service
Oregon Senator Says He'll Fight to Keep State's Assisted Suicide Law
WASHINGTON _ Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., has said he will try to block a federal bill that would override Oregon's physician-assisted suicide law.
Wyden said Tuesday (Sept. 5) he has...
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Assisted Suicide May Become Newest GOP Campaign Issue
c. 2006 Religion News Service
WASHINGTON _ Congress was trying to pass a war funding bill and members were heading for a weekend recess when Sen. Sam Brownback held a rushed subcommittee hearing.
The Kansas Republican, one of the Senate's most socially conservative members, schedu...
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Muslim-on-muslim violence; lessons learned from a son’s suicide
In Monday's RNS report Omar Sacirbey writes about Muslim-on-Muslim violence, in which extremists are targeting moderate Muslims: Muslim-on-Muslim violence has existed since Islam's Prophet Muhammad died in 632. But now, some observers say, Islamic extremists are expanding their campai...
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Nuns’ resolve; and what the assisted suicide ruling means for states and for one particular se
In Tuesday's RNS report David Briggs reports on a solution to the issue of dwindling numbers of nuns: The Sisters of St. Joseph of Cleveland, becoming part of a national trend finding strength in numbers amid rapidly declining and aging populations, have voted to join with six other c...
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Assisted Suicide Issue Painfully Personal for Senator Who Lost Depressed Son
c. 2006 Religion News Service
WASHINGTON _ Oregon Sen. Gordon Smith rarely shies from action when public policy collides with his private pain. But if Senate colleagues try again to thwart his state's assisted-suicide law, this time Smith wants no part of it.
The issue has become...
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