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COMMENTARY: The abortion debate: people can change
c. 1997 Religion News Service
(Frederica Mathewes-Green is a member of the Eastern Orthodox Church. She is the author of"Facing East: A Pilgrim's Journey into the Mysteries of Orthodoxy"(HarperCollins), and a frequent contributor to Christianity Today magazine.)
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COMMENTARY: Getting rid of the women
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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RNS Daily Digest
c. 1997 Religion News Service
Archbishop Tutu's cancerous prostate removed
(RNS) Nobel peace laureate Desmond Tutu, the retired Anglican archbishop of Cape Town, underwent surgery this week in South Africa to have part of a cancerous prostate gland removed.
In a statement issu...
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RNS Daily Digest
c. 1996 Religion News Service
Bernardin reported gravely ill, battles criticism on `Common Ground'
As Chicago Cardinal Joseph Bernardin sought to quell criticism this week from fellow bishops over his attempt to heal divisions among liberal and conservative American Catholics, a...
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RNS Daily Digest
c. 1996 Religion News Service
Mother Teresa hospitalized
(RNS) Mother Teresa remained in stable condition in the intensive care unit of a Calcutta hospital Thursday (Aug. 22). The frail nun, who will turn 86 next week, was suffering from fever and cardiac problems and was breathin...
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Born-again baseball star battles cancer with strong will
c. 1996 Religion News Service
NEW ORLEANS _ The transaction notice moved May 10 on the news wire: ``Los Angeles Dodgers CF Brett Butler will miss the remainder of the season.''
A possibility, perhaps. But Brett Butler has spent most of his life proving people wrong, and he loves t...
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NEWS FEATURE: DOING GOOD: Volunteer doctors make the world a bit more beautiful
c. 1996 Religion News Service
NORFOLK, VA. _ The winner of the world's biggest humanitarian award says it was narcissism, not altruism, that prompted him to do good.
Dr. William Magee, founder of Operation Smile, recently accepted a check for $1 million _ the first Conrad N. Hilto...
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TOP STORY: RELIGION AND CULTURE: Scientists close in on Etruscan mysteries using DNA tests
c. 1996 Religion News Service
MURLO, Italy (RNS)-In a country where a family's lineage is often directly proportional to its status, the people of this Tuscan hamlet appear to take the top prize.
A series of excavations, historical research and, most importantly, medical tests sug...
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NEWS FEATURE: Janet Cooke saga puts redemption issue in ethics spotlight
c. 1996 Religion News Service
(RNS)-America, as former Washington Post reporter Janet Cooke knows, has always been the land of the second chance.
Its hospitality to fresh starts springs from its immigrant heritage and its free-enterprise economic system. It comes partly, too, from...
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TOP STORY: SPIRITUALITY: In search of inspiring stories, couple finds everyday heroics
c. 1996 Religion News Service
CLEVELAND (RNS)-The difference in Bruce and Julie Madsen is undeniable.
It's discernible in their faces, which are relaxed and lapse into easy smiles. Gone is the tension so apparent in those same faces nine months ago, along with the defensiveness. B...
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