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British TV reality star Jade Goody, who has become something of a Paris Hilton figure in that she's famous for being famous, will probably die on reality TV, the New York Times reports.
Goody, 27, whose every move is recorded by the lupine British media, has cervical cancer that has s...
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Organ recipients thank family of church shooting victim
CLIFTON, N.J. (RNS) Just a few moments after she met James O'Hea, Aley John leaned against him and pressed her ear to his chest. She wanted to hear her son Dennis's heart.
"I want you all to have lives like Dennis," she told O'Hea and four other recipients of her slain son's organs.
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Obama on Roe v. Wade
The White House has just released a statement from Obama on Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion 36 years ago today.
Here it is:
Statement of President Obama on the 36th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade
On the 36th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, we are reminded that...
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RNS Daily Digest
c. 2008 Religion News Service
N.M. diocese votes to stay in Episcopal Church
(RNS) Episcopalians in New Mexico have voted to leave a conservative umbrella group and ``reaffirm'' their commitment to the Episcopal Church rather than join a new rival Anglican province on U.S. soil.
The A...
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Vatican condemns popular infertility treatments
c. 2008 Religion News Service
VATICAN CITY _ The Vatican's highest doctrinal body on Friday (Dec. 12) condemned advanced infertility treatments and contraception technologies and reaffirmed its strong prohibition of embryonic stem cell research.
The long-awaited document, ``Dignitas p...
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Church shooting victim gives patient a new lease on life
c. 2008 Religion News Service
NEWARK, N.J. _ A 21-year-old man with cystic fibrosis walked out of Newark Beth Israel Medical Center on Wednesday (Dec. 3) with a pair of new lungs, courtesy of the family of a man shot and killed when he intervened in a domestic dispute at a church last...
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Church shooting victim gives patient a new lease on life
NEWARK, N.J.-A 21-year-old man with cystic fibrosis walked out of Newark Beth Israel Medical Center on Wednesday (Dec. 3) with a pair of new lungs, courtesy of the family of a man shot and killed when he intervened in a domestic dispute at a church last month.
The recipient, John Mu...
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History’s most notorious rude host lost to history
c. 2008 Religion News Service
(UNDATED) 'Tis the season for Christmas pageants everywhere to dramatize one of Scripture's most familiar scenes and cast a cold-hearted innkeeper, who shoos away the holy family to a lowly stable.
But pageants and sermons castigating the infamous innkeep...
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History’s most notorious rude host lost to history
(UNDATED) 'Tis the season for Christmas pageants everywhere to dramatize one of Scripture's most familiar scenes and cast a cold-hearted innkeeper, who shoos away the holy family to a lowly stable.
But pageants and sermons castigating the infamous innkeeper are giving him an underse...
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U.S.-Vatican relationship to shift under Obama White House
c. 2008 Religion News Service
VATICAN CITY _ In the 24 years since the U.S. and the Holy See established full diplomatic ties, relations have never been closer or warmer than during the administration of President George W. Bush.
The two sides broke over the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq...
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