Faith
NEWS FEATURE: New Catholic bishops’ head _ shy but steadfast in quest for social justice
c. 1998 Religion News Service
HOUSTON _ The man elected as the new president of the nation's Catholic bishops is so self-effacing that _ ignoring history and his own popularity _ just days before the vote he even told his brother his election was completely uncertain.
Bishop Josep...
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COMMENTARY: Market research urged as a tool for ministry
c. 1998 Religion News Service
HARTFORD, Conn. _ Want to know a sure-fire way to make a church grow? Locate it near a McDonald's.
That's not because fast-food fans are necessarily churchgoers. What it means is McDonald's will have done all the marketing research to choose a neighbo...
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NEWS STORY: Vatican pressure forces controversial abbess to step down
c. 1998 Religion News Service
HARTFORD, Conn. _ Bowing to Vatican pressure, a controversial 86-year-old nun has stepped down as the head of the first Benedictine monastery for women in America and, in return, the Vatican has given withdrawn its unusual direct control of the abbey.
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NEWS FEATURE: `Pierogi priest’ turns to flowers to aid Catholic schools
c. 1998 Religion News Service
HARTFORD, Conn. _ A parish priest whose flair for promotion has raised tens of thousands of dollars for charities has come up smelling like roses with his latest idea.
In a deal struck with a national network of 2,500 florists, the Rev. Edmund S. Na...
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NEWS STORY: World Council effort to expand church unity seen as unfocused
c. 1998 Religion News Service
HARARE, Zimbabwe _ As the World Council of Churches enters its final weekend poised to take votes on proposals to create a new forum for church unity discussions, the plans are being questioned by representatives of the Roman Catholic Church _ the group...
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NEWS STORY: Church council debates new shape of ecumenism for 21st century
c. 1998 Religion News Service
HARARE, Zimbabwe _ After opening ceremonies dramatically demonstrating the diversity of world Christianity, the World Council of Churches' Eighth Assembly this week began the serious debate of what form the ecumenical movement will take in the next cent...
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NEWS STORY: Christian Reformed Church opens a quiet, slimmed-down meeting
c. 1998 Religion News Service
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. _ Here's the first clue to the Christian Reformed Church Synod of 1998: the size of the book.
At 250 pages, the agenda of Synod `98, which opened Saturday (June 13), is about the size of a paperback mystery novel _ half the size of...
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NEWS FEATURE: Monks find home on rugged shores of Lake Superior
c. 1998 Religion News Service
EAGLE HARBOR, Mich. _ The monks of the Keweenaw Peninsula are well-known for their wild-fruit jams and brandy-soaked fruitcakes made at"Poorrock Abbey"on this remote stretch of Lake Superior.
But Father Basil and Father Nicholas still lack the one thi...
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NEWS FEATURE: New spirituality movement touching Southern Baptists in Deep South
c. 1998 Religion News Service
DECATUR, Ga. _ The setting is anything but normal for a Baptist church in the Deep South. So is the worship experience.
As people enter the"Spirituality Center"of Oakhurst Baptist Church, one of the first things they see is a sign reading:"God is pres...
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NEWS FEATURE: Women clergy changing the face of American Protestantism
c. 1998 Religion News Service
CLEVELAND _ As a young girl, the Rev. Paula Maeder Connor dreamed of making social change by becoming an ambassador. Today, she is the pastor at Trinity Lutheran Church in Lakewood and a spiritual ambassador to her congregation and the community.
Relu...
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