Faith
COMMENTARY: The real mission of the church
c. 1997 Religion News Service
(Samuel K. Atchison is an ordained minister and has worked as a policy analyst and social worker to the homeless. He currently is a prison chaplain in Trenton, N.J.)
UNDATED _ A recent incident involving one of my inmate congregants sheds light on the...
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NEWS STORY: Taped jailhouse religious confession ruled illegal
c. 1997 religion News Service
SAN FRANCISCO _ A federal appeals court has ruled that jail officials in Eugene, Ore., violated the religious rights of a local Roman Catholic priest by secretly taping the sacramental confession a murder suspect had given the clergyman.
The ruling by...
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COMMENTARY: The best bishops are experts in two-way communication
c. 1997 Religion News Service
UNDATED _"Whatever is going to happen to our poor church?"a woman asked me at a recent dinner party.
Like virtually all the social encounters I had with Catholics over the holidays, the conversation was about the late Chicago Cardinal Joseph Bernardin...
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TOP STORY: CHURCHES AND THE MENTALLY ILL: Churches often fail to minister to mentally ill and their
c. 1997 Religion News Service
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. _ In biblical times, people suffering from mental illness were considered to be demon possessed, and no one dared to go near them.
The Gospels report that one person _ Jesus _ broke the rules when it came to mingling with the mentally...
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RNS Daily Digest
c. 1997 Religion News Service
Atheists protest Promise Keepers, plan future
(RNS) Members of American Atheists, gathered in Washington to demonstrate against Promise Keepers, are making plans to be more active in efforts to maintain a strict separation of church and state.
Ell...
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RNS Daily Digest
c. 1997 Religion News Service
Pope addresses Vatican policies enroute to Brazil
(RNS) Brazilians put the finishing touches on preparations for a visit by Pope John Paul II as the pontiff discussed Vatican policies on sainthood and anti-Semitism before arriving in the South Ameri...
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RNS Daily Digest
c. 1997 Religion News Service
Orthodox Christian leader elevates status of U.S. bishops
(RNS) Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew has elevated the status of six American bishops of the Greek Orthodox and Carpatho-Russian Orthodox churches.
Meanwhile, the Greek Orthodox Archdioces...
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RNS Daily Digest
c. 1997 Religion News Service
British Methodists, Anglicans look to re-start theological talks
(RNS) Against the backdrop of two traumatic failures to heal the 18th-century breach between British Methodists and Anglicans, the Church of England's general synod will be asked later...
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NEWS FEATURE: Making radical changes to keep the unchurched interested
c. 1997 Religion News Service
FAIRHOPE, Ala. _ So. You've got the family, the job, the house, the cat, the dog, the two-car garage and ... what's the meaning of life again?
You're not quite sure, but you remember, when you were little you sat inside hallowed halls where stained gl...
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NEWS FEATURE: Making radical changes to keep the unchurched interested
c. 1997 Religion News Service
FAIRHOPE, Ala. _ So. You've got the family, the job, the house, the cat, the dog, the two-car garage and ... what's the meaning of life again?
You're not quite sure, but you remember, when you were little you sat inside hallowed halls where stained gl...
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