Faith
NEWS STORY: Government report says nearly 200 arrested in church fires
c. 1997 Religion News Service
WASHINGTON _ A year of joint efforts by the U.S. Departments of Treasury and Justice has helped lead to the arrests of almost 200 suspects in the spate of fires over the past few years that destroyed or damaged houses of worship across the country.
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NEWS STORY: Progress reported in church burning cases
c. 1997 Religion News Service
WASHINGTON _ A new report by the federal government task force investigating the highly publicized rash of church burnings says that authorities have had a fair measure of success in arresting and charging suspects in the cases."The report shows that we...
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NEWS STORY: Traditionalist women criticize `radical feminism’
c. 1997 Religion News Service
WASHINGTON _ A group of traditionalist women from mainline Protestant, Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches Tuesday (Sept. 16) decried the impact of what they described as"radical feminism"on church and society.
The group, the Ecumenical Coalition on...
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NEWS STORY: Traditionalist women criticize `radical feminism’
c. 1997 Religion News Service
WASHINGTON _ A group of traditionalist women from mainline Protestant, Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches Tuesday (Sept. 16) decried the impact of what they described as"radical feminism"on church and society.
The group, the Ecumenical Coalition on...
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NEWS STORY: Black church leaders join fight against juvenile crime
c. 1997 Religion News Service
WASHINGTON _ A group of African-American religious leaders Tuesday (April 8) unveiled an ambitious nationwide program to fight juvenile crime, challenging businesses and all levels of government to support its efforts to reclaim the nation's inner citie...
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NEWS STORY: President, powerful join in prayer for the poor, need for civility
c. 1997 Religion News Service
WASHINGTON _ A bipartisan crowd of politicians, diplomats, church leaders and other prominent people, including President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore, gathered Thursday (Feb. 6) for a morning meal of muffins and morality at the National Pray...
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NEWS STORY: North and South bishops agree to disagree
c. 1997 Religion News Service
VATICAN CITY _ North and South American bishops, meeting at their first intercontinental synod, have agreed to disagree on a number of sensitive issues, ranging from Roman Catholic parish life to resolving the debt crisis afflicting poor nations.
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NEWS STORY: American bishops stress unity at synod conclusion
c. 1997 Religion News Service
VATICAN CITY _ At the prodding of Pope John Paul II, North and South American bishops have declared that despite vast cultural, political and religious practices, they are"one community"that can be a powerful voice for change.
With the quest for Chris...
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NEWS FEATURE: Scholars: What do churches need today? John Wesley
c. 1997 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ When theologian Leonard Sweet talks about how to spark a renewal in U.S. churches, he sums it up in one word: Wesley.
And when syndicated columnist and church historian Diana Butler Bass talks about how to reverse the shrinking memberships o...
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Note the spellings of Imam Warith Deen Mohammed, Masjid Muhammad, Elijah Muhammad and Muhammad, the
c. 1997 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ When Nadir Najeeullah embraced Islam in the mid-1970s, he said goodbye to his long-haired Afro and chose a more conservative, close-cropped style.
But he simultaneously said hello to many questions from Christian family members who did not u...
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