Faith
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.
Faci...
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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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NEWS FEATURE: Tale of `Pope Joan’ straddles legend and history
c. 1997 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ Think life is difficult for women these days? Take a trip to the ninth century.
Donna Woolfolk Cross has written a novel called ``Pope Joan'' (Crown) that casts light on the darkest century of the Dark Ages.
``Pope Joan'' is set in a time...
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NEWS STORY: Despite low turnout, Chosen Women rally called `success’
c. 1997 Religion News Service
PASADENA, Calif. _ Some 20,000 evangelical Christian women gathered in Southern California's most famous stadium May 16 and 17 for Chosen Women _ an event that was part convention, part pep rally, part concert, and part revival meeting.
Although atten...
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COMMENTARY: Religious freedom is an ongoing balancing act
c. 1997 Religion News Service
(Rabbi Rudin is the national interreligious affairs director of the American Jewish Committee.)
UNDATED _ Striking the proper balance between religious liberty and church-state separation has become an increasingly tense issue in many American commu...
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RNS Daily Digest
c. 1997 Religion News Service
Vatican official blasts WCC for aiding `subversives'
(RNS) Roman Catholic Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and one of the Vatican's most powerful prelates, has accused the World Council of Churches (W...
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