Faith
NEWS FEATURE: Hong Kong ministry seeks to remove ‘Western trappings’ of Christianity
c. 1997 Religion News Service
HONG KONG _ On a lofty mountaintop overlooking Hong Kong's modernized Shatin Valley, a round white temple with vivid red columns and pagoda-shaped roofs dominates the Tao Fong Shan compound. At first glance, the temple appears similar to many of the orn...
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RNS Daily Digest
c. 1997 Religion News Service
Southern Africa's Anglican bishops apologize to gays
(RNS) The bishops of the Anglican province of Southern Africa, which includes the nations of South Africa, Namibia, Mozambique and Lesotho, have apologized to homosexuals hurt by the"unacceptable...
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RNS Daily Digest
c. 1997 Religion News Service
Researcher: New"lost gospel"sheds light on Jesus
(RNS) A University of Kansas professor says he and a colleague have identified an ancient document that contains portions of conversations between Jesus and his disciples.
The manuscript, written in...
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RNS Daily Digest
c. 1997 Religion News Service
Vatican marks Hanukkah for the first time
(RNS) For the first time, the Vatican noted the start of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah in a ceremony that also coincided with the launching of Israel's 50th anniversary celebrations.
Cardinal Edward Cassi...
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Guidelines for religious expression in federal workplaces
c. 1997 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ Here are some directives from the"Guidelines on Religious Exercise and Religious Expression in the Federal Workplace"issued by President Clinton on Thursday (Aug. 14):
_ An employee can keep a Bible or Koran on a private desk to read durin...
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NEWS FEATURE: Catholic Church panel to probe `miracles’ attributed to paralyzed girl
c. 1997 Religion News Service
WORCESTER, Mass. _ The Rev. George V. Joyce was returning from a pilgrimage to Medjugorje, Bosnia, when he first heard about miraculous deeds occurring just 40 miles from his hometown of Holyoke, Mass.
Joyce had seen the large crowds in the Bosnian to...
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NEWS FEATURE: For a few hours, America’s heartland will be center of Orthodox Christianity
c. 1997 Religion News Service
DES MOINES, Iowa _ As morning breaks across the Midwestern plains early Tuesday (Nov. 4), Dora Bitsos will join more than two dozen other members of her Omaha, Neb., church for a 2 1/2-hour bus ride to Des Moines and what she expects to be a high point...
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NEWS STORY: Catholic bishops respond to new Hispanic visibility
c. 1997 Religion News Service
WASHINGTON _ Within the next 25 years, Hispanics are expected to become the U.S. Catholic Church's largest ethnic component. With that in mind, the nation's Roman Catholic bishops this week took two steps toward reaching out to and unifying Hispanic par...
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NEWS STORY: Bishops mark abortion anniversary, call 1973 ruling `monumental failure’
c. 1997 Religion News Service
WASHINGTON _ The nation's Roman Catholic bishops _ noting the upcoming 25th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's Roe vs. Wade decision legalizing most abortions _ Wednesday (Nov. 12) called the ruling"a sign of failure so monumental that to speak of...
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NEWS STORY: Bishops agree to study `meatless Fridays’ to protest abortion, euthanasia
c. 1997 Religion News Service
WASHINGTON _ Roman Catholic bishops Monday (Nov. 10) voted to study the possibility of bringing back"meatless Fridays"as a public expression of the church's opposition to legal abortion and other"attacks against human life and human dignity.""Our people...
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