Faith
NEWS STORY: European Christians confront growing appeal of `cults,’ sects
c. 1997 Religion News Service
GRAZ, Austria _ The activities of evangelical Christian groups and"cults"were very much on the minds of traditional European Christians assembled here this week to forge a united front on religious issues in the post-Cold War era.
As Orthodox Church c...
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NEWS ADVANCE: Ecumenical assembly to feature reconciliation and holy wars
c. 1997 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ It's being billed as the most important European religious gathering of the decade. Some 10,000 Christians _ including Orthodox, Protestant and Roman Catholics _ will descend on Graz, Austria, June 23-29 to hash out differences that have divid...
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NEWS FEATURE: Focolare Movement founder to address Muslims in Harlem
c. 1997 Religion News Service
ROCCA DI PAPA, Italy _ Popes may come and go but Chiara Lubich endures.
At age 77, the president and founder of the Focolare (Hearth) Movement, one of the largest lay groups in the Roman Catholic Church, is busy sowing seeds for the future.
In Janua...
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NEWS STORY: Don’t expect to chat with the pope on Vatican’s new Web site
c. 1997 Religion News Service
VATICAN CITY _ When the Roman Catholic Church unveils its first World Wide Web site on Easter Sunday, don't expect to find a chat room with Pope John Paul II. He's not taking confessions. At least, not in cyberspace.
With that caveat, the church hopes...
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NEWS FEATURE: Should church prescribe prayer for pain relief?
c. 1997 Religion News Service
VATICAN CITY _ Lucia Aguglia considers herself a success story. A regular regimen of aspirin complemented by a daily reading of the Bible has somehow alleviated years of chronic lower-back pain."Thank God for the therapy,"she said."And thank Dr. Zucchi....
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NEWS TEXT: Stand in the Gap Covenant
c. 1997 Religion News Service
WASHINGTON _ Here is the text of the"Stand in the Gap Covenant,"distributed at the Promise Keepers rally which participants were asked to affirm:"Our great and awesome God and Father, in Your sovereignty You have brought us to Washington, D.C., in the n...
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NEWS STORY: U.S. Orthodox Christian leaders say they have no rift with Bartholomew
c. 1997 Religion News Service
NEW YORK _ Leaders of Russian, Antiochian, Ukrainian, Serbian and other ethnic branches of the Orthodox Church in the United States have taken steps to heal a longstanding rift with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew.
In a closed meeting Friday (Oct. 24...
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NEWS FEATURE: Mailer’s Jesus: A fictional gospel of nuance for this century
c. 1997 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ Looking back on the scriptural accounts of his earthly life, the Jesus of Norman Mailer's new novel,"The Gospel According to the Son,"has the same complaint as many in our own time who have come under intense public scrutiny.
He was misquote...
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RNS Daily Digest
c. 1997 Religion News Service
Jewish group asks for investigation of Ten Commandments judge
(RNS) The American Jewish Congress (AJC) is calling on an Alabama state government agency to investigate the conduct of controversial Circuit Court Judge Roy Moore to determine whether no...
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RNS Daily Digest
c. 1997 Religion News Service
Defrocked Methodist pastor ordered to pay sexual misconduct damages
(RNS) A Texas jury has ordered the defrocked pastor of one of the nation's largest United Methodist churches to pay $3.7 million in sexual misconduct damages.
Jurors on Friday (Ja...
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