Faith
COMMENTARY: Among Catholics, who should do the evangelizing?
c. 1997 Religion News Service
(Andrew M. Greeley is a Roman Catholic priest, best-selling novelist and a sociologist at the University of Chicago National Opinion Research Center. Check out his home page at http://www.agreeley.com or contact him via e-mail at agreel(at)aol.com.)
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COMMENTARY: The challenge for the new archbishop of Chicago is also his greatest asset
c. 1997 Religion News Service
(Andrew M. Greeley is a Roman Catholic priest, best-selling novelist and a sociologist at the University of Chicago National Opinion Research Center. Check out his home page at http://www.agreeley.com or contact him via e-mail at agreel(at)aol.com.)
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COMMENTARY: The death of a giant: Bishop William McManus
c. 1997 Religion News Service
(Andrew M. Greeley is a Roman Catholic priest, best-selling novelist and a sociologist at the University of Chicago National Opinion Research Center. Check out his home page at http://www.agreeley.com or contact him via e-mail at agreel(at)aol.com.)
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COMMENTARY: Catholic leaders"dialogue"with Buddhists; why not the laity?
c. 1997 Religion News Service
(Andrew M. Greeley is a Roman Catholic priest, best-selling novelist and a sociologist at the University of Chicago National Opinion Research Center. Check out his home page at http://www.agreeley.com or contact him via e-mail at agreeley(AT)aol.com.)
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NEWS STORY: European Christian assembly marked by division
c. 1997 Religion News Service
GRAZ, Austria _ The quest for reconciliation and unity among European Christians remained as elusive as ever at the end of the Second European Ecumenical Assembly, and the gathering did as much to highlight tensions as it did to foster repeated calls fo...
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NEWS FEATURE: Little-known nun among church’s most powerful officials
c. 1997 Religion News Service
WASHINGTON _ She is not ordained but moves easily among the princes and prelates of the Roman Catholic Church, wearing classic suits and pumps instead of a Roman collar. In a world dominated by men in black, Sister Sharon Euart is arguably one of the mo...
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NEWS PROFILE: Talking With ...A Conversation with Roman Catholic Archbishop Francis George
c. 1997 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ Archbishop Francis George, currently head of the archdiocese of Portland, Ore., is set to become Archbishop of Chicago _ the nation's second largest Roman Catholic jurisdiction _ on Wednesday (May 7).
In an interview with RNS, George, a litt...
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NEWS FEATURE: Mormons making inroads among Spanish-speaking Catholics
c. 1997 Religion News Service
WEST NEW YORK, N.J. _ In the small fifth-floor apartment of Cruzita Castro, elders Mike Haugen and Richard Western huddled over Spanish-language versions of the Book of Mormon, following along while Castro slowly read a passage.
For years, the 67-year...
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NEWS FEATURE: Greek Orthodox holiday sheds light on evolution of religion
c. 1997 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ On clear, summer nights, according to Greek Orthodox tradition, the biblical prophet Elijah _ standing upright in a flaming chariot drawn by four horses _ can still be glimpsed roaring across the sky.
Indeed, in Greece and wherever Greek Ort...
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FEATURE STORY: New Jewish blessings for an impersonal God
c. 1997 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ In the ground-breaking new"Book of Blessings,"feminist poet and Hebrew translator Marcia Falk has created new metaphors for God that transcend the personal and human form in which God is normally addressed.
Gone, for example, is the traditio...
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