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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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NEWS STORY: Patriarch urges adherence to tradition in face of cultural tugs
c. 1997 Religion News Service
DES MOINES, Iowa _ Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew made a quick swing through the nation's heartland Tuesday (Nov. 4), urging Orthodox Christians to hold on to their traditions despite the pulls of contemporary American culture."Our joy is made complet...
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NEWS FEATURE: Orthodox vestments, rich in ornament, history
c. 1997 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ When Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew arrives in the United States Oct. 19, Americans will see a church leader garbed in an array of richly ornamented vestments whose origins are in the early 4th century.
Among the most significant:
Mitra...
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