Faith
NEWS STORY: Christian Coalition offers reward in church arsons
c. 1996 Religion News Service
WASHINGTON (RNS)-The Christian Coalition today (April 22) offered a $25,000 reward to anyone who can prove that racism motivated a series of arsons of African-American churches in the South and called on government officials to strengthen their probes o...
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RNS Daily Digest
c. 1996 Religion News Service
NAACP leader calls for bringing young blacks and Jews together
(RNS)-Jewish and African-American leaders need to work together to help young Jews and blacks better understand the history of pain and cooperation shared by the two communities, the hea...
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NEWS STORY: Methodist bishops break ranks on ordaining gays
c. 1996 Religion News Service
(RNS)-Declaring that it is"time to break the silence,"15 United Methodist bishops have called on their 8.6 million-member denomination to allow the church to ordain homosexuals to the ministry.
But the dissenting bishops pledged they would not commit...
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COMMENTARY: Ordinary people, extraordinary hatred
c. 1996 Religion News Service
(Andrew M. Greeley is a Roman Catholic priest, best-selling novelist and sociologist at the University of Chicago's National Opinion Research Center. His home page on the World Wide Web is at http://www.greeley.com. Or send him e-mail at agreel(AT)aol.c...
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RNS Daily Digest
c. 1996 Religion News Service
Maine's Episcopal bishop takes leave after admitting extra-marital affair
(RNS)-Bishop Edward C. Chalfant of the Episcopal Diocese of Maine will take a voluntary year's leave of absence in the wake of the revelation that he was involved in an extra-ma...
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Evangelist Palau promotes racial reconciliation
c. 1996 Religion News Service
CHICAGO (RNS)-Doug Hansen first realized that he contributed to, and must repent of, racism at a prayer meeting for evangelist Luis Palau's ``Say Yes, Chicago'' crusade.
To prepare for the crusade, which began last week, about 75 pastors-half of them...
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NEWS FEATURE: Evangelist Palau promotes racial reconciliation
c. 1996 Religion News Service
CHICAGO (RNS)-Doug Hansen first realized that he contributed to, and must repent of, racism at a prayer meeting for evangelist Luis Palau's ``Say Yes, Chicago'' crusade.
To prepare for the crusade, which began last week, about 75 pastors-half of them...
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TOP STORY: AFTERMATH OF APARTHEID: Searching for the truth in a hate-scarred land
c. 1996 Religion News Service
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (RNS)-Wellington Moluli wore sunglasses in the dark sanctuary of the Central Methodist Church in downtown Johannesburg. Twig-thin with a slight tremor, Moluli spoke haltingly as he described his time in solitary confinement as...
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Newsday religion writer wins Pulitzer Prize
c. 1996 Religion News Service
(RNS)-When the 1995 Pulitzer Prizes were handed out Tuesday (April 9) religion was a big winner.
Newsday religion writer Bob Keeler won the Pulitzer Prize for beat reporting for a year-long look at a Roman Catholic parish on Long Island, Columbia Univ...
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TOP STORY: THE CHURCH IN TRANSITION: World Council of Churches leader on a mission of ecumenism
c. 1996 Religion News Service
NEW YORK (RNS)-It's unlikely that the Rev. Konrad Raiser, the soft-spoken general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), will ever become a household name.
But the 58-year-old Raiser, a tall, slim former university professor and pastor to f...
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