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c. 1996 Religion News Service
Buddhist monk urges end to `land mines of the heart'
(RNS) A Cambodian Buddhist monk and a prominent Lutheran pastor joined Monday (July 29) in calling for a total ban on the production, export and use of anti-personnel land mines."We come here to p...
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Pentecostal group gives women ministers added authority
c. 1996 Religion News Service
(UNDATED) The Rev. Catherine Payne has traveled the globe, representing the Church of God of Prophecy and preaching in pulpits from India to Bulgaria to Ukraine. But wherever Payne preached, she could not baptize converts, officiate at Holy Communion se...
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NEWS STORY: Pentecostal group gives women ministers added authority
c. 1996 Religion News Service
(UNDATED) The Rev. Catherine Payne has traveled the globe, representing the Church of God of Prophecy and preaching in pulpits from India to Bulgaria to Ukraine. But wherever Payne preached, she could not baptize converts, officiate at Holy Communion se...
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NEWS STORY: Pentecostal group gives women ministers added authority
c. 1996 Religion News Service
(UNDATED) The Rev. Catherine Payne has traveled the globe, representing the Church of God of Prophecy and preaching in pulpits from India to Bulgaria to Ukraine. But wherever Payne preached, she could not baptize converts, officiate at Holy Communion se...
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COMMENTARY: A soft-spoken prelate makes remarkable proposals for change
c. 1996 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. His home page on the World Wide Web is at http://www.agreeley.com. Or contact him via e-mail at agreela...
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NEWS FEATURE: Bishops push policy concerns with GOP, Democrat platform committees
c. 1996 Religion News Service
WASHINGTON _ The Republican and Democratic parties should resist any effort to give support to same-sex marriages or other policies that would change the definition of the family, U.S. Roman Catholic bishops said Tuesday (July 9)."We oppose all policies...
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COMMENTARY: In the Texas desert, an icon weeps sweet tears of myrrh
c. 1996 Religion News Service
(Frederica Mathewes-Green is a member of the Eastern Orthodox Church. She is the author of the recent book"Real Choices"and a frequent contributor to Christianity Today magazine.)
(RNS) The vast middle of this country is sometimes termed, by bicoastal...
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RNS Daily Digest
c. 1996 Religion News Service
Archbishop of Canterbury decries"privatization of morality" (RNS) Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey has strongly criticized"the privatization of morality,"which he said is undermining society.
Carey, the spiritual leader of the 70 million-membe...
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Iakovos: Milestones in the life of a religious leader
c. 1996 Religion News Service
(UNDATED) Here are highlights in the life of Archbishop Iakovos, who for 39 years led the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America and was a spokesman for all branches of Orthodox Christianity.
Origins:
Demetrios Coucouzis is born J...
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TOP STORY: THE AMERICAN ORTHODOX CHURCH—SIDEBAR: Iakovos: Milestones in the life of a religiou
c. 1996 Religion News Service
(UNDATED) Here are highlights in the life of Archbishop Iakovos, who for 39 years led the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America and was a spokesman for all branches of Orthodox Christianity.
Origins:
Demetrios Coucouzis is born J...
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