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TOP STORY: THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH: Heresy trial could be dividing line for Episcopalians
c. 1996 Religion News Service
NEWARK, N.J. (RNS)-The Rev. Barry Stopfel, rector of St. George's Church in Maplewood, N.J., a Newark suburb, opens his packages cautiously these days. He worries that his address is in the phone book and that his car is too accessible. He hopes his fea...
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Pope urges resolve on celibacy among African priests
c. 1996 Religion News Service
VATICAN CITY (RNS)-Reflecting his concern about the failure of many priests to fulfill the rigors of their chosen lives, Pope John Paul II on Tuesday (Feb. 20) urged Tanzania's bishops to"foster an unfailing commitment to holiness and a renewed dedicati...
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National Religion Report
c. 1996 Religion News Service
(Following is a collection of domestic religion stories compiled from RNS staff, wire and denominational reports).
Parishioners shun visit by female Episcopal bishop
(RNS)-The Rev. Arthur Woolley of St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Bladensburg, Md...
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NEWS STORY: Episcopal court breaks heresy case into two parts
c. 1996 Religion News Service
(RNS)-Did retired Episcopal Bishop Walter Righter commit heresy when he ordained a non-celibate homosexual as a deacon in 1990?
A nine-member Episcopal Church court was scheduled to decide that question Feb. 27-29 at a trial in Wilmington, Del. But no...
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“It was the right thing to do,“says Episcopal bishop accused of heresy
c. 1995 Religion News Service
(RNS)-Walter C. Righter is a white-haired grandfather who lives with his wife in a small hillside house in rural New Hampshire. He's 72, an age when many people are enjoying retirement. But Righter is facing charges of heresy-the second bishop ever to s...
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RNS Daily Digest
c. 1996 Religion News Service
Leaders of Adventist, Orthodox church meet in Istanbul
(RNS) In the first-ever visit by Seventh-day Adventist Church officials to the Ecumenical Patriarchate, headquarters of the worldwide Orthodox movement in Istanbul, Turkey, leaders from the two...
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RNS Daily Digest
c. 1996 Religion News Service
Muslim woman calls for release of Christian husband who faces flogging
(RNS) A Muslim student in South Carolina is calling on officials of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to"unconditionally release"her Christian husband, who has been sentenced to a y...
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RNS Daily Digest
c. 1996 Religion News Service
Cathedral dean retires with tribute from a daredevil
(RNS) From high above the altar of Manhattan's Cathedral of St. John the Divine, a high-wire artist plans to pay a special New Year's Eve tribute to the Rev. James Parks Morton, the church's retir...
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RNS Daily Digest
c. 1996 Religion News Service
Violence mars Nobel prize-winning bishop's homecoming
(RNS) At least one person was killed and two others were seriously injured in attacks in East Timor by crowds gathered Tuesday (Dec. 24) for the return home of Nobel Peace laureate Bishop Carlos Be...
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RNS Daily Digest
c. 1996 Religion News Service
East Timorese bishop permitted to attend Nobel ceremony
(RNS) Indonesian officials have cleared the way for East Timorese Bishop Carlos Belo to travel to Norway, where he will receive his Nobel Peace Prize next week.
Indonesian Foreign Minister Al...
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