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RNS Daily Digest
c. 1997 Religion News Service
Southern Africa's Anglican bishops apologize to gays
(RNS) The bishops of the Anglican province of Southern Africa, which includes the nations of South Africa, Namibia, Mozambique and Lesotho, have apologized to homosexuals hurt by the"unacceptable...
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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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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 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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RNS Daily Digest
c. 1997 Religion News Service
U.S. bishops welcome Vatican's tough anti-death penalty stance
(RNS) U.S. Roman Catholic bishops have welcomed the Vatican's strengthening of the church's opposition to the death penalty as expressed in the new Latin version of the Catechism, Cathol...
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RNS Daily Digest
c. 1997 Religion News Service
RU486 could be on market by year end
(RNS) The Population Council, holder of the U.S. rights to the French abortion pill known as RU486, says it has settled a suit with a California businessman over selling the pill and the controversial drug could...
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NEWS STORY: Celibacy no drawback for youth seriously considering church vocations
c. 1997 Religion News Service
WASHINGTON _ Contrary to popular belief that the Roman Catholic Church's teaching on celibacy is a major obstacle to young people becoming priests and nuns, church officials say a new church-sponsored survey shows the requirement is not a drawback for t...
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RNS Daily Digest
c. 1997 Religion News Service
Pope faces delicate task in May Lebanon visit
(RNS) Pope John Paul II will make his first pastoral visit to the Middle East when he travels to Lebanon May 10-11, the Vatican said Monday (Feb. 24). A previously scheduled trip had been called off thre...
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