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From cross to empty tomb: Behind the story of Holy Saturday
c. 1996 Religion News Service
(RNS)-They are words that echo in churches everywhere this time of year, sacred sentences that go to the heart of the Christian faith:"You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He is risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid Him." Yet h...
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RNS Daily Digest
c. 1996 Religion News Service
Episcopal Church agrees to settle civil suit against former treasurer
(RNS)-Presiding Bishop Edmond L. Browning of the Episcopal Church has announced that the church reached an agreement to settle its civil suit against former treasurer Ellen F. Coo...
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TOP STORY: JUDAISM IN AMERICA: Butchers have a beef with state kosher laws
c. 1996 Religion News Service
NEW YORK (RNS)-It wasn't the $11,000 fine that hurt the most, say Long Island butchers Brian and Jeffrey Yarmeisch. It was the damage to their reputation in the Jewish community after they were cited in 1993 for violating New York state's kosher food la...
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NEWS FEATURE: Dating service founder seeks matches made in heaven
c. 1996 Religion News Service
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (RNS)-Ever since the original matchmaker created Adam and Eve, men and women have been trying to find the perfect mate.
While she certainly doesn't claim to be God, Kimberly Gura hopes she can help people, especially Christians, find...
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c. 1996 Religion News Service
Newspaper says Hickey blocked Jesuit from school post
(RNS)-Vatican officials have barred a provincial superior of the Society of Jesus in Maryland from becoming president of the Jesuit Weston School of Theology in Cambridge, Mass., according to the...
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NEWS STORY: Pope says priests obliged to remain celibate
c. 1996 Religion News Service
VATICAN CITY (RNS)-Pope John Paul II told the Roman Catholic Church's 400,000 priests Thursday (March 21) that they are obliged to remain faithful to their vows of celibacy.
In his annual letter to priests marking Holy Thursday, which celebrates the s...
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c. 1996 Religion News Service
Grahams to receive Gold Medal on National Day of Prayer
(RNS)-Evangelist Billy Graham and his wife, Ruth, are scheduled to receive the Congressional Gold Medal on May 2, the National Day of Prayer.
The joint meeting of Congress will be held at 2 p...
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COMMENTARY: The graceful fiction of Andre Dubus
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 contact him at his e-mail address:...
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c. 1996 Religion News Service
Amnesty International slams China's human rights record
(RNS)-Amnesty International, the London-based human rights groups, said Tuesday (March 12) that despite giant economic strides, ``human rights violations occur on a massive scale in China.''...
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NEWS FEATURE: Modern-day meditators rediscover ancient technique
c. 1996 Religion News Service
NEW ORLEANS (RNS)-Aimee Dominique walked slowly over the footpath in the semi-darkness, eyes down, hand over her heart, lost in thought. Gregorian chant and candlelight filled the room.
Sally Gale walked a similar path a few feet away, to her enormous...
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