Politics
COMMENTARY: Purim’s festivity masks a dreadful reality
c. 1996 Religion News Service
(Rabbi Rudin is the national interreligious affairs director of the American Jewish Committee.)
(RNS)-The biblical Book of Esther is a literary gem, a sweeping study of monumental conflicts, tremendous courage and the ultimate triumph of good over evi...
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RNS Daily Digest
c. 1996 Religion News Service
Rwanda war crimes trials may start in April
(RNS)-War crimes trials against Rwandans accused of participating in the 1994 mass murder of up to 1 million people may begin in April, according to officials of the U.N. Tribunal charged with bringing the...
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Support for Mideast peace process grows among U.S. Jews
c. 1996 Religion News Service
(RNS)-American-Jewish support for the Middle East peace process has jumped significantly in the aftermath of the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, according to an American Jewish Committee survey released today (Feb. 21).
Seventy-nine per...
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RNS Daily Digest
c. 1996 Religion News Service
Vatican says Belgrade ties don't suggest political support
(RNS)-The Vatican defended its decision Wednesday (Feb. 21) to resume diplomatic ties with Yugoslavia, apparently wary that Serbia-the dominant force in the Yugoslav federation-might use the...
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Observing Ramadan’s end, White House hosts first Muslim fete
c. 1996 Religion News Service
WASHINGTON (RNS)-American Muslims marked a milestone in the growth and acceptance of Islam in the United States Tuesday (Feb. 20) with the first presidential reception to mark the end of the holy month of Ramadan."It's only fitting that just as children...
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TOP STORY: NORTHERN IRELAND: Chances for peace slipping away in Ireland
c. 1996 Religion News Service
WASHINGTON (RNS)-With the chance of ending a bloody religious and political war in Northern Ireland slipping away, the Clinton administration is engaged in intense negotiations with the British and Irish governments and Northern Irish political factions...
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Pope sends Vatican envoy to East Timor
c. 1996 Religion News Service
VATICAN CITY (RNS)-In an apparent attempt to find a diplomatic solution to Indonesia's annexation of East Timor, Pope John Paul II on Tuesday (Feb. 20) dispatched a top Vatican envoy to the province and to the Indonesian capital of Jakarta to meet with...
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RNS Daily Digest
c. 1996 Religion News Service
Researcher finds changed attitudes on Roman Catholic priesthood
(RNS)-Support for a married clergy and women priests has grown among Roman Catholic parishioners over the past three years, while support for the teaching authority of the pope has decl...
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COMMENTARY: This just in: The `Honey’ syndrome
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 and other publications.)
(RNS)-One of the tasks of journalism is trend-spotting an...
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RNS Daily Digest
c. 1996 Religion News Service
Lost Luther manuscript returns to Germany
(RNS)-A rare manuscript by Protestant reformer Martin Luther, thought to have been lost at the end of World War II, has been discovered at the Concordia Historical Institute in the St. Louis suburb of Clayto...
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