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RNS Daily Digest
c. 1996 Religion News Service
Pope expresses anguish over violence in Africa
(RNS) Pope John Paul II, in a brief appearance Wednesday (Oct. 30) before pilgrims in St. Peter's Square, said the widening war in the central African nations of Zaire, Burundi and Rwanda is"an intermin...
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RNS Daily Digest
c. 1996 Religion News Service
Top Vatican official deals with delicate diplomacy in Cuba
(RNS) Engaged in a delicate diplomatic waltz, a high-ranking Vatican official visiting Cuba has sharply criticized U.S. policies toward the island nation as"imperial,"while pressing Cuban le...
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RNS Daily Digest
c. 1996 Religion News Service
White House says persecution panel will come at"appropriate"time
(RNS) The White House said Thursday (Oct. 24) that it still plans to appoint a panel of top religious leaders to investigate and defend religious liberty abroad but left open the possi...
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RNS Daily Digest
c. 1996 Religion News Service
U.S. Catholic Conference urges solidarity with people in Holy Land
(RNS) The recent spate of violence and the protracted tensions in the Middle East are a"summons to all Catholics to show solidarity with the peoples of the Holy Land in their quest f...
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RNS Daily Digest
c. 1996 Religion News Service
Vatican criticizes anti-Cuba economic embargo law
(RNS) The Vatican has challenged both the legality and morality of a U.S. law aimed at tightening the American economic embargo on Fidel Castro's regime by penalizing foreign firms that do business w...
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RNS Daily Digest
c. 1996 Religion News Service
Pope returns to Vatican from hospital amid reports of Parkinson's
(RNS) Pope John Paul II returned to the Vatican on Tuesday (Oct. 15), one week after having his appendix removed at a Rome hospital, amid persistent reports that he is suffering from...
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RNS Daily Digest
c. 1996 Religion News Service
Christian Coalition apologizes for `racist' sample voter guides
(RNS) The Christian Coalition has apologized for distributing sample voter guides that African-American leaders in Texas branded as ``race-baiting.''
The generic sample voter guides...
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RNS Daily Digest
c. 1996 Religion News Service
Muslim Arab-Americans favor Clinton by wide margin
(RNS) President Clinton holds a double-digit lead over Bob Dole among all Arab-Americans, with Muslim Arab-Americans favoring Clinton by a margin of more than 40 percentage points, according to the...
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RNS Daily Digest
c. 1996 Religion News Service
New study says religious Americans continue as most generous
(RNS) Americans with religious affiliations continue to give higher percentages of their incomes to charities and to volunteer larger amounts of time to non-profit causes than do those w...
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RNS Daily Digest
c. 1996 Religion News Service
Court case raises questions about religious test for public office
(RNS) Advocates of strict separation between church and state said Tuesday (Oct. 8) that a case pending before the South Carolina Supreme Court raises important questions about what co...
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