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RNS Daily Digest
c. 1996 Religion News Service
Catholic bishops urge intervention in East African crisis
(RNS) Despite the ambiguities of the situation, the international community should mount a swift and urgent response to the on-going humanitarian crisis in Africa's Great Lakes region, U.S. R...
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RNS Daily Digest
c. 1996 Religion News Service
Catholic Bishop Belo receives Nobel Peace Prize
(RNS) Declaring himself"a voice for the voiceless,"Roman Catholic Bishop Carlos Belo of Indonesia-occupied East Timor received the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway, Tuesday (Dec. 10).
Belo, a co-win...
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Daily News Digest
c. 1996 Religion News Service
Russian Orthodox accused of profiteering tobacco, booze
(RNS) The image of the Russian Orthodox Church has been tarnished by charges in the Moscow press that the church imported alcohol and tobacco as tax-free humanitarian aid and then re-sold the p...
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RNS Daily Digest
c. 1996 Religion News Service
U.S. opposes inclusion of Hiroshima on U.N. heritage list
(RNS) The United States has announced its official opposition to the inclusion of Hiroshima on the United Nations'"World Heritage List"of important international cultural locations.
At a U....
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RNS Daily Digest
c. 1996 Religion News Service
Naval Academy names its first professor of ethics
(RNS) Nancy Sherman, a professor of ethics at Georgetown University, has been named to fill the newly created ethics chair at the U.S. Naval Academy, the Navy's education institution that has been sc...
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NEWS SIDEBAR: People of faith: How they voted
c. 1996 Religion News Service
(UNDATED) Here's a rundown of exit polls and other post-election surveys of how Americans voted by religion in the 1996 presidential election.
RELIGIOUS CONSERVATIVES
CLINTON: 26 percent
DOLE: 65 percent
PEROT: 8 percent
Source: Voters News...
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NEWS STORY: Canadian Anglicans urge `snowbirds’ to boycott U.S. travel spots
c. 1996 Religion News Service
VANCOUVER, British Columbia _ The Anglican Church of Canada is calling on Canadian"snowbirds"to boycott U.S. travel destinations this winter and instead vacation in Cuba to protest the U.S. economic embargo of the Fidel Castro regime.
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TOP STORY: THE CHANGING NATURE OF FAITH: In New York, a church council opens its doors to all Christ
c. 1996 Religion News Service
ALBANY, N.Y. _ In mid-December, members of the New York State Council of Churches will gather for an unusual service: They will celebrate their going out of business.
Beginning next year, the council of mainline Protestant and Orthodox denominations w...
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COMMENTARY: God works in mysterious ways
c. 1996 Religion News Service
(Rabbi Rudin is the national interreligious affairs director of the American Jewish Committee.)
(UNDATED) Aron Lustiger, the son of Polish-Jewish parents, was born in France 70 years ago. Today, he is Jean-Marie Cardinal Lustiger, the Roman Catholic a...
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COMMENTARY: Rabin: A martyr in his grave cannot lead anyone to peace
c. 1996 Religion News Service
(Rabbi Rudin is the national interreligious affairs director of the American Jewish Committee.)
(UNDATED) Has anything really changed since Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated last Nov. 4 in Tel Aviv? Decide for yourself as you consi...
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