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c. 1996 Religion News Service
Aid groups urge U.S. action on Zaire crisis
(RNS) Alarmed by the possibility that continuing inaction could lead to the deaths of thousands of refugees in eastern Zaire, a group of 18 U.S. aid agencies is urging the United States to take steps to he...
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CRECHE CULTURE: Manger scenes tell more than just the Christmas story
c. 1996 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ The scene might be the ruins of an old castle or an ancient temple. Sometimes it's a village, bustling with activity. It could be a cave, or a rich landscape of mountains and rivers and stars. At other times, it's a simple barn.
No matter ho...
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TOP STORY: ADOPTION ETHICS: Adoptees searching for roots discover peace and pain
c. 1996 Religion News Service
CLEVELAND _ They approached the long table one by one, tentatively, as if answers lay somewhere among the pastel pamphlets or in the understanding faces of the volunteers.
``That's all I know,'' Steve Hoffert said, with an almost apologetic shrug. He...
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Religious groups fear `open season’ on tax-exempt status
c. 1996 Religion News Service
WASHINGTON _ When Colorado voters go to the polls next week, they may hold the tax status of churches, synagogues and mosques across the nation in their hands.
Up for grabs on the Colorado ballot is Amendment 11, an unprecedented initiative that would...
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TOP STORY: RELIGION AND POLITICS: What’s an evangelical? It depends on who you ask
c. 1996 Religion News Service
WASHINGTON _ Margaret and William Young have a deep faith in Jesus and they believe they should share their faith with others. Margaret, an office manager, frequently listens to the popular evangelical radio program"Focus on the Family"hosted by psychol...
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NEWS STORY: PERSECUTION CONCERNS: U.S. condemns Iran for ongoing persecution of religious minorities
c. 1996 Religion News Service
WASHINGTON _ Amid new reports of persecution against religious minorities in Iran, the U.S. State Department has called on the Islamic republic to grant full religious liberty to members of all faiths.
The State Department condemned a death sentence i...
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NEWS STORY: Rights group raises case of detained U.S. Christian in Vietnam
c. 1996 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ Freedom House, a New York-based human rights group, has asked President Clinton to personally intervene in the case of an American woman who has been detained in Vietnam and accused of"illegal religious propaganda"for distributing pens with Ch...
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NEWS STORY: Abolitionists call on U.S. to help end African slave trade
c. 1996 Religion News Service
WASHINGTON _ A coalition of modern-day abolitionists and church leaders has called on the U.S. government to help end the buying and selling of Africans in a thriving chattel slavery market.
The headline could have been written 150 years ago, but in f...
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God and the 105th Congress: Religious activists set their agendas
c. 1996 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ As the 105th session of Congress convenes Jan. 7, political activists of all stripes are readying for another contentious year, and religious groups _ liberal, moderate and conservative _ will be included in the fray. Here, in capsule form, ar...
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Little evidence exists that Jesus was born in Nativity Cave
c. 1996 Religion News Service
"Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; ... and (Mary) brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger because there w...
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