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NEWS STORY: Orthodox Patriarch begins his American journey
c. 1997 Religion News Service
WASHINGTON _ Welcomed with all the pomp reserved for a pope or a visiting head of state, Bartholomew I, ecumenical patriarch of the Orthodox Church, arrived at Andrews Air Force Base today from Istanbul to begin a month-long American tour.
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NEWS STORY: Bartholomew links Orthodox spirituality, human rights
c. 1997 Religion News Service
DALLAS _ Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the spiritual head of Orthodox Christianity, touching on an issue currently pitting a variety of non-Orthodox faiths against the hierarchy of the Russian Orthodox Church, said Wednesday (Nov. 5) human rights an...
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NEWS SIDEBAR: Texts of Presbyterian Church (USA) amendments
c. 1997 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ Here are the texts of the Book of Order article G-6.0106b (formerly Amendment B) and the proposed new amendment adopted by the 209th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) on Friday (June 20):
G-6.0106b (Amendment B):"...
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RNS Daily Digest
c. 1997 Religion News Service
Subcommittee considers proposed Religious Freedom Amendment
(RNS) A congressional subcommittee continued the debate over a proposed Religious Freedom Amendment Tuesday (July 22) when it held its first hearing on the latest version of the bill.
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NEWS STORY: Presbyterians unable to resolve gay issue, send new proposal to presbyteries
c. 1997 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ The General Assembly of the 2.7 million-member Presbyterian Church (USA), in a startling reversal, has adopted a new proposed amendment to its rule book that would significantly weaken a restrictive ban on gays and lesbians in the church's ord...
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NEWS STORY: Presbyterians approve unity measure with Lutherans
c. 1997 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ The Presbyterian Church (USA), internally fractured over the role of gays and lesbians in the ministry, has nevertheless reached out the hand of unity and reconciliation to Lutherans and two other denominations in its own Reformed tradition.
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NEWS STORY: Growing number of Presbyterian churches say they will defy anti-gay rule
c. 1997 Religion News Service
WASHINGTON _ Representatives from nine area Presbyterian Church (USA) congregations gathered at a downtown church here Sunday night _ on the evening of Pentecost _ and vowed to defy a recently approved denominational rule that bars gays and lesbians fro...
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NEWS STORY: Orthodox Patriarch begins his American journey
c. 1997 Religion News Service
WASHINGTON _ Welcomed with all the pomp reserved for a pope or a visiting head of state, Bartholomew I, ecumenical patriarch of the Orthodox Church, arrived at Andrews Air Force Base today from Istanbul to begin a month-long American tour.
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RNS Daily Digest
c. 1997 Religion News Service
Expansion of TV rating system approved
(RNS) To rate or not to rate is no longer the question.
But how to rate TV fare has been the question for the past six months.
It was answered Wednesday (July 9) in an agreement between Congress, the TV ind...
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RNS Daily Digest
c. 1997 Religion News Service
Episcopal Church apologizes for mistreatment of homosexuals
(RNS) The Episcopal Church apologized publicly Friday (July 25) to gays and lesbians for their past treatment by the church and approved a three-year theological study of same-sex unions.
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