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Written by Special to Presbyterian News Service
by Dennis A. Smith
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Friday, 28 January 2011 18:55 |
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Editor’s note: On Aug. 5, a mine near Copiapó, Chile, collapsed, trapping 33 miners 2,300 feet underground.
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Written by Adelle M. Banks
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Tuesday, 25 January 2011 19:10 |
WASHINGTON (rNS) — When President Barack Obama lit the National Christmas Tree behind the White House in 2009, he spoke of a “child born far from home” and said “while this story may be a Christian one, its lesson is universal.”
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Written by Alessandro Speciale
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Tuesday, 25 January 2011 19:06 |
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope Benedict XVI has called the limits on religious freedom a “threat to security and peace,” and said Christians are persecuted more than any other faith group.
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Written by Daniel Burke
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Tuesday, 25 January 2011 19:02 |
MANILA (ENI) — Asian Christian leaders have challenged what they describe as a distorted interpretation of the Bible’s Genesis story about God telling Adam and Eve to “subdue” the earth and to “have dominion” over other living species and non-living resources.
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Written by Adelle M. Banks
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Tuesday, 25 January 2011 19:01 |
WASHINGTON (RNS) — The Southern Poverty Law Center is adding the Family Research Council and four other conservative religious organizations to its list of hate groups because of “falsehoods” in their anti-gay statements.
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Written by John Bethard
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Tuesday, 25 January 2011 18:48 |
I have become increasingly alarmed at the tactics used by those who oppose the proposed new form of government for the Presbyterian Church (USA). Last week I received an email from the Presbyterian Coalition, a group of Presbyterians from various conservative affinity groups. …What is most alarming to me is that this seems like a mudslinging tactic devoid of integrity. … I am conservative, but I am hesitant to cast my lot with the group because of tactics like this. Click here to read the full article in the Amendment Resources Section.
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Written by Sharon Youngs
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Wednesday, 19 January 2011 16:08 |
LOUISVILLE — Cynthia Bolbach, moderator of the 219th General Assembly (2010) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has appointed the members of the last two special committees called for by last summer’s assembly.
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Written by Anto Akkara
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Friday, 14 January 2011 14:54 |
BANGALORE (ENInews) — Churches in Pakistan have expressed frustration over the government's refusal to amend a controversial blasphemy law, as urged by Pope Benedict XVI and protesting civil rights activists.
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Written by Daniel Burke
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Wednesday, 12 January 2011 00:00 |
Washington, D.C. (ENInews/RNS) — Tucson Bishop Gerald Kicanas was thousands of miles away from the shooting rampage that rocked his Arizona diocese on January 8 but the emotional shock hit him hard.
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Written by Adelle M. Banks
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Tuesday, 11 January 2011 17:54 |
WASHINGTON, D.C. (RNS) — About half of Muslims surveyed worldwide believe the West does not respect them, according to a new Gallup report, and many say not desecrating the Quran and portraying more “accurate” Muslim movie characters could improve a strained relationship.
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Written by Peggy Fletcher Stack, The Salt Lake Tribune
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Tuesday, 11 January 2011 17:53 |
SALT LAKE CITY (RNS) — For Mormons – or anyone else – who might be wondering, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints takes no stand on drinking Coca-Cola.
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Written by Luigi Sandri
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Tuesday, 11 January 2011 17:40 |
ROME (ENInews) — The head of the World Council of Churches in his first meeting with Pope Benedict XVI has said he wants to strengthen cooperation with the Roman Catholic Church.
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Written by Adelle M. Banks
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Tuesday, 11 January 2011 17:31 |
WASHINGTON, D.C. (RNS) — First Lady Michelle Obama has expanded her “Let’s Move” initiative to reduce childhood obesity to include working with religious and community organizations.
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Written by Daniel Burke
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Tuesday, 11 January 2011 17:29 |
(RNS) — Slightly more than half of Americans (53 percent) rate the moral values of priests, ministers, and other clerics as “very high” or “high.” That percentage is a slight bump from 2009, when only 50 percent of Americans said men and women of the cloth are ethical paragons, the lowest number in Gallup’s 32 years of measuring professional reputations.
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Written by Francis X. Rocca
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Tuesday, 11 January 2011 17:28 |
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope Benedict XVI, while still a cardinal, sought in vain to expedite the process for defrocking priests guilty of grave crimes, according to a 1988 letter published in the official Vatican newspaper.
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Written by Maurice Malanes
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Tuesday, 11 January 2011 17:26 |
MANILA (ENI) — Asian Christian leaders have challenged what they describe as a distorted interpretation of the Bible's Genesis story about God telling Adam and Eve to "subdue" the earth and to "have dominion" over other living species and non-living resources on the planet.
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Written by Adelle M. Banks
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Tuesday, 11 January 2011 17:16 |
WASHINGTON, D.C. (RNS) — The Southern Poverty Law Center is adding the Family Research Council and four other conservative religious organizations to its list of hate groups because of “falsehoods” in their anti-gay statements.
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Written by Marue White
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Tuesday, 11 January 2011 17:10 |
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Artists often inspire one another, so, just as Henri Matisse inspired Pablo Picasso, Larry and Mary Gerbens inspired Colette Soults.
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