Hymnals evolve as churches blend music styles
The piece gathers clergy views on updating worship music while honoring beloved hymns. Holley Gray cites lasting hymns like Amazing Grace. Heberer notes old songs endure but updates arise. Soucie warns churches must balance generations. A pastor urges a blended approach to unite diverse congregations.
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Holley-Gray
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Catholic canon explains church handling of priests who prey on children
The Canon Law Society commentary and church rules show bishops prioritize restoring offending priests over removing them, with penalties seen as last resort. Canon 1395.2 marks sex with minors as an ecclesiastical crime, yet debates persist on severity and protection of clergy over victims, amid calls for greater focus on community harm and victim welfare.
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John Paul II
Canon Law Society of America
U.S
Canon Law Society
Thomas J. Green
Catholic University of America
Thomas P. Doyle
Kenneth Lasch
Paterson, N.J
Lasch
Green
Canon Law Canon 1395 On Clergy Sexual Misconduct
Canon 1395 outlines penalties for clerics living in concubinage or committing external sins against the sixth commandment. Suspension may precede further penalties or dismissal after repeated warnings. It also covers offenses by force threats public actions or with a minor under 16, meriting just penalties. Note mentions U S bishops obtaining Vatican permission to raise the age of consent to 18.
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U.S
Vatican
Gospel and Contemporary Christian Hits On WXAN WBVN Airplay
Local radio top tens list gospel and contemporary Christian songs for WXAN and WBVN. The text names artists and tracks like Misty Freeman Katie Kerkhover The Crabb Family David Patillo and Jaci Velasquez, with weekly rankings for WXAN April 14 and ongoing WBVN chart entries.
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WXAN
Judas
Misty Freeman
Man In the Middle
Katie Kerkhover
John Hageenily
the Crabb Family
the Comptons
WBVN
CROP Walk 2002 set for April in Carbondale
The annual Christian Rural Overseas Program Walk in Carbondale will start at 2 p.m. April 28 at the town square near the Amtrak station. Two routes, five and one mile, plus sponsor pledges fund hunger relief overseas and a local food pantry. Local contact is Pastor Terry Graunke. Dialogues on Jewish Christian Muslim peace set for Monday at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, sponsored by the Ralph Anderson Fund.
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Carbondale
Amtrak
CROP
University Baptist Church
Terry Graunke
Epiphany Lutheran Church of All Saints
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
W. Mill
Roger Karban
Belleville
Steve Low
Jewish Federation of Southern Illinois
Abdul Z. Haqq
Carbondale Islamic Center
Dale Bengtson
Southern Illinois University
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