Vatican critiques Beijing UN women platform on abortion rights
Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls condemned a Western model of feminist promotion at the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing. He said the draft platform does not reflect Catholic values or the Pope’s views and warned against the document guiding policy. The conference runs September 4 to 15.
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Vatican
Nas
Beijing
Joaquin Navarro-Valls
John Paul MI
Navarro-Valls
Three denominations eye shared church in Pewaukee
Catholic Sts. Peter and Paul, Episcopal St Bartholomew, and Lutheran St. Francis in Pewaukee Wis discuss building a common church with separate chapels and shared areas. Leaders describe a cinema triplex concept to consolidate worship and ministries while preserving Communion separation. The aging Peter and Paul site and St Bartholomew’s vacant space spur talks as St Francis grows from school meetings.
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Pewaukee
Wis
Brian Beno
Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church
St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church
St. Francis Lutheran Church
Richard Dick
St Francis
Sts. Peter and Paul
St. Bartholomew’s
St. Francis
Supreme Court rules on parade obesity. free speech and faith spar over rights
The Supreme Court issued rulings involving religious groups and free speech. It allowed St Patrick’s Day parade organizers in Boston to exclude gays and lesbians on free speech grounds. It also refused to hear challenges to the FACE abortion clinic protection law by Concerned Women for America and the American Life League. The court did not rule on constitutionality, but declined to hear those challenges. It also rejected an appeal by Mitzi and Jennings Osborne of Little Rock over forced reduction of a large Christmas light display citing residential limits on commercial decoration.
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Boston
Concerned Women For America
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American Life League
Mitzi
Jennings Osborne
Little Rock
Ark
Irish bishop urges study of married priests in Catholic Church
In Dublin the Sunday Tribune quoted Bishop Brendan Comiskey of Ferns diocese saying the church must seriously consider allowing married priests to halt recruitment decline. He warned the Pope remains opposed to ending clerical celibacy, while noting options are running out for diocesan priests amid changing times.
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Dublin
Sunday Tribune
Brendan Comiskey
Ferns
County
Wexford
John Paul II
Comiskey
Fragmented Note on Chinese Landscape Theme
Fragments describe the relationship between the individual and nature in Chinese landscape painting titled The Way. The text hints at river and brushwork, suggesting a path or method for viewing or creating the art.
Mother Teresa Visits Charlotte for Simple Blessing at Coliseum
In Charlotte the 4 foot 10 inch nun opened a convent with four Missionaries of Charity, spoke at an ecumenical service, and handed out sacred medals to four recipients including a child, an elderly wheelchair user, and a police officer. The event featured free parking and no VIP seating, with no sales allowed and a keepsake photo as the memento.
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Charlotte
N.C
Mother Teresa
Charlotte Coliseum
Calcutta
John Paul I
Denver
Lissette Johnson
el Salvador
Virgin Mary
Missionaries of Charity
Baptists urge welcoming church through friendly outreach
The Southern Baptists apologized for supporting slavery and racism while promoting a brochure titled Extending the Hand of Fellowship. It urges congregations to welcome all, emphasize hospitality, and make friendliness a way of life, citing the American Baptists for guidance. The piece contemplates reconciliation and the church as people, not place.
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Southern Baptists
American Baptist Church
On Center
Bhis
Newt Gingrich
Georgia
American Baptists
Brron’ DA Waarrawgt
First Baptist Church
Jordan
Clinton St Claiees
Two Lectures Explore Bible and Homosexuality in Worship
The Plymouth Congregational Church will host two Sunday talks by Old Testament expert Rev H Darrell Lance on sexuality and scripture. A 10 am worship context precedes an 11 15 am open forum featuring Lance and church members amid debate over a public statement welcoming gays lesbians and bisexuals.
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Plymouth Conal Church
Darrell Lance
Colgate Rochester Divinity School
B. Onondaga St
Harvey Pinyoun
Plymouth Church
Lance
Pinyoun
Skaneateles United Methodist Church
Mardean Moyer
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