Weblog: Democrat Says He Was Fired From Catholic Charities Over Abortion
Plus: Another blow to the partial-birth abortion ban, church attacks in India and Cyprus, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen | posted 8/01/2004 12:00AM
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After three years some groups still aiding Sept. 11 victims | The United Services Group, a New York City humanitarian consortium that helped victims of the Sept. 11 attacks, closed up shop on July 31. But that doesn't mean the long-term relief work is anywhere near over (Religion News Service)
Promise Keepers expecting 14,000 | The event, titled "Uprising: The Revolution of a Man's Soul," is the 11th stop on an 18-city U.S. "tour" this year, and is designed to ask men to take greater spiritual responsibility and to share their Christian faith with other men (San Antonio Express-News, Tex.)
Former Olympic hopeful helps athletes keep the faith | Athletes in Action director focuses on Olympians' spirituality (The Dallas Morning News)
Music:
Gospel singers aim for glory in Indonesian idol | Two Christian gospel singers are locked in a final showdown in the world's most populous Muslim country to become its first pop idol, chosen by the public through an interactive TV show (Reuters)
Tower power | All-Christian radio's music, messages lift up tens of thousands in South Mississippi (The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.)
McClurkin's war on gays | Gospel great says homosexuals can be cured (EurWeb)
Books:
The Retro American freak show | Problems in John Sperling's The Great Divide: Retro vs. Metro America (Douglas LeBlanc, GetReligion)
Turning interfaith strangers into a community of friends | Religious book is an innovative effort to overcoming mistrust (David Crumm, Detroit Free Press)
Pilgrimage:
Catholic renewal movement conference discusses pilgrimage | Seven hundred priests affiliated with the Neocatechumenal Way arrived in Israel to attend a conference dedicated to attracting new members to this evangelical Catholic movement and to encourage pilgrimage to Israel (The Jerusalem Post)
Shrine is a towering symbol of faith | Atop a grassy mound in Michigan, the 50-year-old Cross in the Woods draws faithful from around the world to "a place of peace and pilgrimage" (Chicago Tribune)
Catholicism:
Demographics may mean end to celibacy issue | There are more Catholics in this country every year and fewer priests. The number of retired and disabled elderly clergy grows rapidly (Steve Gushee, Palm Beach Post)
The theological liberals have no right to take the moral high ground | Cardinal George Pell's opponents should at least have the fortitude to argue against his ideas (Ephraem Chifley, The Sydney Morning Herald)
Other stories of interest:
Iraq urges Christians to return from exile | Thousands of Christians were chased out of Iraq by radical Muslims but some of them are returning to Kurdish-controlled areas in the north, Iraq's designated ambassador to the Vatican said yesterday (UPI)
Cheerleader applauds firing of UGA coach | Marilou Braswell appeals termination (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Woman stabs boyfriend in fight over religion | They were both drunk (KWTV, Oklahoma City, video)
Raising a puppy: It takes a monastery | The monks of New Skete, a monastery near Glens Falls, N.Y., are known for their German shepherds. Their book has become a popular training guide for dog owners (The New York Times)
Remember what Sundays used to be like? | Sundays used to be quiet; a day for contemplation. Then shops began opening and the day of rest changed forever (BBC)
Jesus fish doubles as a business model | Whenever I hear or see businesses promote themselves as "Christian-based," I have to ask: What the Holy Hill does that mean? (Mike Moore, The Journal Times, Racine, Wis.)
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