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Protestant Group Marches Against Birth-Control Pills
September 1, 1996 Issue 
DEMONSTRATING at a research facility of the Searle drug company in Skokie, Ill., on Aug. 17, Protestants Against Birth Control accused Searle of making birth-control pills that sometimes cause early abortions.
Searle spokesman Charles Fry later said that “over 40 years of scientific study and... READ MORE
Reformed Churches Urged to Question Vatican’s U.N. Status
September 1, 1996 Issue
A REPORT TO the World Alliance of Reformed Churches states that there is growing concern about the “unique and certainly questionable” status enjoyed by the Vatican at the United Nations.
The report—a review of United Nations activities over the past year, prepared by Robert Smylie, official... READ MORE
Mexico: 500 Seminarians Wanted
September 1, 1996 Issue
THE ARCHBISHOP of Mexico City, the most populated archdiocese in the world, recently launched an archdiocesan vocational campaign aimed at having 500 students in the local seminary for the year 2000.
The campaign, officially announced by Archbishop Norberto Rivera in late August, will help the... READ MORE
Brazil Readies ‘Male Pill’
September 1, 1996 Issue
THECATHOLICCHURCH and pro-life organizations in Brazil are concerned about the commercialization of a male contraceptive pill, which the Brazilian laboratory Hebron recently announced will be ready for the market early next year. The product, whose commercial name will be “Nofertil,” has no side... READ MORE
PBS’s Fall Lineup Heavy on God and Virtue
BY ADELLE BANKS
September 1, 1996 Issue
CHILDREN'S CARTOONS about virtue. A 10-part series on the Book of Genesis, complete with a companion book and discussions of the subject in communities across America. A documentary on the historic roots of the religious right.
These three series, scheduled to air in Public Broadcasting Service... READ MORE
Homeless Not on This Year’s Political Shortlist
BY LESLEYPAYNE Political parties ignore issue that won't fade
September 1, 1996 Issue
IN PAST PRESIDENTIAL elections, homelessness has been cast as one of the most pressing crises facing the country; this year, the issue is rarely mentioned. Democrats and Republicans are now equally eager to pass punitive laws against “vagrancy,” and to reform what many perceive as an... READ MORE
Chicago Plan Aims to Cure Local Church Woes
BY JAYCOPP Evangelization gets renewed emphasis
September 1, 1996 Issue
Critics say funding for non- Catholic students at risk
CAN THE NATION'S second largest diocese, grappling with low church attendance, flagging financial support and fewer priests, become a model of success at evangelization?
The Archdiocese of Chicago is intent on it. Two years ago Cardinal Joseph... READ MORE
GOP Ticket Enjoying Some Real Momentum
BY MICHAELBARBERA
September 1, 1996 Issue
THE REPUBLICANS left their San Diego convention with a bounce in their step, buoyed by rebounding poll numbers and a renewed enthusiasm from party activists. Post-convention polls showed the Dole-Kemp ticket slicing into President Clinton's once commanding lead both nationally and in key... READ MORE
‘Common Ground’ Proving Hard to Find
BY PETER FEUERHERD Initiative stirs emotions on all sides
September 1, 1996 Issue
‘Stakes are high for future of American Church’
MSGR. PHILIP MURNION, director of the National Pastoral Life Center in New York, is a major player behind the Common Ground project recently launched by Cardinal Joseph Bernardin of Chicago.
In a statement intended to begin the dialogue, Common Ground... READ MORE
THIS SUNDAY AT MASS
BY Peter John Cameron
July 7, 1996 Issue
Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Zc 9, 9-10 Ps 143, 1-2; 8-11; 13-14 Rom 8, 9; 11-13 Mt 11, 25-30
THE ORATION of Jesus we hear today gives the prerequisite for those who would be privy to the wisdom of heaven. That distinction is reserved to the merest children, and it is as an obedient Son that... READ MORE
Legislators Move Against Arsons
July 7, 1996 Issue
PRESIDENT CLINTON hosted a White House prayer breakfast June 26 for religious leaders and promised federal help to prevent arson at their churches.
Clinton told the leaders of various denominations that the Federal Emergency Management Agency will make available to churches arson prevention... READ MORE
‘Gay Marriage Issue Low Key in Hawaii’
July 7, 1996 Issue
As head of the statewide Diocese of Honolulu, Hawaii, Bishop Francis DiLorenzo is at ground zero of the national debate brewing over same-sex marriage rites for homosexual couples. But while the mainland debate reflects the in-your-face, aggressive stance of the American gay and lesbian rights... READ MORE
God’s Instrument in a Sinister Circle
BY Todd Aglialoro
July 7, 1996 Issue
Father Elijah: An Apocalypse, by Michael D. O' Brien (Ignatius Press, 1996, 600 pp., $24.95)
AUTHOR MICHAEL O' BRIEN warns in the preface to his recently released Father Elijah: An Apocalypse that his book “does not proceed at the addictive pace of a television micro-drama, nor does it offer... READ MORE
This Politician Needs a Party
BY Bill Murray
July 7, 1996 Issue
Fighting for Life, by Gov. Robert P. Casey (Dallas: Word Publishing, 1996, 255 pp., $22)
BY ROOTING out corruption and observing the law, Robert Casey built a good name for himself as a two-term auditor general for Pennsylvania from 1969-1977. Other Robert Caseys, however, profited from his good... READ MORE
Is There a Precedent for Deaconnesses?
BY Lisapevtzow
July 7, 1996 Issue
THE ISSUE of deaconesses has been raised several times in the last three hundred years, yet the feminist movement and the general concern for women's issues have provided the current debate with a certain urgency and impetus. The most surprising support for the ordination of women to the permanent... READ MORE
Excommunication: Wave of the Future?
BY Edward Peters
July 7, 1996 Issue
AFTER “INQUISITION,” no word in Catholic life conjures up specters of hierarchic persecution more quickly than “excommunication.” But unlike the Inquisition, excommunication is a living part of Church law and, judging from recent events in the United States and Mexico, one that is likely to become... READ MORE
‘Public Order Act’ Chills Pro-life Protests
July 7, 1996 Issue
DICK SPRING, the Irish Foreign Minister (and deputy prime minister or Tanaiste) appeared at the June 14 Washington, D.C. press conference of Irish President Mary Robinson. While she declined to comment on Ireland's Public Order Act, Spring did so after the press conference. He said the act was “a... READ MORE
Irish President Eyed for Top U.N. Post
BY Mary Meehan
July 7, 1996 Issue
WASHINGTON— “Should This Woman Run the World?” That's what The Nation magazine asked in an admiring profile of Ireland's President Mary Robinson. The April 15 feature was among many recent media suggestions that Robinson should be the next Secretary General of the United Nations.
At a June 14 press... READ MORE
Group Claims to ‘cure’ Homosexuals
July 7, 1996 Issue
GAYS AND LESBIANS hoping to “recover” from their sexual orientation have flocked to a religious conference in suburban Boston run by a group that bills itself as a “recovery support group for homosexuals,” organizers said June 25.
Exodus International, a worldwide Christian ministry led by... READ MORE
Polish Government Announces Development Plan for Auschwitz
July 7, 1996 Issue
THE POLISH government has announced plans for a $100 million re-development at the former Auschwitz concentration camp after a series of disputes over the site's use for religious and commercial activities.
The three-stage project, announced June 25 by the governor of Poland's Bielsko county, Marek... READ MORE
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