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March 1997

March 12, 1997
It's fitting that journalists couldn't even agree on where New York Cardinal John O'Connor was...
March 05, 1997
Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein admits that he laughed early and often during the Steve Martin comedy...

February 1997

February 26, 1997
Clergy quickly learn this law: Most worshippers want to sit in familiar pew, open a...
February 19, 1997
While making her early rounds, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright has let everyone know that...
February 12, 1997
The distressed parishioner had a sad, even pathetic, story to tell, one the Rev. C....
February 05, 1997
As Cardinal Joseph Bernardin entered the Loyola University Cancer Center he found his path blocked...

January 1997

January 29, 1997
A long time ago, in a movie multiplex not so far away, a child looked...
January 22, 1997
As governor of Arkansas, Bill Clinton spent many of his Sunday mornings in the choir...
January 15, 1997
While he often played the role of scientific high priest, the late Carl Sagan didn't...
January 08, 1997
In the beginning there was candidate Jimmy Carter, facing waves of reporters demanding an answer...
January 01, 1997
Moments after celebrating the 70th anniversary of the first Chinese bishops consecrated in Rome, John...

December 1996

December 25, 1996
Black churches were burning and many pundits, politicos and preachers agreed that Southern racists --...
December 18, 1996
Ebenezer Scrooge repents, George Bailey is born again and Kevin McCallister says his prayers, pounds...
December 11, 1996
No doubt about it, 25 minus 12 does equal 13.Christmas is Dec. 25th. Lovers of...
December 04, 1996
It's impossible to tell Jim Bakker's story without mentioning his conspiracy theories.The former PTL leader...

November 1996

November 27, 1996
It was a simple, if mischievous, way to open one of those holiday stories that...
November 20, 1996
Jim Pinto was hooked on drugs and shacked up with his girlfriend when his life...
November 13, 1996
One of the first decisions David and Jean Leu Stanley faced when they got married...
November 06, 1996
No one will ever accuse Pope John Paul II of being a master of the...

October 1996

October 30, 1996
Penthouse isn't known for its religion coverage.Still, the Episcopal Church establishment went into damage- control...
October 23, 1996
Once again, it's time for Religious Right strategists to sing requiems while the chaplains of...
October 16, 1996
Every month, 1,300 U.S. pastors are fired or forced to resign.Nearly 30 percent of ministers...
October 09, 1996
Looking at a map, it's obvious that warm, volatile masses of religiosity rolling out of...
October 02, 1996
Billy Graham always reminds his listeners that they don't know if they'll live another day...

September 1996

September 25, 1996
The dominoes began falling when Haik Hovsepian-Mehr dared to start a global campaign to save...
September 18, 1996
On Yom Kippur, Jews are asked to meditate on their sins, vow to make changes...
September 11, 1996
Bonnie Keen was on stage doing what she does best -- singing harmony -- when...
September 04, 1996
The back of the Anaheim Hilton ballroom was lined with news crews, but the cameras...

August 1996

August 28, 1996
It's time for Mass: do you know where the Catholic voters are?This used to be...
August 21, 1996
They are the worker bees who cluster in ecclesiastical hives.They are the faithful company men...
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