February 1, 2000 Grandson up front about family connections

Cape Town As shouts of Viva Verwoerd! Viva ANC! drowned out his past, Wilhelm Verwoerd thrust his fist into the air in an ANC salute, acknowledging his new political family. His Afrikaner father had responded a year...

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February 1, 2000 Prominent theologian Williams becomes new Welsh primate

The Bishop of Monmouth, Dr. Rowan Williams, 49, has been elected Archbishop of Wales. The new primate of Wales is an internationally acclaimed theologian and well-known liberal, whose election seems to be popular among...

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February 1, 2000 Passions still dominate Jerusalem's politics

Jerusalem With its numerous holy places crammed into a square kilometre of tightly built-up space, the old, walled city in the Judean highlands looks as venerable today as it did when Mark Twain saw it more than 130...

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February 1, 2000 Arab Christians among Middle East's most oppressed

Jerusalem TWO THOUSAND years after Christ's birth, Arab Christians see themselves as a beleaguered community, abandoned by the outside Christian world, facing extinction. They fear the Holy Land could become a museum for...

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February 1, 2000 Primate upset by presence of witches

Wiccans should not be invited to any future interfaith gatherings, says the Anglican archbishop of Cape Town. "I don't think that's a religion," he said. Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane made the remarks following the...

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February 1, 2000 Tutu scolds church leaders

(ENS)-Standing in the pulpit of Martin Luther King, Jr. in Atlanta's historic Ebenezer Baptist Church, Archbishop Desmond Tutu reminded his audience that the greatest evils of the 20th century - including the racist apartheid...

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February 1, 2000 Carey gets word out

(ACNS)-Four million copies of Jesus 2000, a booklet by the Archbishop of Canterbury, George Carey, have been distributed free. The specially printed editions of the archbishop's millennium message were included with News of the...

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February 1, 2000 U.S. Lutherans dig in heels

(ENS)-Lutheran opponents to a plan for full communion between the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the Episcopal Church, say the plan threatens Lutheran identity. About 400 delegates from 21 states gathered in...

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January 1, 2000 Building interfaith relationships crucial, leaders say

Cape Town, South Africa Building relationships among different faiths is going to become increasingly important, especially in a multicultural country like Canada, religious leaders say. Delegates to two recent...

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January 1, 2000 White Anglicans snub black priests in Zimbabwe

Harare, Zimbabwe Black priests in the Anglican church in Zimbabwe say they are not allowed to baptize, marry or bury white parishioners. At least four priests have resigned from their parishes in Harare because of the...

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