News Archives
Here you will find a listing of all of the news items previously posted on the Park Ridge Center website.
Dec 19, 2001
The Dangers of Mainstreaming Acupuncture
Robert M. Duggan
Publisher: Beliefnet
Dec 18, 2001
Cardinal Calls Senate Inaction on Human Cloning Ban Irresponsible
Catholic News Service
Publisher: Catholic News Service
Seattle Bishop Files Complaint Against Two Gay Clergy Members
United Methodist News Service
Publisher: United Methodist News Service
Dec 17, 2001
Revisiting Assisted Suicide: Federal Action Renews Debate Over Oregon's Death With Dignity Act
Shari Jacobson
Publisher: The Dallas Morning News
Chasm Between Doctors and Minority Patients
Dr. Lavera Crowley
Publisher: The Philadelphia Inquirer
Lending an Ear to a Professional Can Be Relaxing
Elisabeth Rosenthal
Publisher: The New York Times
Near Proof for Near Death?
Shankar Vedantam
Publisher: The Washington Post
Salvation Army Fears Growing Gay Rights Protests Over Health Benefits
Mark O'Keefe
Publisher: Religion News Service/Beliefnet
Dec 16, 2001
Princeton: Self-Proclaimed Faith Healer's Return Delights Followers and Dismays Others
April M. Washinton
Publisher: The Dallas Morning News
Dec 12, 2001
Journal's Sexual Content Prompts Baylor Seminary to SeverTies
Art Toalston
Publisher: BP News
Health System Ill-Equipped for Spanish Speakers
Todd Zwillich
Publisher: Reuters Health/Yahoo News
Dec 11, 2001
Trimming the Christmas Tree or Lighting Menorah Candles Together May Strengthen Your Marriage
American Psyciatric Association
Publisher: Science Daily
Dec 10, 2001
Amendment A Slips Farther from Passing
Jerry L. Van Marter
Publisher: Presbyterian News Service
How the End of Life Distills the Spiritual Quest
Martha Rutland-Wallis and Hugh Maddry
Ware Named to Lead U.S. AIDS Panel
Cheryl Wetzstein
Publisher: The Washington Times
Union of Sex, Faith Found Wholly Compatible
Kathleen Kelleher
Publisher: The Los Angeles Times
Dec 09, 2001
A "Life-Giving" Mass to Remember Latino AIDS Victims
William Lobdell
Publisher: The Los Angeles Times
Dec 07, 2001
AMA Against Disclosing Possibility of Abortion Via Birth Control Pills.
By Christine Hall
Publisher: BP News
Forgiveness
Lucky Severson
Publisher: Religion & Ethics Newsweekly
Dec 06, 2001
Seminary-Related Journal Airs Sexually Explicit Doctrines
Russell D. Moore
Publisher: BP News
Dec 04, 2001
AMA Backs Away from Money-for-Organs Study Plan
Reuters
Publisher: Reuters Health/Yahoo News
Cloning Advocate Fights the Clock on Capital Hill
Aaron Zitner
Publisher: The Los Angeles Times
Dec 03, 2001
Many Facets of the Cloning Debate Are Accessible
By Benedict Carey
Publisher: The Los Angeles Times
Clergy Not Liable for Breaking Confidence, Says New York Court
Publisher: Religion News Service/UCC Electronic Newsroom
For an Increasingly Fragile Relative, an Agonizing Decision
By Dr. Muriel Gillick and Len Fishman
Publisher: The Philadelphia Inquirer
Australian Doctors Admit Helping Patients Die
By John Shaw
Publisher: The New York Times
Cloning of Human Embryos Prompts Questioning by Churches
By Cedric Pulford and Chris Herlinger
Publisher: Ecumenical News International/UCC Electronic Newsroom
Dec 02, 2001
Two Cheers for Human Cloning
By Sheryl Gay Stolberg
Publisher: The New York Times
A.M.A. Debates Plan for Organ Donors
Publisher: Associated Press/The New York Times
German Panel Recommends Imports of Stem Cells
Publisher: The New York Times
Implications Distress Religious Leaders
By Virginia Culver. Religion Writer
Publisher: The DenverPost
Dec 01, 2001
Some Haitian AIDS Patients Turning to Voodoo
By Michael Norton
Publisher: Associated Press/The Nando Times
Vatican Seeks Muslim Aid in Protecting Values
From Staff and Wire Reports
Publisher: The Los Angeles Times
Nov 30, 2001
GA Commission Hears Arguments in Landmark Ordination Case
By Bill Lancaster.
Publisher: Presbyterian News Service.
Back to Nature
By Arthur Allen.
Publisher: Salon.com.
U.N. Population Fund Hits Back at 'Abortion Kit' Allegations
Publisher: Agence France-Presse/Yahoo News
Human Cloning Controversy
Publisher: Religion & Ethics Newsweekly Transcript.
South African Archibishop Launches Attack on Mbeki over AIDS
By Alex Duval Smith.
Publisher: Ecumenical News International/Presbyterian News Service
Nov 29, 2001
Violating Guiding Principle of Individual
By Alexander M. Brill.
Publisher: Washington Jewish Week.
Nov 28, 2001
Smallpox Vaccine's Stem Cell Link Prompts Pro-Life Group's Concern
By Mike Wendling.
Publisher: BP News.
Bush Addresses Bioethics Committee
By Sandra Sobieraj.
Publisher: Associated Press/Beliefnet
Human Embryo Cloning Unsettles Bioethicists
By Robin Foster.
Publisher: Health Scout News Reporter. Yahoo News.
Nov 27, 2001
United Methodist Joins Other Church Leaders to Protest Human Cloning
 By Dean Snyder. United Methodist News Service.
Denominations Divided on Cloning Research
By Rachel Zoll.
Publisher: Associated Press/Nando Times
Head of CHA Asks Members to Keep Person at Center of Care
News Briefs.
Publisher: Catholic News Service.
Church Officials Condemn Human Cloning Experiment
News Briefs.
Publisher: Catholics News Service.
A Breathrough on Cloning, Perhaps or Perhaps Not Yet
By Gina Kolata with Andrew Pollack.
Publisher: The New York Times.
Nov 26, 2001
Cloning Human Cells
Publisher: NewsHour Transcript
Russian Orthodox Church Condemns Human Cloning
Publisher: Reuters/The Contra Costa Times.
Ethics of Preimplant Embryo Gene Test Debated
By Steven Reinberg.
Publisher: Reuters Health.
Senator Vows to Force Vote on Human Cloning Ban
By Todd Zwillich.
Publisher: Reuters Health.
Bush Says Human Cloning Experiments Are 'Morally Wrong'
Publisher: Associated Press/Nando Times.
Funerals Are a Last Rite of Passage and a Service to Those Who Live
By Thomas Lynch.
Publisher: The Philadelphia Inquirer.
Vatican Condemns First Reported Cloning of Human Embryo
By Francis D'Emilio.
Publisher: Associated Press/Nando Times.
Early Returns Show Amendment A Is in Trouble
By Jerry L. Van Marter.
Publisher: Presbyterian News Service.
A Look at Bioethics Chief's Ethics
By Arthur Hirsch.
Publisher: The Baltimore Sun.
Nov 24, 2001
How to . . . Give Pastoral Care to Hospitalized Kids
By Kristen Holland.
Publisher: The Dallas Morning News.
Nov 23, 2001
A Claim to Help Choose Baby's Sex Sets Off Furor in India
By Celia W. Dugger.
Publisher: The New York Times.
Pope Offers Apology Online
Publisher: The Los Angeles Times/The Dallas Morning News.
Nov 19, 2001
U.N. Panel Backs Cloning Measure
By Gerald Nadler.
Publisher: Associated Press/Yahoo News
Study Shows Some Docs Would Participate in Executions
By Charnicia E. Huggins.
Publisher: Reuters Health.
Nov 18, 2001
Vietnam to Ban Gender Testing
By Clare Arthurs.
Publisher: BBC News.
Nov 16, 2001
Pastoral Crossroads: Vatican Discusses Healing with Charismatics
By John Thavis.
Publisher: Catholic News Service.
Be Happy, Be Healthy . . . Be Altruistic
By Nora Belfedal.
Publisher: Islam Online.
Nov 15, 2001
Black Church on Mission for AIDS Education
By Sandi Dolbee.
Publisher: The San Diego Union Tribune.
Ashcroft's Odd Targets
By Ellen Goodman.
Publisher: The Boston Globe.
Salvation Army Policy Decried
By John M. Glionna.
Publisher: Staff Writer. The Los Angeles Times.
Nov 14, 2001
Religious People Less Likely to Use Drugs, Binge Drink
By Richard N. Ostling.
Publisher: Associated Press. The Nando Times.
U.N. Fund's Population Report Condemned as 'Highly Ideological'
By Patrick Goodenough.
Publisher: BP News.
Hospice Care Caters to Patient and Family
By Stephen R. Connor.
Publisher: The Philadelphia Inquirer Magazine.
Nov 11, 2001
Oregon Suicide Law Under Siege
Letters to the Editor.
Publisher: The New York Times.
Nov 10, 2001
Groups Criticized for Exclusionary Creed
 From Staff and Wire Reports.
Nov 09, 2001
ELCA Issues First Draft of Statement on Health, Health, Care
Publisher: ELCA News Service.
Terminally Ill Patients Spend Too Much Time Alone
By Melissa Schoor.
Publisher: Reuters Health.
Separating Death from Agony
By Jerome Groopman, M.D.
Publisher: The New York Time
Religion and the Brain
Lucky Severson.
Publisher: Religion & Ethics Newsweekly.
Salvation Army Stirs Anger
By Julia Duin.
Publisher: The Washington Times.
Nov 08, 2001
Vatican Blasts U.N. Manual on Refugee Sexual Health
By Philip Pulella.
Publisher: Reuters Health.
Bishop in Clone Support
By Jeanette Oldham.
Publisher: The Scotsman.
Dropping the Ball on Bioethics
By Jeffrey Krasner.
Publisher: The Boston Globe.
Nov 07, 2001
Meharry Medical College Looks Back on History of Service
By Rev. Hilda R. Davis.
Publisher: United Methodist News Service.
Ashcroft Ruling Blocks Oregon Assisted-Suicide Law
By Dan Eggen and Ceci Connolly.
Publisher: Satff Writers. The Washington Post.
New Book Challenges Congregations to Welcome Those with Disabilities
By Jerry L. Van Marter.
Publisher: Presbyterian News Service.
World Population Could Reach Nearly 11 Billiion, U.N. Report Warns
By Ed Johnson.
Publisher: Associated Press.
Unofficial Church Groups React to Judicial Council Ruling
Publisher: United Methodist New Service.
Nov 06, 2001
The Ombudnmen
By Melody Simmons.
Publisher: Special to the Washington Post.
New Work May Provide Stem Cells While Taking Baby From Equation
By Andrew Pollack.
Publisher: The New York Times.
Nov 05, 2001
Dying Patients Mostly Alone
 By Susan Morse. The Washington Post/The Dallas Morning News
The Germ Front
By Madeline Drexler.
Publisher: The American Prospect. Vol. 12, No. 19.
Nov 01, 2001
U.S. Federal Judge Moves to Shield Oregon Suicide Law
By Bruce Olson.
Publisher: Reuters Health.
Harvard Conference Explores Interface Between Science and Religion
By Barbara Smith-Moran.
Publisher: Episcopal News Service.
Surgeon General to Step Down in February
By Paul Recer.
Publisher: Associated Press. The Washington Post
Oct 31, 2001
Senate Vote Pushes Belgium Near Legalization of Euthanasia
By Tom Strode.
Publisher: Baptist Press News.
Going Quietly Into that Good Night, Alone
The Washington Post.
Publisher: p. HE03
Oct 29, 2001
Columbia Creates New Hospital
By Joe Manning.
Publisher: Staff Writer. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Funds to Pregnancy Centers Blur Church-State Line
By Cynthia L. Cooper.
Publisher: WEnews Correspondent. Women's E News.
Judicial Council Rules on Declaration of Homosexuality
By Joretta Purdue.
Publisher: United Methodist News Service.
'Risky Sex Less Likely for Religious Teens: A Report
By Charnicia E. Huggins.
Publisher: Reuters Health.
Oct 27, 2001
Protestants Still a Majority, Non-Christians on the Rise
From Wire Reports.
Publisher: The Dallas Morning News.
Oct 26, 2001
Guatemala's New Law Overrides Church Objections
By Catherine Elton.
Publisher: Special to the Christian Science Monitor.
Brackenridge Birth Control Plan at Risk
By Mary Ann Roser. American Statesman Staff.
Publisher: Austin American-Stateman.
Remembering the Dead
By Daryl Davis.
Publisher: Religion & Ethics NewsweeklyTranscript.
Stem Cells Brew Controversy
By Lisa Eckleberger.
Publisher: Staff Writer. Worcester Telegram & Gazette
Oct 16, 2001
Doctors with Sick Patients See a System's Flaws
By Linda Villarosa.
Publisher: The New York Times.
A Generation of Survivors
By Abigail Trafford.
Publisher: The Washington Post. p. HE01
Oct 14, 2001
Bush Is Said to Scale Back His Religion-Bawed Initiative
By Elizabeth Becker.
Publisher: The New York Times.
Oct 11, 2001
Coming of Age Ceremony for Apache
By Pauline Arillaga.
Publisher: The Washington Times.
Oct 09, 2001
Prevent the Genomics Divide Before It Happens
Publisher: University of Toronto. Science Daily
Oct 07, 2001
Effect Mulled of First-of-a-Kind Fetus Ruling
By Frank J. Murphy.
Publisher: The Washington Times.
Oct 06, 2001
44 Groups Urge Bush to Halt 'Charitable Choice'
Publisher: Religion News Service/The Los Angeles Times.
Oct 04, 2001
Expert: Today's Focus on Genes Smacks of Eugenics
By Melissa Schorr.
Publisher: Reuters Health.
Oct 03, 2001
In Ireland, Abortion is Back on the Agenda
By Shawn Pogatchnik.
Publisher: Associated Press/The Philadelphia Inquirer
From the Cutting Edge to the End of the Road
By Rick Weiss.
Publisher: Staff Writer. The Washington Post.
Oct 02, 2001
Georgetown's Alternative Course
By Judy Packer-Tursman.
Publisher: Special to the WashingtonPost. p. HE 01
Fertility: A Study Links Prayer and Pregnancy
By Eric Nagourney.
Publisher: The New York Times.
Swazi King Revives Tradition to Fight AIDS
By Nicole Itano.
Publisher: Christian Science Monitor
Debating Patients' Capacity to Decide
By Laurie Tarkan.
Publisher: The New York Times.
Oct 01, 2001
Docs Advised to Attend to Patients' Spirituality
By Emma Hitt, PhD.
Publisher: Reuters Health.
Sep 29, 2001
Clinic OKs Parents to Pick Kids' Sex
By Lauren Neergaard.
Publisher: Medical Writer. Associated Press.
Sep 28, 2001
Fertility Ethics Authority Approves Sex Selection
By Gina Kolata.
Publisher: The New York Times.
Sep 27, 2001
High Court to Review irth Control Ruling
From Times Wire Reports.
Publisher: The Los Angeles Times.
Sep 25, 2001
On Surgical Innovation and the Dilemmas It Brings
By Cornelia Dean.
Publisher: The New York Times.
Watching How the Brain Works as It Weighs a Moral Dilemma
By Sandra Blakeslee.
Publisher: The New York Times.
Response to Tragedy Highlights Human Altruism
By Amy Norton.
Publisher: Reuters Health
Survey: Religion Affects Teen Sex
By Laura Meckler.
Publisher: Associated Press Writer. The Washington Post.
Sep 24, 2001
Darwin's Sanitized Idea
By Chris Mooney.
Publisher: Slate.com
Irrationalist in Chief
By Chris Mooney.
Publisher: The American Prospect. Vol. 12, Issue 17. September 24-October 8, 2001.
Sep 22, 2001
A Primer on Four Faiths
By Jeffrey Weiss.
Publisher: The Dallas Morning News.
Sep 18, 2001
Pushing Quality of Life Until the End
By Claudia Dreifus.
Publisher: The New York Times.
First Source of Comfort
By Susan Morse.
Publisher: The Washington Post. p. HE01
Sep 17, 2001
Freedom in Terror's Shadow
By Karen S. Peterson.
Publisher: USA Today.
Sep 16, 2001
Ways to Cope When Vulnerabilities Are Laid Bare
By Ellen Spragins.
Publisher: The New York Times.
Sep 11, 2001
Life and Death Stakes in the Numbers Game
By Sandeep Jauhar.
Publisher: The New York Times.
Abortion Rights a United Nations Problem
By Julia Duin.
Publisher: The Washington Times.
Sep 10, 2001
'Am I Being Punished?' and Other Questions Infertile Women Ask
By Marlo Schalefsky.
Publisher: Beliefnet.
Panel Examines State of Religious Freedom in the U.S
By Chris Evans.
Publisher: Special to freedomforum.org
A Mormon Moment
By Kenneth L. Woodward.
Publisher: Newsweek.
Sep 08, 2001
Anti-Gossip Drive Goes From Whisper to Roar
Publisher: Religion News Service/The Los Angeles Times
Looking Inward, Looking Back
By Teresa Watanabe.
Publisher: Religion Writer. The Los Angeles Times.
Sep 07, 2001
Top Ten Trends in Religion and Ethics News
Publisher: Religion & Ethics Newsweekly Transcript.
Faith-Based Initiative Update
Publisher: Religion & Ethics Newsweekly Transcript.
Palliative and Hospice Care for Dying Children
Publisher: Religion & Ethics Newsweekly.
Sep 06, 2001
Looking Beyond Jobs in Welfare Reform
By Amy Goldstein.
Publisher: Staff Writer. The Washington Post. p. A21.
Indian Archbishop Says No 'Real Exorcism' for Mother Teresa
By Teresa D'Souza.
Publisher: Catholic News Service.
Sep 05, 2001
Teaching Saintly Sex
By Linda Hoffman Kimball.
Publisher: Beliefnet.
Surgeon General Urges Attendees at Baptist Convention to Practice Safe Sex
By Kimberly Hayes Taylor.
Publisher: Minneapolis Star Tribune.
Sep 04, 2001
After Stem-Cell Rift, Groups Unite for Anti-Abortion Push
By Kevin Sack with Gustav Niebuhr.
Publisher: The New York Times.
Sep 03, 2001
A Pro-Life Foreign Policy
By Debra Rosenberg.
Publisher: Newsweek.
Theological Support of Stem Cell Research
By Ted Peters and Gaymon Bennett.
Publisher: Commentary. The Scientist. 15(17):4
Sep 02, 2001
The Message of Sibling Sharing Now Applies to Caregiving Roles
By Marilyn Kennedy Melia.
Publisher: Special to the Chicago Tribune.
Aug 31, 2001
Ethics of Genetic Testing
Publisher: Religion & Ethics Newsweekly Transcript
Aug 29, 2001
U.S. to Attend, Warily, a Conference on Chidlren's Rights
By Neil A. Lewis.
Publisher: The New York Times.
Aug 28, 2001
Bishops to Launch Anti-Abortion Ad Drive
By Mark O'Keefe.
Publisher: The Times-Picayune.
India Plans to Fill Void of Stem Cell Research
By Rama Lakshmi.
Publisher: Special to the Washington Post. p. A07
Vatican Warns Globalization Threatens Society's Most Vulnerable
By John Thavis.
Publisher: Catholic News Service
Aug 27, 2001
Religions Ponder Stem Cell Issue
By Gustav Niebuhr.
Publisher: The New York Times.
Aug 26, 2001
The Job Nobody at the Fertility Clinic Wants
By Gina Kolata.
Publisher: The New York Times.
Researchers Say Embryos in Labs Are Not Available
By Gina Kolata.
Publisher: The New York Times
Aug 25, 2001
A Struggle to Survive on Russian Soil
By Rachel Nielsen.
Publisher: Staff Writer. The Los Angeles Times.
Aug 24, 2001
Surrogate Mother Flees
By Charlie Gillis.
Publisher: National Post (Canada).
The Ethics of Cloning
Publisher: Religion & Ethics Newsweekly Transcript.
Bill Bright
Publisher: Religion & Ethics Newsweekly Transcript.
Aug 23, 2001
Jews Lament Loss of Faith-Based Leader
By Sharon Samber.
Publisher: Jewish Telegraph Agency. Washington Jewish Week.
The Strong Pull of a Handful of Tiny Cells
By Robyn Samuels.
Publisher: Special to the Los Angeles Times.
Aug 22, 2001
France and Germany Jointly Seek a Ban on Cloning Humans
By Steven Erlanger.
Publisher: The New York Times.
Lutheran Bishop Assails Pope's Stand on AIDS
Wire Report.
Publisher: The Baltimore Sun.
Aug 21, 2001
A Call for Federal Oversight of Fertility Clinics
By Francine Kiefer.
Publisher: The Christian Science Monitor.
Wait-and-See Generation
The Washington Post.
Publisher: p.HE02
Aug 20, 2001
Last Days Needn't Be Spent in Agony
By Linda Marsa.
Publisher: Health Writer. The Los Angeles Times
When a 'Good Death' Isn't for Everyone
By Benedict Carey.
Publisher: Staff Writer. The Los Angeles Times.
Putting Your Wishes in Writing
By Denise Hamilton.
Publisher: The Los Angeles Times.
Aug 19, 2001
Bush Urges Senators to Act on Faith Bill
By Dana Milbank.
Publisher: Staff Writer. The Washington Post. p. A04
Aug 17, 2001
Holy War Redux
By Franklin Foer and Ryan Lizza.
Publisher: The New Republic.
Utah, in Poll, Backs Stem Cell Money
By Michael Janofsky.
Publisher: The New York Times.
HHS Delays New Medicaid Patient Protections
By Amy Goldstein.
Publisher: Staff Writer. The Washington Post. p. A04
Aug 16, 2001
Singapore Doctors Pray Against Stem Cell Use
Publisher: Reuters/New York Times.
Policies on Private Duty Care Change at Hebrew Home
By Merry Madway Eisenstadt.
Publisher: Washington Jewish Week.
The Ethicist's New Clothes
By William Saletan.
Publisher: Slate.com
Aug 15, 2001
Stem Cell Issue Causes Debate Over the Exact Moment Life Begins
By Nicholas Wade.
Publisher: The New York Times.
Clinics' Pitch to Indian Emigres: It's a Boy
By Susan Sachs.
Publisher: The New York Times.
Aug 14, 2001
Strong Faith Aids in Health
By Yonat Shimron.
Publisher: Beliefnet.
Aug 13, 2001
AIDS Challenges Religious Leaders
By Karen DeYoung.
Publisher: Staff Writer. The Washington Post. p. A01