Protestors charged, released in Puerto Rico
June 1, 2000
VIEQUES, Puerto Rico — Twenty-five protestors who re-entered the U.S. Navy’s military training ground on the Puerto Rican island of Vieques were charged with trespassing
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New Archbishop of New York named
June 1, 2000
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — Bishop Edward Michael Egan of the Bridgeport dicese in Connecticut was named successor to the late Cardinal John O’Connor as archbishop of
Seventeen dead after violence in Indonesia
June 1, 2000
JAKARTA, Indonesia — At least 17 people died May 17 in an eastern Indonesian province after violence erupted between Christians and Muslims amid rumors that
Sierra Leone losing religious relief workers
June 1, 2000
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — Catholic relief Services has withdrawn its workers from strife-torn Sierra Leone where a number of United Nations peacekeepers have been killed.
Teens charged in race-related vandalism
June 1, 2000
SUMTER, S.C. — Two South Carolina teenagers have been charged in vandalism attacks on two black churches and with smashing windows at the NAACP office.
Pro-gay group plans demonstrations
June 1, 2000
LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. — The pro-gay group that brought 191 people to Cleveland to be arrested at the General Conference meeting of the United Methodist
Leonard defends lesbian admittance
June 1, 2000
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Bill Leonard, dean of Wake Forest University Divinity School, Winston-Salem, N.C., has defended his school’s decision to admit a lesbian when it
Seminary head quits in wake of charges
June 1, 2000
SAN FRANCISCO — The president of San Francisco Theological Seminary resigned from his post May 1 and four days later was found guilty of two
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