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Protestant

AIDS and the Evangelicals (February 2004)
The recent involvement of U.S. conservative evangelicals in the global AIDS fight has both helped and hindered the cause, writes Holly Burkhalter.
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In IAPAC Monthly, from International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care
Senator McConnell Pledges Support to Ministry's Fight Against AIDS in Developing World (August 27, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Ohio: Program Reaches Out to Those With HIV (August 25, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Pastor Seeks Space in Denver Area for Haunted House Depicting "Sins" of AIDS, Homosexuality (August 21, 2003)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Some Churches in New York State Offer Free HIV Testing During Church Hours (August 12, 2003)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Rev. Herb Hall: An End to His Life, Not His Message (July 21, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Evangelical Christians Respond to Global AIDS Crisis (June 20, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Evangelical Christians Lobby for AIDS Funds (June 13, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Balm in Gilead Using Church to Start Black Dialogue on AIDS (June 6, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Religious Leaders Call for Halt to Condom Distribution in Malawi Despite AIDS Pandemic (May 27, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
North Carolina: HIV/AIDS Conference on Caring With Compassion (May 13, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
African Churches Urged to Fight Stigmatization of AIDS (May 6, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
African AIDS Crisis: A Job for Churches? (April 18, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Christian Leaders Applaud AIDS Plan (April 16, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Faith Programs Help Teens Sort Out Sex, Morality (April 11, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
South Africa: Mpumalanga Government, Council of Churches Embark on HIV/AIDS Conference (April 9, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Keeping the Faith in Fighting AIDS in Africa (April 8, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Florida: Brochure on HIV, Religion Is Pulled (April 7, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Florida Urged to Withdraw AIDS Leaflet Invoking Jesus (April 4, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Texas Accountant Plans to Open AIDS Ministry in Zimbabwe (March 26, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Pennsylvania Health Department Stops Promoting Religious-Based AIDS Brochure (March 14, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Indiana: Some Question Planned Parenthood-Church Sex-Ed Partnership (December 12, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Planned Parenthood Looks to Form Sex-Ed Partnership With Churches (December 10, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
New York: Minister Takes HIV Test in Front of Congregation (November 25, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Georgia: Church to Host AIDS Seminar (November 20, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
New York: Pastor Bringing HIV Testing Into the Pews (November 18, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Local Religious Leaders Speak Out on AIDS Epidemic in Africa (October 25, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Pacific Churches Switch From AIDS Condemnation to Support (October 1, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Kenya's Protestant Churches to Use Liturgy to Fight AIDS (August 5, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Oakland, California: AIDS Awakening Vowed in East Bay (July 26, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Coalition Aims to End AIDS Stigma in South Africa (May 22, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Religion Today: Black Churches Battle Homophobia (May 17, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
African-American Churches Must Tackle AIDS (April 26, 2002)
Excerpts from a Detroit Free Press column by a local pastor.
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Balm in Gilead: 13th Annual Black Church Week of Prayer for Healing of AIDS, March 3-9, 2002 (November 19, 2001)
From National Minority AIDS Council
AIDS and American Religion: An Issue of Blood (May 1997)
By Rev. Kenneth T. South, Executive Director .
From AIDS National Interfaith Network
I Have a Bad Attitude and a Headache (December 1996)
Public piety and hyperbolic sorrow on World AIDS Day.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
Choose Life! Taking Action to Be Fully Alive With HIV/AIDS (1994)
From Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches AIDS Ministry
HIV/AIDS: Is It God's Judgment? (1994)
From Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches AIDS Ministry
Spiritual Strength for Survival: Finding Hope to Be Fully Alive With HIV/AIDS (1989)
From Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches AIDS Ministry

Catholic

Catholics at XVII International AIDS Conference Tell Pope: End Ban on Condoms (July 31, 2008)
From Catholics for Choice
World Catholic and Jewish Leaders Meeting in South Africa Unite Against AIDS (November 8, 2006)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Pope Benedict Faces "Difficult Choice" in Determining Whether to Recommend Condoms as HIV Prevention Method, Opinion Piece Says (November 6, 2006)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Vatican May Be Considering Shift on Use of Condoms to Prevent HIV (April 24, 2006)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
The New Pope Must Come Around on Condom Use, NY Times Columnist Says (May 8, 2005)
In The New York Times
Catholic Aid Group in Britain Urges More Flexible Approach to HIV Prevention (September 25, 2004)
"Simplistic" approaches to HIV prevention, including abstinence-only education and only providing condoms, are "doomed to fail," says a strategist at the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development.
In The Tablet
Pope Praises Bush's Efforts on HIV/AIDS, Abortion During Meeting at Vatican (June 7, 2004)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Vatican Continues to Debate Condom Use to Prevent HIV Transmission, Church Leaders, Theologians Say (March 22, 2004)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
AIDS and the Evangelicals (February 2004)
The recent involvement of U.S. conservative evangelicals in the global AIDS fight has both helped and hindered the cause, writes Holly Burkhalter.
To read PDF, click here
In IAPAC Monthly, from International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care
Ontario Co-Chaplain Defends HIV Testing Requirement for Montreal Seminary's Priests (January 23, 2004)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Canadian AIDS Groups Ask Human Rights Commission to Investigate Catholic Church Policy Requiring HIV Testing (January 16, 2004)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
India's Catholic Church Issues Guidelines for Better Treatment of People With HIV (January 14, 2004)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
India's Roman Catholic Bishops Call for Mandatory HIV Testing Before Marriage (January 14, 2004)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
AIDS Fight Puts Brazil's Bishops and Health Officials at Odds (January 13, 2004)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Belgium: Cardinal Danneels Urges HIV-Positive People to Use Condoms (January 13, 2004)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Vatican Position on Condom Use and HIV Scientifically Incorrect -- UN Agency (October 13, 2003)
The Vatican's statement that condoms don't protect against HIV is just plain wrong, United Nations officials warn -- and by making it the Roman Catholic Church could cause HIV to spread further.
From United Nations News Centre
Archbishop Cardinal McCarrick Issues Call to Arms on AIDS (May 27, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Boston: Church Will End AIDS Ministry (May 27, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Religious Leaders Call for Halt to Condom Distribution in Malawi Despite AIDS Pandemic (May 27, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Mexican Bishops Attack First Lady for Advocating Condom Use Against AIDS (May 13, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Swiss AIDS Campaign Offends Catholic Bishops (April 25, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Los Angeles: Churches Join Effort to Give AIDS Alert (December 4, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Maryland: At Meeting, Community Asked to "Break the Silence" on AIDS (December 3, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Vatican Repeats Opposition to Condoms, Says Chastity Only Surefire Way to Prevent AIDS Spread (November 6, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Catholic Colleges Struggle to Find Proper Policies Toward Sexually Active Students (August 12, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Oakland, California: AIDS Awakening Vowed in East Bay (July 26, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Balm in Gilead: 13th Annual Black Church Week of Prayer for Healing of AIDS, March 3-9, 2002 (November 19, 2001)
From National Minority AIDS Council
When Conscience Limits Care (September 2001)
Kelly Harmon on the risks women and others may take when going to a medical facility guided by the Catholic Church.
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis
A Bishop Should Not Have the Right to Override End-of-Life Instructions (Spring 2001)
In Compassion in Dying, from Compassion in Dying
Catholic Health System Loses Bid to Take Over Oregon Hospital District (Spring 2001)
Compassion in Dying testifies Catholic doctrine would have interfered with patients' rights.
In Compassion in Dying, from Compassion in Dying
U.K. International Development Secretary Clare Short Criticizes Vatican Over AIDS Fight (Summer 2000)
In Women Alive Newsletter, from Women Alive
Frequently Asked Questions About Being Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, or Transgender and Catholic (2000)
Written by Daniel A. Helminiak, the author of What the Bible Really Says About Homosexuality.
From DignityUSA
AIDS and American Religion: An Issue of Blood (May 1997)
By Rev. Kenneth T. South, Executive Director .
From AIDS National Interfaith Network
I Have a Bad Attitude and a Headache (December 1996)
Public piety and hyperbolic sorrow on World AIDS Day.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive

African-American Churches

As HIV Rates Climb, More Black Pastors Concede That "Silence Equals Death" (May 29, 2008)
In The Pitch
Black Churches Work to Increase HIV/AIDS Awareness (July 7, 2005)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Secretary of State, State Dept. Officials Meet With Black Church Leaders to Discuss African AIDS Epidemic (May 31, 2005)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
African-American Churches in California Launch Effort to Increase HIV Testing (November 15, 2004)
In The Black Voice News
New York: Clergy to Lead AIDS Battle Among Blacks (April 13, 2004)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Florida: Pastor Warns Black Church: AIDS Is Crisis (January 16, 2004)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Balm in Gilead Using Church to Start Black Dialogue on AIDS (June 6, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
North Carolina: HIV/AIDS Conference on Caring With Compassion (May 13, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Tennessee: Youths Get Hard Facts on AIDS -- Black Church Gets Down-to-Earth (March 14, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Los Angeles: Churches Join Effort to Give AIDS Alert (December 4, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Maryland: At Meeting, Community Asked to "Break the Silence" on AIDS (December 3, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Georgia: Church to Host AIDS Seminar (November 20, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
New York: Pastor Bringing HIV Testing Into the Pews (November 18, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Oakland, California: AIDS Awakening Vowed in East Bay (July 26, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Religion Today: Black Churches Battle Homophobia (May 17, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
African-American Churches Must Tackle AIDS (April 26, 2002)
Excerpts from a Detroit Free Press column by a local pastor.
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Balm in Gilead: 13th Annual Black Church Week of Prayer for Healing of AIDS, March 3-9, 2002 (November 19, 2001)
From National Minority AIDS Council
Model AIDS Program Housed in African-American Church (May 7, 1999)
From AIDS Treatment News

African Churches

In Africa, HIV-Positive Religious Leaders Speak Out Against Stigma (April 24, 2006)
In Los Angeles Times
Africa: Religious Leaders Focus on AIDS (June 14, 2004)
All Africa Conference of Churches says members should organize, pool resources and ordain female clergy in order to better combat AIDS.
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
South Africa's AIDS Scourge as Disgraceful as Apartheid: Church (August 5, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Religious Leaders Call for Halt to Condom Distribution in Malawi Despite AIDS Pandemic (May 27, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
African Churches Urged to Fight Stigmatization of AIDS (May 6, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
African AIDS Crisis: A Job for Churches? (April 18, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
South Africa: Mpumalanga Government, Council of Churches Embark on HIV/AIDS Conference (April 9, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Keeping the Faith in Fighting AIDS in Africa (April 8, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Texas Accountant Plans to Open AIDS Ministry in Zimbabwe (March 26, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
South Africans Battling AIDS, a Song at a Time (December 10, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Local Religious Leaders Speak Out on AIDS Epidemic in Africa (October 25, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Kenya's Protestant Churches to Use Liturgy to Fight AIDS (August 5, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Coalition Aims to End AIDS Stigma in South Africa (May 22, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
South African Churches Criticize Government Spending on Arms (April 11, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
U.K. International Development Secretary Clare Short Criticizes Vatican Over AIDS Fight (Summer 2000)
In Women Alive Newsletter, from Women Alive

Other Churches

AP/Carroll County Times Examines New Book Encouraging Christians to Join Fight Against HIV/AIDS Pandemic (January 4, 2008)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Virginia: Metropolitan Community Church Targets Meth Use and Rising HIV Rates (January 4, 2008)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
"Sissster Chrissstian": Is Jim Pickett too Vulgar for a Faith-Based AIDS Conference? (March/April 2006)
Pickett recounts how he was invited -- and then uninvited -- to an AIDS conference in Indiana sponsored by World Vision International, where he was to speak about HIV prevention.
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
World Vision President Calls on Evangelical Churches to Participate in Fight Against HIV/AIDS (June 15, 2004)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Californian Family to Resume HIV/AIDS Mission in Africa (June 9, 2004)
Our Savior Lutheran Church funds HIV education and prevention work abroad; the Strasser family of Martinez, Calif. is among the parishioners lending a hand.
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Anglican Church of Canada Calls for Government to Increase Financial Commitment to Global HIV/AIDS Fight (June 7, 2004)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Coalition of Evangelical Groups Calls on Bush to Propose Increase in Funding to Combat AIDS, TB, Malaria (January 14, 2004)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

Resources

Bibliography of Christian Resources on HIV, Malaria and TB (December 31, 1981)
AIDS Ministry of the Greek Orthodox Diocese of San Francisco
DignityUSA
A Catholic organization that works for respect and justice for all gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender persons in the Catholic Church and the world.
Listing of Christian Projects Overseas Addressing HIV, Malaria and TB
Metropolitan Community Churches
A place of hope and affirmation for thousands of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, and transgender persons.
Offer a Prayer, Request a Prayer, Read What Others Have Written
From Balm in Gilead's Prayer and Meditation Forum
The Balm In Gilead
Develops educational training to meet the needs of Black churches striving to become centers for AIDS ministry, education and compassion.
The Black Church HIV/AIDS Network

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