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• Pope says he prays daily for Iraq and end to embargo | Also reminds new ambassador of need for religious liberty (Reuters)
• Pope says ethics needed to rein in globalization | John Paul II warns that globalization can be "a new version of colonialism" and " just another name for the absolute relativization of values and homogenization of lifestyles and cultures." (Reuters)
• Pope in Syria to retread road to Damascus | Country has produced six popes over the centuries but has never been visited by one. (Reuters)
• A professor argues for religious tradition | In Inventing Catholic Tradition, Terrence W. Tilley argues that tradition should be understood as a set of enduring, although not changeless, practices. (The New York Times)
• Pope honors victims of Chernobyl disaster (Reuters)

Pope John Paul II in Greece:

• Pope's visit to Greece infuriates Orthodox Church | "He will infect our country," says priest as stains appear on Virgin icon (The Daily Telegraph, London)
• Hundreds of Greek Orthodox rally against Pope visit | "Out with the two-horned Pope" banners spread word in streets of Athens (Reuters)
• Pope to get lecture on 1,000 years of Greek grudges | "There will be no joint praying whatsoever," promises the Holy Synod, the Greek Orthodox Church's administrative body. (Reuters)

Sudan:

• Top-flight defense puts heat on Sudan | Starr at D.C. hearing, Cochran isn't (The Washington Post)
• Sudan protest makes odd bedfellows | Only a place as truly evil as Sudan could pull this crowd together (The Washington Post)
• Talisman CEO faces human rights critics over Sudan | Human rights activists and Sudanese expatriates descended on Talisman Energy Inc.'s annual meeting on Tuesday to accuse the Canadian oil company of fueling Sudan's civil war, but Talisman's chief executive said the firm's presence was only improving the situation. (Reuters)
• Rights activists say oil worsening Sudan conflict | Toronto's Talisman Energy calls for work "to end the war, rather than finger-pointing" (Reuters)

Rwanda genocide:

• Religious authorities exorcise Catholic Church in Rwanda | 11,000 Tutsis were massacred at Kibuye during the 1994 genocide. (Panafrican News Agency)
• Bishop's arrest illegal, claims Kenyan counsel | Lawyer says that arresting police failed to produce any identification, any arrest warrant or transfer order. (Hirondelle)
• Bishop charged with genocide | Anglican leader reportedly "instructed his subordinate to register them according to their ethnic groups, a list that was later used to select Tutsi refugees who were taken to nearby sites to be killed" (BBC)

Church and state in Africa:

• Churches say no to merger | A group of evangelical churches want Members of Parliament to reject the Constitution of Kenya (Review) Amendment Bill. (The Nation, Nairobi)
• Churches in threat on merger | Evangelical churches yesterday threatened to go to court if they were not included in the constitutional review process. (The Nation, Nairobi)
• Malawi churches to deliberate on third term | All Christian churches in Malawi, have agreed to meet Friday in the capital, Lilongwe, to express opposition to moves by the ruling United Democratic Front to amend the Constitution and allow President Bakili Muluzi to run for a third term. (Panafrican News Agency)
• Consignment of liquor burnt in Zamfara state | Nigerian governor speaking at the inauguration of a new mosque, calls for destruction of liquor in accordance with Shari'ah law. (U.N. Integrated Regional Information Network)

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