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Faith-Based Initiative:

• Bush Urges Senators to Act on Faith Bill | Administration will attempt to expand government aid under a 1996 law that has not been widely applied (The Washington Post)
• DiIulio ends 'mission' blessed, frustrated | Resignation a matter of family, health and exhaustion (Cox Washington)
• Also: Faith-Based Reaction (audio) | Leaders react to DiIulio's resignation as director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives (NPR)

Religion in the Workplace:

• Good for the Soul — and the Bottom Line | Firms promote spirituality in workplace and find it pays (The Washington Post)
• Archbishop tells his flock to take Jesus to work | Sydney's new Anglican Archbishop calls on Christians everywhere to start spreading the word of the Lord (Sydney Morning Herald)

Buddhism:

• Towering Buddhist shrine is consecrated in Rockies | Two thousand gather to celebrate a 108-foot-tall stupa, a Buddhist commemorative shrine (The New York Times)
• Also: The Great Stupa (audio) | The consecration of The Great Stupa of Dharmakaya is the culmination of 14 years of work by hundreds of devoted followers, dedicated to the memory of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche (NPR)
• Also: The official site of the Rocky Mountain Shambhala Center

Archbishop Milingo:

• Milingo's wife not pregnant | Her hunger strike will continue until she sees her husband, she says.(Los Angeles Times)
• Opinion: Are you married, Milingo, or not? | There are many firsts in the battle for the heart and soul of Archbishop Emmanuel Milingo (The Nation, Nairobi)

Crime and persecution:

• Australian priest shot dead | Gang broke in, stole valuables, and shot him in his sleep (AAP)
• Monk is charged with offences against boys | Pupils aged eight to 15 allegedly shocked and abused between 1960 and 1977 (The Scotsman)
• Lebanese army arrests another Christian journalist | Pope John Paul II condemns crackdown (The Nando Times)
• Court upholds ban on cult leader's contacting followers | Yahweh Ben Yahweh, linked to a series of random killings, cannot have any contact with his followers after his upcoming early release (The Freedom Forum)

Other stories of interest:

• Jewish Berliners remember the Wall that divided them | Forty years ago this week, a wall rose dividing East and West Berlin (Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
• Is heaven boring? | By definition, heaven should be endlessly rich and appealing. Perhaps what's bothering us is not boredom so much as fear (Christian Century)
• Ice cream mogul plans anti-sweatshop crusade | Ben & Jerry's co-founder plans socially-conscious clothing line for young people (Mercury News)

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