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Greek Orthodox Church still fighting new ID cards:

• Greek church in ID card hassle | More than 3 million signatures on petition for referendum, but government says ID cards will still omit religion (Associated Press)
• Archbishop deflated | President says there are 'no grounds' for referendum on ID dispute (Kathimerini)
• Greek church causes fresh identity crisis (The Guardian)
• Greek church demands ID referendum (BBC)
• ID-day today in church war against state (Kathimerini)

Eastern Orthodox:

• A guarded pilgrimage in Macedonia | Shielded by NATO, Slavs make tense return to village since taken by rebels (The Washington Post)
• Eastern Orthodox monasteries rise once more | Where only an estimated 16 monasteries existed in the Soviet Union under communist rule, about 500 have reopened in the decade since perestroika (USA Today)
• As a rare cathedral crumbles, two rival nations point fingers | Turks blame Armenian quarry blasts for damaging church in Ani. The dispute is but one legacy of countries' bloody, bitter history. (Los Angeles Times)
• Orthodox head willing to meet Pope | Russia's Orthodox patriarch is only willing to meet if there are assurances a meeting would bring progress in the disputes between the churches (Associated Press)

Women in the pulpit:

• Lobbying for women as priests | A group paid for a billboard. Roman Catholic officials cited tradition. (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
• 'I'm not sure I see myself in a mitre' | If the opposition can be silenced, Vivienne Faull could be Britain's first woman bishop. It's a daunting prospect, she says (The Daily Telegraph, London)
• Why much of the alleged fuss about women ministers is a fraud | There is no ugly undercurrent of prejudice in the Church of Scotland over women ministers, who are an equal and accepted part of the scene (Stewart Lamont, The Scotsman)

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