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Premarital commitments:

• Getting help before the honeymoon | Md. looks to push couples to take premarital courses (The Washington Post)
• A vow for virginity | Millions of teens have pledged to abstain from premarital sex. A national study has found the commitment is indeed serious. (The Sun, Baltimore)
• Deciding it's OK to wait | The abstinence movement is growing, but the issue of teen sexual activity is more complex. (The Christian Science Monitor)

Crime and punishment:

• Fraud alleged at faith-based organization | Charity unable to make payments to subscribers (WEWS, Cleveland)
• U.S. charges pose paradox of pious spy for godless foe | Robert Philip Hanssen, the F.B.I. official accused of spying for Russia, gave every appearance of living a pious life, often telling his friends that teachings of Lenin were incompatible with those of Jesus Christ. (The New York Times)
• Sanctity of confession tested | French case pits state against Catholic bishop (Detroit Free Press)
• It's the 'necklace' next time, say vigilantes | The people of Pimville, where three young men were murdered for breaking into a church and stealing chairs this week, are unrepentant and have threatened to resort to the "necklace" in dealing with criminals. (The Saturday Star, Johannesburg, South Africa)
• Anti-crime vicar is target of attacks (The Daily Telegraph, London)

Missions and ministry:

• The AIDS Ministry | As infection rates rise, more black churches are emphasizing education and outreach (Newsday)
• Franklin Graham bringing message to upstate South Carolina | Festival's temporary headquarters opened Thursday (WYFF, Greenville)

Other stories of interest:

• Creating a capital Christ | There is a strong lobby in favor of erecting a statue of Jesus in Dublin's O'Connell Street (Hughie O'Donoghue, The Irish Times)
• Virgin Mary | Would proclaiming her 'co-redeemer' be a promotion? (Editorial, The Dallas Morning News)
• A new way to have children: the adoption of frozen embryos | Tens of thousands of human embryos lie frozen around the nation, the source not only of potential babies but of embryonic stem cells, which scientists say hold great promise for curing disease. Their fate is weighing heavily on the minds of fertility doctors and their patients. (The New York Times)
• Can you Adam and Eve it? A cockney Bible | Archbishop of Canterbury offers foreward for translation describes Jesus feeding 5,000 "geezers" from five loaves of "Uncle Ned" and two "Lilian Gish". (The Daily Telegraph, London)
• Church splits on same-sex | Ban on homosexual unions: Metro Atlanta Presbyterians vote no; Northeast Georgia's say yes (Atlanta Journal Constitution)
• The religion of the south | The failure of the South has not been literary, but theological: a failure to fully incorporate belief into culture. (Paul Greenberg)
• Music star Michael W. Smith gives free concert | Christian musician inducted into the Kenova, West Virginia's Hall of Fame (Associated Press)
• In Indiana, a fair-weathered replica of Boston church | Nearly full-size version of Boston's Old North Church now a private residence (The Boston Globe)

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