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• Earlier: Bishop to be punished 19 years after affair (Christianity Today, Jan. 25, 2001)
• Episcopal priest suspended 2 years | Acknowledged unspecified improper conduct with a woman. (The Denver Post)
• Alabama minister charged in 1993 California murder | 29-year-old now has church, television show, but alleged drive-by shooting of a rival gang member catches up to him (Associated Press)
• Baptist minister banned from flight wants to clear his name | Says airline showed 'total ignorance of customer service' (National Post, Canada)

Religious freedom abroad:

• Moscow puts Jehovah's Witnesses on trial | Toronto lawyer defends church in fight for right to exist in Russian capital (The Toronto Star)
• Don't trade away human rights | Canadian PM has expressed hope that increased trade and economic ties will bring changes to China, but hope is not enough (Alex Neve, secretary-general of Amnesty International Canada, The Toronto Star)
• Spotlight on Egypt's Coptic Christian minority | El-Kosheh verdict seems to have made Muslim-Coptic tensions worse, not better (Financial Times, London)
• Trial of ten pro-Indonesian militiamen begins | Paramilitary gang members charged with murders of 12 people, including priests and nuns helping refugees (Associated Press)

Internet:

• New tests show Web filters don't screen objectionable material fully | Software generally fails to block one out of every five sites deemed objectionable, says Consumer Reports (Associated Press)
• Internet filters for kids | We rate six Internet filtering software products, plus AOL's parental controls. (Consumer Reports) (Note: At Weblog posting time, this link didn't work.)
• Dotcom churches: ministry or marketing? | A Texas church expands Web evangelism, offering psalms with news and horoscopes. (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Spiritual aid for surfers | Another article on St. Isidore of Seville, to be named patron saint of the Internet (Chicago Sun-Times)

Catholicism:

• Arsonists hit Vatican's Christmas tree | Gift from Austrian right-wing politician Joerg Haider had been replanted near Naples (Associated Press)
• Georgetown selects non-Jesuit president | John J. DeGioia is first layperson to ascend to the top of any of the nation's 28 Jesuit colleges or universities, a milestone long dreaded by some conservative Catholics who have pushed the school to stay closer to its religious roots. (The Washington Post)
• Keep out of our affairs, Alexiy tells Catholics | Patriarch of Russian Orthodox Church criticizes Catholic evangelism in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, and Kazakhstan (Reuters)
• New Cardinals suit up for big day | Forty-four men becoming cardinals on Wednesday— more at one time than ever before (Associated Press)

• Boston's Catholic Archdiocese to launch fund drive | Sets record goal of $300 million (The Boston Globe)

Communion wine crime:

• Thugs steal communion wine (Panafrican News Agency)
• Priest fined for driving on communion wine (Ananova)

Mascots:

• Alaskan middle school school to keep 'condom' mascot | Students vote to keep Trojan (Anchorage Daily News)
• Students urge board not to exorcise devil mascot | Ontario high school has used symbol for 40 years (Canadian Press)

Children of God (Part four of the San Francisco Chronicle's "Alternative Faiths" series):

• Escaping a free love legacy | Children of God sect hopes it can overcome sexy image (San Francisco Chronicle)
• Daughter of family's founder renounces his teachings (San Francisco Chronicle)

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