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• Have a care, Rev. Rivers | There may or may not be a need for a new Jesse Jackson. But there was no excuse for the way Eugene Rivers danced on his presumptive grave last week. (Adrian Walker, The Boston Globe)
• Black churches as big players in city renewal | With record attendance, black churches are buying stadiums. (The Christian Science Monitor)

Religion and politics:

• Capitol clergy face opposition | Colorado State House faces battle over invocation prayers. (The Denver Post)
• Residents sue Massachusetts city for removing commemorative bricks | Residents paid for bricks to say "Jesus Loves You" and "For All the Unborn Children" (Associated Press)
• New Hampshire House considers school prayer bill (Associated Press)
• Judge asks churches to help turn offenders' lives around (St. Paul [Minnesota] Pioneer Press)
• Charities fear sex abuse ruling will scare off donors | Canada's high court asked to review broadened exposure to lawsuits (The National Post)
• Ordering Jehovah's Witness to move poinsettias ruled discriminatory | Employer must pay $30,000 (The Vancouver Sun)
• N.Y. court halts district policy barring religious services in school buildings (Associated Press)
• N.D. lawmakers consider Ten Commandments bills (Associated Press)

Pope's travels:

• Pope announces trip to Syria, Ukraine still on (Reuters)
• Ukraine church says Pope visit could stir protests (Reuters)

Persecution:

• Jailed missionary faces long wait (The Norway Post)
• Churches and Muslims need to Indianise, says India's RSS chief (South Nexus, Manipal, India)
• Australia names memorial after Graham Staines (The Times of India)

More stories of interest:

• Judge closes O'Hair hearing (Associated Press)
• Cardinal sanctifies new Porsche dealership (Chicago Sun-Times)
• Dutch pilgrim site may be destroyed | Remnant of 14th-century church where Pilgrims prayed before sailing to America likely to be bulldozed for shopping mall (Associated Press)
• As warring sides mobilize in Colombia, archbishop warns of apocalypse (Associated Press)
• A "traveler's guide" for church hoppers | Study identifies 300 Roman Catholic parishes and 300 Protestant congregations "of local church excellence" (UPI)

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January (Web-only) 2001, Vol. 45