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Pastors in protest:

• Ministers join demonstration | Thirty leading ministers and priests have said they are prepared to be arrested as part of a blockade of a Trident submarine base (The Scotsman)
• Lutheran leader may join fight over Vieques | George Anderson, presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, plans to lead a delegation to Puerto Rico next month (Chicago Sun-Times)

Religion and politics:

• Undue process? | Ashcroft backing is causing a rift among Baptists (Abilene Reporter-News)
• Christian Coalition asks Supreme Court to consider school-access case (Associated Press/Freedom Forum)
• Some black pastors see new aid under Bush | While many African-Americans still harbor mistrust and doubt toward President Bush, many members of the black clergy are looking for ways to work with the president and other Republicans (The New York Times)
• Faith, church, and state | There are risks involved in the Bush approach. But the potential payoff is huge (William Raspberry, The Washington Post)

Persecution:

• Guatemala bishop case set for trial | After nearly three years of investigation, military officers and a priest will go on trial for the murder of slain human rights crusader Bishop Juan Gerardi
• Hindu nationalists ready after quake | RSS, accused of inflaming anti-Christian sentiments, emerges as relief leader (Associated Press)
• Man accused of Staines' murder faces trial | Dara Singh due to face trial today for murder of missionary and sons (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
• Church signs are defaced by swastikas (The Boston Globe)

Pope names more cardinals:

• Pontiff adds 5 to list of cardinals | Surprise appointments set record in Catholic Church (Chicago Tribune)
• Pontiff names five more cardinals | Identities of Ukrainian and Latvian secretly appointed in 1998 also revealed (The Washington Post)
• Hope for African pope dims (The [Lagos, Nigeria] Guardian)

Baroness Caroline Cox under fire for buying and freeing Sudanese slaves:

• Baroness buys liberty for slaves | Baroness Cox has bought and freed 1,500 people. She calls it 'first aid'. Others call it folly (The Observer, London)
• Why I buy human beings | Baroness Cox, a grandmother of ten, has risked her life to buy and free hundreds of slaves in Sudan. Yet she stands accused of perpetuating the slave trade. (The Times, London)
• The 'loony libertarian' of Sudan's slave market (Dawn, Karachi, Pakistan)
• Tory peer ignores critics and bullets in Sudan (The Daily Telegraph, London)
• Tales of the slave trade (The Times, London)
• Sudan denies slavery claims (News24, Johannesburg, South Africa)
• Through bombs and bullets | Baroness Caroline Cox offers aid and advocacy to persecuted Christians. (Christianity Today, Sept. 1, 1997)

Abortion:

• Verdict won't close clinics, doctor vows | Jury finds abortionist James Pendergraft guilty of extortion (The Orlando Sentinel)
• Seuss widow decries pro-life poster | Ottawa group used quote from children's book (The Toronto Star)
• Dr. Seuss's widow angered over Ottawa anti-abortion poster | Horton Hears a Who becomes political (The Ottawa Citizen)
• Nearly half of Americans believe life begins at conception (Reuters/Zogby)
• Support for legal abortion depends on the circumstance | Most still favor abortion rights but say it should be illegal for merely unwanted pregnancies (ABCNews.com)
• British schools to offer 'emergency contraception' (USA Today)
• Pulling abortion pill would not be difficult | FDA rules on 'fast-track' drugs could allow Bush administration quick removal (The Washington Post)

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January (Web-only) 2001, Vol. 45