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• Welcome, man of peace. Let's go hate my enemy. | Using the Pope as a political weapon (The New York Times)
• Russian patriarch offers hope for papal visit (AFP)

Missions and ministry:

• Man on a mission | Luis Palau is coming to Hartford, Connecticut (The Hartford Courant)
• Orthodox Church airs views | ''Come Receive the Light,'' is the first effort by Orthodox Christians to build a national broadcast program. (The Boston Globe)

Pop culture:

• Comics no place for religion | What was wrong with Johnny Hart's Easter cartoon is what is wrong with many of the cartoons that run in newspapers these days: It wasn't funny. The comics are supposed to be funny. (Laurence D. Cohen, The Hartford Courant)
• God spell | Spirited fans make gospel plays a powerful draw at Dorchester's Strand Theatre (The Boston Globe)

Persecution:

• Christian body seeks human rights commission's intervention | All-India Christian Council wants inquiry into "the increasing incidents of attacks on minorities" in central Gujarat (The Times of India)
• Police investigate slaying of Sri Lankan priest | Bernard Costa, parish priest in Negombo, north of Colombo, was killed on Thursday in the vestry. (Associated Press/Times of India)
• Gangsters rob cleric of church property | Anglican priest gagged and tied by armed youth (The Nation, Nairobi)

Bible:

• Pilate, the Jews and Jesus | Recent public statements show how misinterpretation of what led to the Crucifixion continues to plague historical understanding. (Los Angeles Times)
• The Bible in America — The Bible is the best-selling book of all time — but fewer Americans are actually reading it. Host Bob Edwards speaks to biblical studies professor Michael Brown about the decline of biblical knowledge in America. (14.4 and 28.8 kbps RealAudio streams) (NPR's Morning Edition)
• Modern world killing off language of Christ | Aramaic is heading for extinction in the last three remote Syrian mountain villages where it is still spoken. (The Daily Telegraph)
• Also: Syrians preserve language of Jesus (Associated Press)

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