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• Families of fallen postal workers seek solace in faith | Anthrax quickly kills Md. men (USA Today)

Persecution:

• Egyptian Christians fear being caught in crossfire | Memorial for a Copt slain in San Gabriel highlights the unease of the minority community at home and in America. (Los Angeles Times)
• Bloody protests hit Nigeria town, 13 dead | Three mosques burned in Makurdi (Reuters)

Politics & law:

• Bush use of term "the evil one" raises eyebrows | Clergy object to using word for Satan to describe Osama bin Laden (Reuters)
• Praying in public: part of coping, or defiant act? | After the initial escalation of prayer vigils and hymn sings, majority have quietly returned to their policies of limiting religious expression in public settings. But some say it's the perfect time to change the rules (The Christian Science Monitor)
• 'Choose Life' plates okayed in Alabama | Similar licenses in Florida, South Carolina and Louisiana are being challenged in court (Associated Press)

Media:

• Fear not, Mister Rogers has a new neighborhood | If ever there was a time for Fred Rogers's placid, plainspoken, child-centered wisdom, this is it. Fortunately, where there's a Web, there's a way. (Scripps Howard News Service)
• A breath of fresh air | God's Breath includes key excerpts from the sacred texts of Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, Islam, Sufism and Taoism (Stephanie Salter, San Francisco Chronicle)
• Station transmitting gospel to Muslims | World Christian Broadcasting Corp. will alter its messages to make Christianity more attractive to Muslims on the other side of the world (The Tennessean)

Confidentiality:

• Confession ruled best kept private | Pastor told confessor's husband about affair, now she's suing (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
• Loose lips sink pastors and flock | Pastors must be aware they can't afford to play fast and loose with congregants' confidences. (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Church life:

• Momentum builds to unify Orthodox church | Orthodox Christian Laity plans to raise $1 million to win support for the merger (Chicago Sun-Times)
• As it celebrates past, Armenian Church worries over future | Intermarriage and assimilation are big concerns (The Boston Globe)
• Congregation aims to set new record | It's official: Just months after setting a record for the world's longest church service, a congregation in the mountains of Norway will go for another big prize next Easter. This time by singing the entire psalm book (Aftenposten, Oslo)
• 'Lost' tune may have been Wesley's favorite, scholar says | Nobody sings "Wednesbury" any more (United Methodist News Service)

Catholicism:

• China cautious on papal diplomacy | Pope apologizes to China for any "errors" made by missionaries in the past, calls for restored diplomatic ties (BBC)
• 'Rome-ing' Egan shaking faithful | Many New Yorkers resent the cardinal's long absences since the Sept. 11 disaster (Rod Dreher, New York Post)

Being a good neighbor vs. being a good Christian:

• Church's outreach effort concerns some neighbors | Worries arise that congregation might start substance-abuse rehabilitation center (Houston Chronicle)
• Family fights to post message | Homeowners group considers "This is a house of prayer" signs ads (Houston Chronicle)

Money and business:

• SEC suing churches to recover funds | Swindlers donated victims' money as bait for investment scam (The Dallas Morning News)
• The rise and falling out of Value America | Even as it describes a fall from grace that mirrored the demise of other tech businesses, the Value America tale offers some insights into the role people's faith — both religious and otherwise — played in fueling the boom. (The Washington Post)
• Marketer in alleged ponzi scheme is ordered to pay | Thomas G. Cloud and Cloud Associates Consulting ordered to repay more than $1.1 million for fraud on Christian-themed Internet site (Los Angeles Times)

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