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Holy Land violence:

• A bishop unafraid to make enemies | Boston's Episcopal bishop Thomas Shaw attaining a certain notoriety for supporting Palestinians (The Boston Globe)
  
  
• Bullet quiets church's bell | Bethlehem grieves for `a simple guy' (Chicago Tribune)
  
  

Life ethics:

• Euthanasia now legal in Holland | Becomes first country to allow doctors to kill patients with terminal diseases who are suffering "unbearably" (CNN)
  
  
• Canadian team 'supercharges' adult stem cells | Offers hope for blood treatments, embryo controversy (National Post, Canada)
  
  
• Australia's Prime Minister gives green light to embryo research | Only existing embryos allowed (The Sydney Morning Herald)
  
  
• Also: Churches split over Howard's stem-cell go-ahead | Anglican church itself divided on issue (The Sydney Morning Herald)
  
  
• Also: Archbishop regrets PM's decision (The Sydney Morning Herald)
  
  
• Va. Gov. Warner vetoes abortion ban | Says it lacked sufficient exceptions for women who encounter problems late in pregnancy. (Associated Press)
  
  
• Planned Parenthood gets full-time chaplain | Methodist Monica Corsaro will provide pastoral counseling to patients and staff, act as liaison with the religious community and lobby on issues of reproductive rights (The Seattle Times)
  
  
• Abortion protesters picket outside Wichita North High School | Operation Save America group plans to visit all the major high schools in city (The Wichita Eagle)
  
  
• Let embryos be adopted, Sydney's archbishop tells PM | John Howard is caught between church and the states as he tries to forge a politically viable position on stem cell research. (Sydney Morning Herald)
  
  

Money & business:

• Signs of faith | Some owners make beliefs part of doing business (The Flint [Mich.] Journal)
  
  
• For some companies, the first rule of business is the Golden Rule | Some companies call it values-driven leadership. Others talk about workplace spirituality. But all of them say they're simply following good business practices: treating customers and employees how they want to be treated. And they say that focusing on a higher purpose has translated into higher profits. (The Dallas Morning News)
  
  

Other religions:

• Christians disrupted pagan equinox party | Group loudly read Bible verses and blared Christian rock music (Los Angeles Daily News)
  
  
• Rethinking religious tolerance | Respect for different traditions butts up against concern about their views on women (The Christian Science Monitor)
  
  
• Americans awaken to a new tolerance | As worshipers grapple in aftermath of 9-11, interfaith services open hearts and minds (The Detroit News)
  
  
• Toward theology in dialogue | We must speak about religion honestly, but the discussion will be meaningless unless we know what we ourselves believe. (Bill Tammeus, Kansas City Star)
  
  
• Beyond belief | American Atheists president Ellen Johnson talks about the right to freedom from religion (The Boston Globe)
  
  
• Mission impossible? | In a major blow to Jewish evangelism, Jews for Jesus has allegedly lost millions in bad investments. But this Friday, they return as fierce as ever with the largest international campaign in their history. Will their financial woes affect their mission? (Jewsweek)
  
  

Science & health:

• Church attendees live longer, researchers say | Study of Alameda County adults probably can be applied to the entire United States, its authors say in report (Contra Costa [Calif.] Times)
  
  

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April (Web-only) 2002, Vol. 46