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• Catholic teachings are among obstacles to resolving crisis | Nature of the priesthood and the belief in the absolution of sin and the possibility of redemption contribute to problem (The New York Times)
  
  
• U.S. Catholics and Vatican face a cultural chasm in coping with sex scandal | Meeting is opportunity to bridge gap between the Curia and Catholics in the United States (Los Angeles Times)
  
  
• Monsignor explains remarks on gay priests | One of Cardinal Edward M. Egan's closest lieutenants denied on Monday that he had attempted to blame the sex scandal roiling the Roman Catholic Church on gay priests. (The New York Times)
  
  
• Also: Diocese responds to anti-gay sermon | Monsignor Eugene Clark "was speaking for himself," says archdiocese spokesman (Associated Press)
  
  
• Married priest brings unique perspective to celibacy debate | John Gremmels does not advocate marriage for priests, and neither does his wife. (WFAA, Dallas)
  
  
• Who can be a priest? | Sexual orientation an issue (USA Today)
  
  
• A red hat for a stop sign | In a time of sexual revolution, "getting real" can be really dangerous (Charles A. Donovan, The Washington Times)

Persecution:

• Christian Council demands ban on Sangh Parivar | RSS, VHP, other groups are behind persecution of Christians and other minorities, says organization (South Nexus)
  
  
• U.S. rights group slams Vietnam over minority persecution | Human Rights Watch says government using torture, arbitrary arrests and church burning against ethnic minority tribe members in its central Highlands province (Voice of America)
  
  
• A slave's journey in Sudan | Sudan's plight cries out to us (Nicholas D. Kristof, The New York Times)

Anti-Catholicism in Russia:

• In setback to Vatican, Russia blocks bishop's reentry | Russian passport officers have refused reentry to Jerzy Mazur, in effect revoking his right to live and work in Russia and escalating the country's conflict with the Vatican (Los Angeles Times)
  
  
• Russia said to bar Catholic bishop from country (Reuters)
  
  
• Vatican summons Russian ambassador (Associated Press)

Politics:

• Don't give up 1967 lands, DeLay tells Israel lobby | DeLay's remarks were the latest example of unflinching support for Israel among many U.S. conservative Christians (USA Today)
  
  
• John Ashcroft's holy war | The Attorney General wants to impose his own religious views on the people of Oregon by trying to overturn the state's "Right to Die" law (Howard Gleckman, BusinessWeek)
  
  
• Ashcroft's faith in death | Ashcroft does not pause at all. He thinks he is doing God's perfect work, but he is doing it, as we all must, as an imperfect man. (Richard Cohen, The Washington Post)
  
  
• Religious leaders reject secession | Group finds no evidence that a split would help the poor, protect rights or improve public safety. But it acknowledges legitimate grievances with the city. (Los Angeles Times)

Crime:

• Ala. church bomb trial faces delay | A funding crisis in Alabama's court system may delay thousands of cases statewide, including the upcoming murder trial of the final suspect in a 1963 church bombing that killed four black girls. (Associated Press)
  
  
• Federal judge strikes down Vermont child-porn law | Court finds statute too broadly restricts indecent speech that is protected under the Constitution. (Associated Press)
  
  
• The sanctity of smut | The Supreme Court is not testing the limits of free "speech" so much as it is obliterating them (Robert Bork, The Wall Street Journal)

Pop culture:

• God saves the nu-soul queen | Lauryn Hill fused R&B and hip hop. Now she's added religion to the mix (The Observer, London)
  
  

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