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• Wanted: a new patron saint | There is a strong Christian argument for the United Kingdom as an embodiment of the principle of unity through diversity, and a model of the Trinitarian doctrine of perichoresis, the inter-penetration of the constituent parts of a body so that they retain their identity but also contribute to a bigger whole (Ian Bradley, The Guardian)

Sex abuse scandals:

• Accused priests charge slander | Some priests have used the civil courts in recent weeks to strike back against those who have accused them of sexual misconduct (The New York Times)
  
  
• Abuse crisis tests church doctrine on scandal | Catholic teaching couldn't be more clear: It is wrong to scandalize the faithful (The Boston Globe)
  
  
• Priest protests parishioners' tax | The Rev. Henry C. Frascadore of St. Dominic Church in Southington said Friday he wants to know the source of the money used by the archdiocese to pay for settlements, legal fees and administrative leave for priests accused of wrongdoing (Associated Press)

Other stories of interest:

• In God they trust, sort of | It's hard to give an account of your religious beliefs without sounding mawkish (Judith Shulevitz, The New York Times)
  
  
• Exorcism as alternative medicine for Russian Orthodox faithful | The medieval practice of exorcism may have been frowned on in Soviet times, but it now draws hundreds of faithful daily, from all over the former Soviet Union, to the Troitse-Sergiev monastery (AFP)
  
  
• Report: Priest slaps kid at baptism | El Mundo reports Father Enrique Abad slapped 3-year-old twice when she wouldn't stop crying (Associated Press)
  
  
• Groups try to revive Aramaic, language of both Abraham, Jesus | And it's not just in the Middle East (Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
  
  
• Signs of the end | Christianity's dark side revealed in end-times speech (The Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
  
  
• Evangelist fails to turn up | Thousands were expecting Morris Cerullo, and many walked off as Peter Youngren announced he was the replacement (The East African Standard, Nairobi)
  
  
• County attorney investigates why photographer kept out of stadium | Smiley Pool of the Houston Chronicle wasn't allowed to shoot blessing of Reliant Stadium (Houston Chronicle)

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