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• Church leaders petition No 10 | New archbishop among 3,000 signatories deploring use of war as instrument of foreign policy (The Guardian, London)
  
  
• New war—old church rhetoric | Which war were they discussing at an international ecumenical meeting in Chevy Chase, Md., Monday—Vietnam or the war on terror? (UPI)

School vouchers:

• AP Poll: Public mixed on vouchers | Americans tend to favor the idea of school vouchers that help send children to private or parochial schools, says an Associated Press poll, at least until they hear that could decrease the money available for public schools (Associated Press)
  
  
• Fla. appeals school voucher ruling | Gov. Bush says parents should be able to choose their children's schools (Associated Press)
  
  
• School choice and the hurdle of the old 'Blaine Amendment' | The question that will likely end up before the U.S. Supreme Court is whether the Florida Constitution is grounded in law or a relic of 19th-century bigotry (Editorial, The Tampa Tribune)

Stem-cell research:

• Sydney team uses fetuses in stem-cell study | Admission will fuel debate ahead of a parliamentary conscience vote on stem cell legislation (The Sydney Morning Herald)
  
  
• U.S. rule on stem cell studies lets researchers use new lines | President Bush set limits on federal financing for human embryonic stem cell research, but researchers have found a way to go beyond his boundaries (The New York Times)
  
  
• Consuming our unborn is indefensible | Judeo-Christian ethics will help to save us from ourselves (Andrew Cameron, The Sydney Morning Herald)

Pop culture:

• My vision of Jesus Christ, by Mel Gibson (The Times, London)
  
  
• Also: Devout Mel Gibson casts himself as Jesus Christ | The devout Roman Catholic has already consulted church officials "at the highest level" to gain an insight into Christ's Crucifixion and The Last Supper for his next film, The Passion (Sunday Mail, Scotland)
  
  
• Also: Mel's next mission: Cinema savior (New York Daily News)
  
  
• How Ned Flanders became a role model | Christians from all over the UK are getting ready to take part in a night of celebration for the most ridiculed yellow person ever to walk the streets of Springfield (BBC)
  
  
• Earlier: Saint Flanders | He's the evangelical next door on The Simpsons, and that's okily dokily among many believers (Christianity Today, Jan. 26, 2001)
  
  
• Simpsons will go to Sunday school | Churches are adopting the pop culture icons with the help of books such as The Gospel According to the Simpsons (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
  
  
• The flesh ripping, bullet spraying ballet master | John Woo grew up in a gang-ridden, poverty-stricken corner of Hong Kong, a devotee of ballroom dancing and an enthusiastic Christian who saw Jesus as a fearless hero. It is this upbringing that has made him an acclaimed director of famously violent action films (The Guardian, London)
  
  
• Davey and Goliath to return to TV | The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America will produce 26 new episodes (Associated Press)
  
  
• Sermons mounting at the fringe | After years of standing outside venues attempting to ban the filth, Bible experts have moved on to the stage at Edinburgh's Fringe Festival (The Guardian, London)
  
  
• Earlier: From the Fringe to the Fold | The Scottish Bible Society offers cash to performers who use arts festival to spread gospel (Christianity Today, June 19)

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