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• Using tax dollars for churches | The president's unilateral order, which lets religious groups use tax dollars to finance their programs, should be struck down (Editorial, The New York Times)
  
  
• No state funds in church coffers | As a deeply spiritual person who knows the injustice that religious minorities suffer, I fear that these policies will not only increase discrimination and foment division among our citizens but also erode the fundamental principle of religious freedom that lies at the heart of our country (Susan Goering, The Baltimore Sun)

Crime and violence:

• Bias scrawls deface church | Vandals urged to surrender (New York Daily News)
  
  
• Pastor gets jail, probation in child abuse case | Paul King was convicted last month of child abuse in connection with a paddling of then-8-year-old Kimberly Malloy in May 2001 at Charlotte Regional Christian Academy (Charlotte Sun, Charlotte Harbor, Fla.)
  
  
• Violence runs counter to faiths 3 men followed (The Oregonian)

Human cloning:

• True or not, cloning talk gives birth to an uproar | Many scientists fear a backlash against embryo research of all kinds (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel)
  
  
• Biology's chernobyl | If Rael is for real, it will set back scientific progress (Matt Ridley, The Wall Street Journal)

Christmas:

• A holiday staple gone dark | Two weeks ago, the 12-story cross of light that has illuminated Park Avenue each December for 50 years went dark. Some Christians are calling the change anti-Catholic, while some Jews say it was long overdue (The New York Times)
  
  
• Reason for the season has been lost on many | Christmas is not about shopping. It should be a holiday that reminds us to measure ourselves by how we treat the ''least of these" (Jesse Jackson, Chicago Sun-Times)
  
  
• Thank you, Christians, for your gifts | Every year, in these darkest days, you light up the streets with those wonderful colors and spread good cheer, even for those of us who are not Christian. And you do all this to celebrate the birth of one who said: "Love your enemies. Pray for those who persecute you." (Ira Chernus, Common Dreams)

Film:

• Harry Potter sparks row in Russia | Some charge that Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is anti-Christian. (BBC)
  
  
• Christian cinema and video flourish despite challenges | Left Behind II, with Kirk Cameron again starring as an intrepid TV reporter ready to do battle with the forces of Evil, is already a phenomenon, like its predecessor and the other quiet successes of the burgeoning evangelical Christian entertainment market (KRT)

Catholicism:

• Vatican to Open secret pre-WWII files | The archives will, however, be available only to scholars who must make a formal request (Reuters)
  
  
• Also: Vatican to release Nazi files (BBC)
  
  
• Pope to publish book of poetry | Includes pontiff's thoughts about choosing his successor (The Toronto Star)

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