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• US facing exodus of stem cell experts | Bush restrictions may lead scientists to move to Britain (The Times, London)
  
  

War and peace:

• Ethiopian, Eritrean religious leaders talk peace | Christians try to defuse tensions lingering between the neighboring countries following a 1998-2000 border war. (Reuters)
  
  
• Nazareth mosque decision could ignite fuse, warns expert | Hebrew University professor urges Israel to stop construction, but warns that it will cause violence (The Jerusalem Post)
  
  
• Also: Vatican: Mosque will be `cancer' in ties between Jews, Christians (Ha'aretz, Tel Aviv)
  
  

Abuse:

• It's time to name Satan | There is no way to understand the horror of priestly pedophilia in the Archdiocese of Boston and elsewhere unless one accepts the existence of the Evil One as a powerful reality. (Uwe Siemon-Netto, UPI)
  
  
• Bishop asks for prayers as season of Lent begins | Abuse overshadows season of penitence (Arizona Daily Star)
  
  
• Pedophile issue shakes the authority of Boston's cardinal | Bernard F. Law has become the focal point of the anger and betrayal boiling up from a scandal over pedophile priests in Boston (The New York Times)
  
  
• 'We have been enlightened' | Responding to abuse in the church (Wilton D. Gregory, USA Today)
  
  
• Archdiocese adds up as big business | The Catholic Church, by many definitions, is one of the biggest businesses going, not to mention one of the most political. (Derrick Z. Jackson, The Boston Globe)
  
  

Catholic-Orthodox rift in Russia:

• Catholic, Orthodox ties reach new low | By setting up a full-fledged Catholic Church in Russia, the pope has shed all but a few of the ecumenical niceties in the Vatican's approach to the Russian Orthodox Church and has raised new questions about a papal visit. (The Moscow Times)
  
  
• Rift grows as Russian Orthodox Church rebukes Vatican | Orthodox leaders abruptly cancel a top Catholic cardinal's visit to Moscow (The Washington Post)
  
  

Christian higher education:

• Bob Jones University seeks minorities | More than 40 minority students have applied for aid through two new funds that are sponsored by private donations, and nine have won scholarships so far (Associated Press)
  
  
• This game rivals anything around | Annual matchups between Azusa Pacific and Biola generate unique passion. (Los Angeles Times)
  
  

Money:

• Fulfilling responsibilities before God | What money means to Christians (Thomas Kostigen, CBS.MarketWatch.com)
  
  
• Law firm, church reach out-of-court settlement | Company accidentally gave $20,000 of a dead woman's money to the wrong church. (The Daily News, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada)
  
  

Sex and marriage:

• Lutheran bishops want to avert disputes over same-sex partnerships | Blessings of same-sex households accepted only if event does not resemble a wedding (Helsingin Sanomat, Helsinki, Finland)
  
  
• Marriage gets boost from social report | Marriage is more than a private emotional relationship, it's a social good (The Washington Times)
  
  
• Pro-marriage activist urges policy | Robert Matheson plans to bring together several dozen southwest Florida clergy to pledge not to marry couples who haven't gone through premarital counseling and at least a yearlong courtship. (Associated Press)
  
  

Missions & ministry:

• British Army recruits a woman chaplain | Juliette Hulme became disillusioned with parish life because "there were too many committees involved" (The Daily Telegraph)
  
  
• 'Prescription for Hope' | A Christian conference aims to draw attention to the under-funded efforts to combat AIDS (U.S. News & World Report)
  
  
• Ministry going for God, not gold | Akron drama group will head to Olympics to preach Christianity, abstinence (The Akron Beacon Journal)
  
  

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February (Web-only) 2002, Vol. 46