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• Alabama court rules against gay mother | Justice Roy Moore calls says homosexuality is "an inherent evil" and should not be tolerated (Associated Press)
  
  
• Two priests object to sex ed video | Video shown to sixth-graders was created by self-described conservative Christian who is director of men's ministries at a Presbyterian Church and who is studying to become a minister (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
  
  

Church life:

• Old theological schools face axe as Church seeks a single voice | Under the plans, the Church of England would close its 12 colleges (The Daily Telegraph)
  
  
• A chance to 'gather at the river' | Cowboy Church offers an escape from rapid pace (Houston Chronicle)
  
  
• Looking for answers? | Alpha Course goes to Palm Harbor, Florida (The Tampa Tribune)
  
  

Missions & ministry:

• 9/11 casts shadow over young missionary dreams | Religious schools and agencies cancel, change short-term missions plans (The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tennessee)
  
  
• 'Army' of Christians needed in AIDS fight, Franklin Graham says | Evangelist, acknowledging his own delay in addressing issue, says disease is greater threat than terrorism (The Washington Post)
  
  
• Military seeks more chaplains | "The problem is finding the right diversity," says deputy chief of the Air Force Chaplain Service (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
  
  
• Volunteeers sought for Graham crusade in October | The task of recruiting 20,000 North Texas workers for Billy Graham's Metroplex mission in October begins today. (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
  
  

Catholicism:

• Moscow vs. the Vatican | Schism worsens: Russian Orthodox Church feels threatened as Catholics raise profile. (Editorial, The Baltimore Sun)
  
  
• Pope has performed three exorcisms in his papacy, one last September | First was in 1982 (Reuters)
  
  

Pop culture:

• Faith in metal | Local magazine focuses on Christian heavy metal (News 8 Austin, Texas)
  
  
• Utah businesses have faith that ads shalt not offend | Some sales pitches create a stir and boost revenue with a few lighthearted jabs at Mormonism. (Los Angeles Times)
  
  
• Land of milk and honey ice cream | Bible park walks fine line between amusement, sacrilege (The National Post)
  
  

Other stories of interest:

• Pastor on trial for family killings | Andras Pandy, who entered Belgium as a refugee and set up a Hungarian Protestant church in the Flemish part of the country, is also suspected by police of killing at least seven other people (BBC)
  
  
• Religious humor not so funny to some | Cartoonists, comedians treading carefully in today's climate (Religion News Service)
  
  
• E-mail linked to elusive religious group | Concerned Christians leader ID'd as 'seventh angel' (The Denver Post)
  
  
• What's lost (or found) in translation of Bible | Debate over TNIV continues (Newsday)
  
  
• Sacrifice is still good for the soul | Sydney's Catholic archbishop explains Lent (George Pell, The Daily Telegraph, New South Wales, Australia)
  
  
• Baptists split on possible convention boycott | Final decision could come Tuesday (WLWT, Cincinnati)
  
  
• Also: Boycott leaders to skip session (The Cincinnati Post)
  
  

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