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Politics:

• Armey opposes AmeriCorps expansion | "The idea that government can teach charity to America rings very hollow with me," says Texas Republican (CNN)
  
  
• Justices buck tradition, get personal | Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's unusual public declaration of independence from his Roman Catholic church on the death penalty reflects the vexing conflicts that justices confront as they wrestle with the law and their personal beliefs. (Associated Press)
  
  

Religious liberty:

• Woman accuses library of firing her for wearing cross | Federal lawsuit argues library's ban on 'religious, political or potentially offensive decoration' violates First Amendment (Freedom Forum)
  
  
• Family defends its house prayer signs | Homeowners' association in civil trial (Houston Chronicle)
  
  
• Bush urged to raise Pakistan religious freedom issue with Musharraf | Request comes from U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (PTI)
  
  

Church and state:

• School district hopes Bible class passes Constitutional muster | The curriculum, designed for juniors and seniors, takes a scholarly approach to the Old Testament (Fox News)
  
  
• Pace's 'God' bus rolling all over the Constitution | Is "God bless America" a statement that the government should sponsor and promote? (Eric Zorn, Chicago Tribune)
  
  

Church and denominational life:

• Prestonwood pastor likely to lead Baptists | Jack Graham considered front-runner for national convention's president (The Dallas Morning News)
  
  
• Restoring a cathedral to unfinished glory | The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine is attempting to rise from its ashes. (The New York Times)
  
  

Missions & ministry:

• Trinity Care prosecutes a holy war | God is at the root of a battle for care home company (The Guardian)
  
  
• Bringing the word to the road | Truck-stop preacher ministers to drivers far from home (The Ann Arbor News)
  
  

Catholicism:

• Pope's message on marriage: it's still forever | Divorced Catholics who have not obtained an annulment continue to pay the price (The Sydney Morning Herald)
  
  
• John Paul II Cultural Center drops fee | To increase attendance, request for donation replaces $8 admission charge (The Washington Post)
  
  

Popular culture:

• Family values groups accuse FOX of Boston Public indecency | Dobson, others complain about story lines on oral sex, stripping, affairs, etc (The Washington Post)
  
  
• Also: Murdoch's Fox network, Boston Public show, targets of FCC complaint; Family, children advocates seek FCC intervention (Press release)
  
  

Other religions:

• 'CAF ban on healers spells doom for the tournament' | Soccer organization bans traditional healers from 2002 African Cup of Nations (The Monitor, Kampala, Uganda)
  
  
• Charity makes things worse | Using tokenism to mollify any charitable backlash is an affront to the community. (Editorial, St. Petersburg Times)
  
  

Other stories of interest:

• 'Let's Roll' trademark battle is on | The foundation set up in the name of Sept. 11 hero Todd Beamer is racing to trademark his last known words — "Let's roll" — and ensure that any money made off the phrase goes to the victims' families. (Associated Press)
  
  
• Nun presses brutality suit against NYPD | Sister Lauria Fitzgerald says female officer called her "idiot," roughed her up (New York Post)
  
  
• £800,000 Bible vanishes from councils safe | Rare Carbusier Bible, printed in 1477, is one of only 27 in the world (The Times, London)
  
  

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