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• Restored ancient Roman house opens | Third-century home belonged to wealthy Christian (Associated Press)
• Churches sell parts of history to protect the present | Three silver beakers crafted in 1753 by a teenage Paul Revere were sacrificed to the bricks-and-mortar necessities of the 21st century (The Boston Globe)

Church disputes:

• Clergymen get hot under the collar in Anglican turf war | The launch of a new church on Australia's Central Coast has opened up old wounds in opposing factions of the Anglican Church (The Sydney Morning Herald)
• Church's leaders ask flock for faith | Child molestation cases become focus of Sunday sermons (Boston Herald)
• Foreign churches get no say on leader | Thirty-seven of the 38 self-governing churches that comprise the worldwide Anglican community will have no voting rights in the appointment of their next spiritual leader (The Times)

Politics and religion:

• Bush policies push 'healthy' marriage | "We should not seek to simply be neutral about marriage," says official (The Washington Times)
• Christians encouraged to pray for Blair daily | Britain's Premier Christian Radio starts Prime Minister's Prayer Time (The Times, London)

Life ethics:

• Nurse fired by hospital fires back | Jill Stanek is now running for state office (The Washington Times)
• Theologian says altering genes can fit God's plan | In some cases, changing our genes actually may be good stewardship—the best way of reflecting God's image while we transform the world for the better, says James C. Peterson at Calvin College (The Grand Rapids Press)
• Experts urge ban on cloned babies | But panel backs embryo research (The Washington Post)
• Opinion journalism at the Post | The Washington Post confuses an editorial with a news story, and takes a shot at the president's new Bioethics Council. (J. Bottum, The Weekly Standard)
• Trial reignites Portugal abortion debate (BBC)
• Philadelphia cardinal plans aggressive pro-life campaign | Advertising campaign, which ran in the Philadelphia area last year, encourages people to re-evaluate their thinking (Associated Press)

Science:

• Spirituality linked to better health in arthritis | "Spirituality may be a type of psychological resource that allows individuals to adjust better to living with a chronic illness," says researcher (Reuters)
• Where scientists are looking for God | Lourdes, France, has a reputation for miracles but are these `inexplicable' cures evidence of divine intervention? (The Daily Telegraph)

Other religions:

• Praise for Vatican paper on Jews | But it will take time for most observers to read and digest the lengthy book (Associated Press)
• Christians at odds over sermon on 'Evils of Islam' | A Nashville minister's sermon on the ''evils of Islam'' has drawn both supporters and those opposed to his message, which also includes a call to convert the city's Muslims to Christianity (The Tennessean)
• Between cross and crescent | The controversy over construction of a mosque next to Nazareth's Basilica of the Annunciation has become an international issue that is tearing apart this Muslim/Christian town of Nazareth (The Jerusalem Post)

Crime:

• Date for church bombing trial picked | Bobby Frank Cherry will stand trial April 29 (Associated Press)
• Facing sin in the ranks | Secrets breed suspicion (Editorial, Los Angeles Times)
• Church members urged to be more vigilant after sex attack | Denver's Grace United Methodist Church has tightened security to keep better track of who's entering the building after a Jan. 3 sex assault there (The Denver Post)

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