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• Who needs the church? | The idea that we live in an "Orthodox country" has been repeated so many times that it is lodged in our consciousness. Few stop to consider that it fundamentally contradicts the constitution. (Boris Kagarlitsky, The Moscow Times)
  
  

Religion and politics:

• A walk in the valley of greed | What would Jesus do? Heck, according to the teachings of the Rev. Pat Robertson, he'd be out there just like Ralph Reed and George Bush serving God and greed—or rather Mammon—in the same moment. (Robert Scheer, Los Angeles Times)
  
  
• Venezuelan church rejects Chavez talks | Relations between Venezuela's populist President Hugo Chavez and the country's dominant Roman Catholic Church have taken a new plunge. (BBC)
  
  

Church life:

• Faith goes the distance | Migrants working in Northeast Ohio give money to build church back in homeland of Guatemala (The Beacon Journal, Akron, Ohio)
  
  
• Final gathering at two chapels | Parishioners of celebrated their last Masses at two Baltimore chapels, which no longer justified the assignment of priests, the archdiocese said. (The Baltimore Sun)
  
  
• A resilient congregation worships without a home | On Sunday, for the first time since the congregation was formed in 1909, its members were without a home. But a fellow Methodist congregation a few miles north took Scott Memorial United Methodist Church in from the ashes. (Detroit Free Press)
  
  
• Spirits soar as church is raised | Mennonites from across U.S. build Westcliffe house of worship (The Denver Post)
  
  

Other articles of interest:

• In Christ, with humor | Ministry utilizes clowning to spread the message of Jesus (Bowling Green [Kentucky] Daily News)
  
  
• Gospel industry may be good news for Anderson, Indiana | City considers ways it can capitalize on business that draws professionals and tourists to the area (The Indianapolis Star)
  
  
• My holy war | What do a vicar's son and a suicide bomber have in common? (Jonathan Raban, The New Yorker)
  
  

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