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• Religion and politics are an odd mix | Within the confines of a single generation, something bitter, insidious, and corrosively divisive has effectively vanished from political life in Australia: overt religious bigotry (Norman Abjorenson, The Canberra Times, Australia)
• Christian party targets Labor seats | Christian People's Alliance, which models itself on Christian-based parties in Europe, claims to combine pro-family and anti-abortion policies with a social justice agenda (The Times, London)

• Abortion access to be made easier | Abortion pill to be made available at some British family planning centers (BBC)
• Also: Abortion plans 'irresponsible' | Pro-life campaigners have accused the government of increasing pressure on women to have abortions (BBC)
• Abortion foes get liberal help | Actor-activist Martin Sheen, Martin Luther King III's Southern Christian Leadership Conference, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, anti-war activist Kathy Kelly, and the usual liberal suspects are lobbying the U.S. Supreme Court on the next big abortion case (Chicago Sun-Times)

• 'Greatest story that will happen' | The 10th book in the Left Behind series, "The Remnant," was released July 2. Now No. 3 on the Amazon.com sales rankings with a printing run of 2.75 million, it describes how newly converted Israeli Christians take refuge in the Jordanian desert fortress of Petra (The Washington Times)
• Christian fiction finally has a prayer of selling | Once just a niche market, it's going more mainstream, with bestsellers and a broadening style (Los Angeles Times)
• Land of the twee | Thomas Kinkade is America's biggest-selling living artist. And now he wants the fans to buy his houses (The Guardian, London)

• Evangelicals' power grows in Catholic Brazil | 'Jesus loves me': Movement spreads from shantytowns to every social class (The National Post, Canada)
• Russian Orthodox Church gives 'proof' of Catholic proselytizing in Russia | Catholic leaders called the accusations groundless (Associated Press)
• The poor souls | Not even God can escape an economic downturn (Globe & Mail, Toronto)
• Catholic clout is eroded by scandal | Church is dealt legislative defeats (The Washington Post)
• Church faces calls for complete change | Abuse scandal causes internal and external calls for major changes in Roman Catholic structure and leadership (The Washington Times)

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July (Web-only) 2002, Vol. 46