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After the Supreme Court upheld the use of taxpayer money for tuition vouchers in Cleveland last month, school-choice opponents are now looking to state constitutions with language similar to Washington's to block school-choice initiatives. But the Washington ruling shoots holes in that argument and may set a precedent for battles in other states.

The Wall Street Journal writes: "We wish [school-choice advocates] luck, as do millions of parents with children trapped in failing public schools."

Catholic abuse crisis:

• Catholic reformers hold historic meeting | Saturday's Boston convention was watched by lay people of all stripes. (Christian Science Monitor)
  
  
• Reform group seeks Catholic changes | An estimated 4,000 Voice of the Faithful members from 35 states and seven foreign countries signed a petition urging Pope John Paul II to endorse reform policies that U.S. bishops approved in June. (The Guardian, London)
  
  
• Laity get tough on Law | Petition urges pope to punish bishops. (The Boston Herald)
  
  
• Law to reject donations from Voice of the Faithful | Responding for the first time to a fast-growing lay reform movement angered by the clergy sexual abuse scandal, yesterday said he will refuse to accept funds raised by Voice of the Faithful for church agencies, schools, ministries, and hospitals. (The Boston Globe)
  
  
• Catholic orders might keep abusive priests | Church must decided on what to do with sexually abusive priests who belong to religious orders, like the Jesuits, Franciscans and Benedictines. (The New York Times)
  
  
• Priest says bishop derailed his career to cover up discovery of porn at dead priest's home | The diocesan chancellor, denied the allegations and accused priest of digging for money. (Associated Press)
  
  
• Church Explores 'Hard Change' | The 60 million-member Catholic Church in the United States now is moving ahead to repair a reputation damaged by allegations of sexual abuse by its priests and a cover-up by church hierarchy. (Insight)

Authors:

• Stephen L. Carter, Bioethics Panel Dropout | Must we clone him? (Slate.com)
  
  
• The end, to be continued | With a 10-book winning streak, the Left Behind duo is gearing up for more. (The Washington Post)

Other stories of interest:

• She walks through walls | Mary Jo Copeland is a kind-of saint to the homeless. (The New York Times)
  
  
• No end to their woes | Allegations of sexual extortion by aid workers in Africa. (Newsweek)
  
  
• The greatest story ever written | The King James Bible is a conundrum (The Age/The Daily Telegraph)

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