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• Church backs move to ordain women bishops | Move was backed by the Rev Joy Carroll, who inspired TV's Vicar of Dibley (The Scotsman)

Missions and ministry:

• Mission's good outweighed bad | Peruvian protesters slow missionaries' return, not their hope (The Decatur [Ala.] Daily)
  
  
• Churches turn to PR experts to get a boost | Pastors hope for attendance gain (Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville)
  
  
• Vacation Bible School is a summer mainstay (Editorial, Franklin County [Ala.] Times)
  
  
• Fun themes mark vacation Bible schools | Themes include Bug Safari, Faith Mountain, God's Great Gallery, Veggie Tales, and Amazing Amazon (The Flint [Mich.] Journal)
  
  
• Peru military rescues missionaries | Short-termers from Cash Point Baptist Church in Ardmore, Tennessee, were stranded over the weekend after residents staged massive riots over the sale of two state electricity companies. (Associated Press)

Sex abuse crisis:

• Their sins only start with abuse | The message is that the bottom line is more important than the offense to a holy God. (Cal Thomas, Baltimore Sun)
  
  
• Sex-abuse scandal spurs debate over confidential confessions | Historically, U.S. law has respected confession's seal of confidentiality, but recent movement in state legislatures suggests tide may be turning. (Associated Press)
  
  
• Grand jury says churches are hiding cases of abuse | Report urges state lawmakers to eliminate the statute of limitations on child sex-abuse cases (The New York Times)
  
  
• Church 'watchdog' on prowl | 'Outraged' Oklahoma governor sinking his teeth into role as monitor (The Hartford [Conn.] Courant)
  
  
• No consensus in the pews at Sunday mass | Catholics remain deeply divided over how to get through the crisis (The New York Times)
  
  
• Krishnas' honesty in scandal could prove costly | Catholics' secrecy may have helped in suit (San Francisco Chronicle)
  
  
• As pledges lag, church speeds cuts | Archdiocesan spending to get up to 40% trim (The Boston Globe)

Catholicism:

• Pope hopefuls | Everyone assumes that John Paul II's successor will be a conservative. Don't bet on it. (The Washington Monthly)
  
  
• Globe-trotting pope defies doubters | Will visit Mexico and Guatemala in July after all (BBC)
  
  
• Beloved Pio becomes a saint | The pope canonizes one of the most popular modern Catholic figures, known for his healing powers and stigmata. (Los Angeles Times)
  
  
• Also: The friar, miraculously, marches into sainthood | Under a searing Roman sun on Sunday, Pope John Paul II celebrated a two-hour solemn Mass of canonization for Padre Pio (The New York Times)
  
  
• Also: Thousands gather as pope canonizes Italian monk (The Washington Post)

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