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• Finns celebrate first gay weddings | Finland is least liberal of Nordic countries (Reuters)
  
  

What would Columba say?

• Iona lets the new spirit in | Abbey has made sexuality one of its designated "areas of concern"—alongside ecumenism, justice, peace and integrity of creation, racism, rediscovering spirituality, economic justice, and youth concern (The Scotsman)
  
  
• Iona's first female leader | Kathy Galloway said she hoped to use her position to advance the cause of those who did not have a voice in society (The Scotsman)
  
  
• Also: Iona Community chooses female Rev (BBC)
  
  

Youth:

• Rebellion through religion | How did a California kid end up fighting for an oppressive fanatical regime? (Belia Mayeno-Choy, Youth Radio)
  
  
• Dressed as Jesus, child gets into fight | A 12-year-old from a neighboring middle school saw him and made fun of him, calling him "Little Bo Peep" and "Heidi." (The Omaha World-Herald)
  
  
• Teen forum: Rock of religion | Students say belief is worth searching for and living by (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
  
  

Catholicism:

• Stigmata priest has church buzzing | Pastor says priest is nervous (New York Daily News)
  
  
• Italian statue 'weeps blood' | Padre Pio will be made a saint in June (BBC)
  
  
• Would-be saint impassions Mexico | Indians' role, truth of life story at issue (The Boston Globe)
  
  
• Ailing Pope thanks well-wishers | Pontiff appears to be in much pain (Associated Press)
  
  
• Also: Ailing Pope cancels several appearances (The Washington Post)
  
  
• Pastors, parishioners big on George, polls say | Despite recent high-profile controversies, an overwhelming majority of Chicago parish pastors approve of the job Chicago's Cardinal Francis George is doing (Chicago Sun-Times)
  
  
• Film spotlights 'murky Vatican finances' | Twenty years after he was found hanging from a London bridge, a film opens in Italy on Friday 8 March which reignites the controversy about what happened to Vatican banker Roberto Calvi. (BBC)
  
  

Other stories of interest:

• An enduring academic study of religion | After 100 years, William James's 'Varieties,' maybe not flawless, resonates nonetheless. (The New York Times)
  
  
• Fearing rifts over religion, most of us stay silent | Why don't more folks talk about their belief? Would it be good for us if they did, or would it be divisive? (Jerry Large, The Seattle Times)
  
  
• Radical new views of Islam and the origins of the Koran | Scholars argue that the Koran has been misread and mistranslated for centuries (The New York Times)
  
  
• Preaching the power of reconciliation | He survived a bomb set off by the Irish Republican Army. Years later, propelled by the need to forgive, he reached out to his attacker. (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
  
  
• St. Patrick's Day traditions in U.S. at odds with Ireland's religious holiday | Beer and parades versus church and prayer (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
  
  
• Film 'censor' moves to the Church | Andreas Whittam Smith, the man who oversaw the relaxation of the classification of sex movies, will oversee management of Church of England's investments (BBC)
  
  
• Catholic Church calls Colombia "morally sick" | "A true spiritual slaughter," says Monsignor Alberto Giraldo (Reuters)
  
  
• Religious issues demand inquiry | Journalists owe it to the public to look hard at every religious and political group that attempts to influence our lives (Marsha Budz, The Denver Post)
  
  
• Go Valpo! Go … Crusaders? | I am uneasy with Valparaiso's mascot (Jon Pahl, Sightings/The Christian Science Monitor)
  
  
• Fear, faith lay cornerstones of $50m empire | Bensons Group's Elias Jreissati says his Catholicism guides his decisions (The Age, Melbourne, Australia)
  
  

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