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Prayer and spirituality:

• Time of fear, words of comfort | After Shootings, Religious Leaders Use Sermons to Soothe Faithful (The Washington Post)
  
  
• Practicing religion while on the go | Anecdotal evidence suggests an increasing number of business travelers are taking steps to lead more spiritual lives while in the sky. (The New York Times)

Politics and law:

• White House staffers gather for Bible study | Voluntary meetings embrace president's emphasis on faith. (USA Today)
  
  
• When prayer and politics collide | With less than a month before the Nov. 5 elections, candidates are going to church. (Gromer Jeffers Jr, The Dallas Morning News)
  
  
• Moore's grandiose baby steps | Today, we seem to have a national cadre looking to "restore the moral foundation of American law" (Kaffie Sledge, Columbus Ledger-Enquirer)

Sex abuse scandal:

• Australia archbishop cleared of abuse (BBC)
  
  
• Some specialists see problems in bishops' policy | Say abuse plan may compromise priests' rights (The Boston Globe)
  
  
• Out of 'zero tolerance,' new support for priests | Some groups are alarmed by what they view as opportunistic attempts by Catholic liberals to use the scandal to press for far-reaching innovations (The Washington Post)
  
  
• Citing Vatican II, laity seeks change | In the midst of the biggest crisis in the history of Catholicism in America, many laypeople are claiming the mantle of reform, demanding a role in reshaping a church that failed to stop the sexual abuse of thousands of young people over a period of decades (The Boston Globe)
  
  
• Vatican expected OK U.S. abuse policy | Cardinal Francis George of Chicago says waiver from church law expected (Associated Press)

• Accused priests pose dilemma for church and public | Most removed priests live anonymously and unsupervised in communities where, according to experts, they may be at risk of reoffending (The Boston Globe)

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