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• At Forum, victims of clergy plead and vent | The Vatican's decision to reject parts of the American bishops' new zero-tolerance policy has left victims scrambling to hold onto gains made through this year of scandal (The New York Times)
  
  
• Rejecting the bishops | It is no surprise that Vatican officials have put the United States Catholic bishops' zero-tolerance policy on hold (Margaret O'Brien Steinfels)
  
  
• Vatican panelists named, examined | 2 have advised bishops not to report abusers; some fear a stacked deck (The Dallas Morning News)
  
  
• Also: Vatican names abuse panel members (Associated Press)
  
  
• Americans and Vatican officials to revise policy on abuse | The Vatican announced the names of the four American bishops and four Vatican officials responsible for revising the American prelates' zero-tolerance policy on sexual abuse (The New York Times)
  
  
• Also: Catholic panel named to revise abuse policy | Church moves quickly (The Washington Post)
  
  
• The Vatican objects | The bishops must stand firm (Editorial, The New York Times)
  
  
• The Vatican's day of shame | By obfuscating and minimizing the rape and sodomy of Catholic school children and other faithful, the Vatican now seeks to delay, and ultimately kill, any meaningful reforms that would protect American children (Paul Steidler and Mark Serrano, The Washington Times)

Sexual ethics:

• Groups spread word on differing viewpoints | Groups prepare for this weekend's Soulforce "Out and About in Lynchburg" activities (The News & Advance, Lynchburg, Va.)
  
  
• Gays face Falwell, followers | First Mel and Gary moved in. Now a whole group opposed to ''spiritual violence'' will converge on Lynchburg (St. Petersburg Times)
  
  
• Gay rights 'destabilizing' Church: Carey | Anglican leader: Homosexuality overshadowing other issues (The National Post)
  
  
• Also: Carey speaks out on homosexuality (The Globe & Mail, Toronto)

Media and Internet:

• TV case prompts call for new Lebanon government | A Lebanese opposition grouping has demanded the government resign over the closure of a TV station that was a mouthpiece for Christian-based opposition to Syria's grip on the country (Reuters)
  
  
• A man of ideas but not of faith | When Alan Bookbinder became the new head of BBC religious broadcasting, shocked critics complained that he was not even a Christian. But he finds faith both fascinating and increasingly important (The Times, London)
  
  
• Pockets are added to friars' tunics, and the sky falls | Since receiving the commission last year to redesign the habit worn by 90 Franciscan friars of the Third Order Regular, Elisabetta Bianchetti and her design have been praised, debated and excoriated in the Italian press (The New York Times)
  
  
• Google bans controversial sites | Among sites banned from French and German listings is Jesus-is-lord.com, a fundamentalist Christian site that is adamantly opposed to abortion (ZDNet)

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