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• Also: Man charged with sexually assaulting two nuns, killing one (Associated Press)
  
  
• Also: Nun's rosary beads were used to kill her, Oregon authorities say (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
  
  
• Holy Cross leaders stay mum on murder | They were questioned about slaying of nun (The Miami Herald)
  
  
• Long live the nun-killer! | This is an outrageous headline given recent, horrible slayings of nuns. It's actually about Leon Trotsky and Martin Amis (Paul Foot, The Guardian)
  
  
• St. Pat's 'sex' man faces jail in Va., too | Brian Florence was on probation when he and Harper were arrested on lewdness and obscenity charges inside of the church on Aug. 15 (New York Post)
  
  
• Vandals rock church | Topple 7-foot statue of saint in Queens (New York Daily News)
  
  
• Peru cardinal denies allegations | Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani defended himself during a Mass Friday from allegations he knew about a 1992 massacre by a paramilitary death squad before it became generally known but remained silent (Associated Press)

Islam:

• Islam's anguish | Working to blunt the power of Muslim fundamentalism requires knowledge of Islamic traditions and teachings (Editorial, The Boston Globe)
  
  
• Critics of Muslims, Qu'ran showing their ignorance | Being a Muslim does not make you a terrorist or an enemy any more than being a Christian makes you a good person or an ally (Cary Ichter, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
  
  
• Interest in Islam mounts after hijacking atrocity | From Islamic bookshops and university comparative religion courses to the dusty corridors of Whitehall, non-Muslims in Britain are rushing to find out more about the beliefs of Islam and the life of the Prophet Mohammed (The Observer, London)
  
  
• U.S. Muslims respond to criticism | They say their condemnation of attacks have gone unnoticed by detractors (Associated Press)
  
  
• Islam's dilemma | Extremist terror overshadows the tenet of compassion (David Crumm, Detroit Free Press)

Money and business:

• Sweet-tooth religion | Candymakers add a dollop of faith to latest products (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
  
  
• A biblical lesson for business | Christian values can contribute to lasting business success (Phillip Pringle, The Age, Melbourne, Australia)
  
  
• Office phone messages need no enhancements | What if you called someone in a professional context at her place of business and got a "Jesus" message? (Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times)
  
  
• Religion taking on labor issues | Nearly 40 Twin Cities congregations invited union leaders into their worship services as part of the annual Labor in the Pulpit weekend (Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn.)
  
  
• More employees seek time to worship God on the job | Companies that wear religion on their sleeves say a growing number of workers are looking for spiritual involvement on the job (The Wall Street Journal / Naples Daily News)

L.A. cathedral opens:

• Cathedral to open for challenged church | Dedication offers time to reflect on demands of enormous, diverse population (Los Angeles Times)
  
  
• Controversial cathedral opens in L.A. (CBS News)
  
  
• Parking fee may pave way to forgiveness, even heaven | Heaven's got a toll booth. (Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times)
  
  
• L.A. cathedral is dedicated | During the four-hour service, Cardinal Roger M. Mahony calls the downtown church an 'anchor for the ages' (Los Angeles Times)
  
  
• The long view of L.A. Cathedral | Spirituality and social justice activities are sustained over the long term when they are integrally tied to a worshipping community that has deep roots within a religious tradition, and this means that a certain degree of institutional form is necessary (Donald E. Miller, Los Angeles Times)
  
  

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September (Web-only) 2002, Vol. 46