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• Also: Pope's trip to Russia yet to be confirmed (The Dallas Morning News)
  
  
• Easter week means renewed debate over priestly celibacy | Thousands of Roman Catholic parishes will be without a priest for Sunday Mass. One organization has a solution to make the shortage disappear (CNS News)
  
  
• Pope slams 'unacceptable' actions | Only priests can celebrate Mass and divorced Catholics who remarry cannot take communion. (Associated Press)
  
  
• Also: Pope's ruling bars Blair from taking Communion with family | John Paul II is issuing a new encyclical that will explicitly forbid Protestants like the Prime Minister taking Communion with Catholics such as Cherie Blair and their children. (The Times, London)

Other stories of interest:

• A season for new faiths | This is salvation season, when Christians and Jews retell and rejoice in the stories central to their religions. (USA Today)
  
  
• Put away childish things | There is no God. So why do people cling to such absurd palliatives when we are on the brink of colonizing the universe? (The Guardian, London)
  
  
• Icon carried on pilgrimage | An ancient bronze figure that lay undiscovered in a Norfolk field for 800 years is being carried on a pilgrimage to the religious shrine at Walsingham. (BBC)
  
  
• Warning on posters that offend faiths | New guidelines respond to complaints from believers. (The Guardian, London)
  
  
• Emory experiments with spiritual healing | Part of Emory University's newest clinical trial is to see whether alternative medical techniques can improve life for Parkinson's patients. (Associated Press)
  
  
• Animal sacrifice all in a day's work | Police get lessons in religious rituals (The Miami Herald)

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