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Church life:

• There is still life in the German Christian church | Upon returning to the United States I would conclude that it is easier to find a church to attend here than it is in Germany. I would also observe that it is all too easy for us to also lose sight of what makes our faith alive. (Earl Button, The Monroe [Wisc.] Times)
  
  
• Are we stingy? Only at church | The 1.2 million people in the Hartford metro area give a smaller share of their discretionary income to charity—4.7 percent—than any other large metropolitan area, according to a first-of-its kind study by The Chronicle of Philanthropy (The Hartford [Ct.] Courant)
  
  
• Some Gen Xers skeptical of organized religion | Only 28 percent of Americans age 18-34 attend church, compared to 51 percent of those 55 or older, according to a poll done by the Barna Research Group (The Greenville [S.C.] News)
  
  
• Secret ballot places archbishop at Anglican helm until 2013 | Peter Jensen has secured his leadership of Sydney's Anglicans for the next decade after diocesan powerbrokers voted to lift the archbishop's retirement age from 65 to 70 (The Sydney Morning Herald)
  
  
• Taxman looks at church coffers | New regulations will force religious bodies to disclose their financial assets and how much their ministers are paid (Sunday Times, Johannesburg, South Africa)
  
  
• Pasadena council cracks down on church parking | Responding to complaints from residents that members of nearby churches are clogging the streets (Pasadena Star News, Calif.)
  
  
• Bishop puts war in focus | Evangelical Lutheran Church leader makes first visit to Columbia (The State, S.C.)
  
  
• Also: ELCA bishop finds both pessimism, hope in the church's future | Mark Hanson repeatedly urged listeners to find the "glue" that holds the church together in spite of its disagreements (Bismarck [N.D.] Tribune)
  
  
• Also: Bishop: Sexuality must not split Lutherans (Associated Press)
  
  
• The shock and awe of church as a fun mall | These generals aren't going after their target with MOABs ("Mother of All Bombs") but with MOACs ("Mall of America Churches"). (Darryl E. Owens, Orlando Sentinel)
  
  
• Ukrainian monks seize part of monastery | Ukraine's Orthodox monks are resorting to sit-ins to regain church property seized by the Soviet government and still occupied by secular organizations (Associated Press)

Orthodox Easter (Pascha):

• Orthodox Christians greet Pascha (The Commercial Appeal, Memphis)
  
  
• Services for Pascha include prayers for peace | Parishes celebrate orthodox Easter. More than 300 members of Bulgarian group holds first commemoration on weekend (The Montreal Gazette)

Catholicism:

• Behind the throne: Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger | A Grand Inquisitor, dedicated to crushing dissent wherever it raises its heretical head? Or a religious scholar of dazzling intelligence and uncompromising honesty? (Financial Times)
  
  
• Big Macs replace loaves and fishes at Pope's pray-in | It is, perhaps, a divine coming together of global brands (The Guardian, London)
  
  
• Taking Jesus as spouse, and living a life in prayer | An ancient but little-known Catholic rite allows women to be publicly recognized as living a life of prayer and devotion while living in society, rather than as nuns (The New York Times)
  
  
• Cappuccino friar moves along sainthood path | Marco d'Aviano is credited with halting a Muslim invasion of Europe and in the process discovering the frothy coffee drink cappuccino (Associated Press)

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