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• Gay bishop strains Anglican-Catholic ties | A dialogue between the two denominations — already strained by the Church of England's 1992 decision to ordain women — will likely be stalled, if not set back, over the divisive issue of homosexuality, participants from both churches said (Associated Press)
  
  
• Kenyan bishops mull gay consecrations | "We shall be deliberating on various serious policy and episcopal issues, including that of the consecration of gay clergy in other branches of our church," said Mombasa Bishop Julius Kalu (Mail & Guardian, Johannesburg, South Africa)
  
  
• Also: Appointing gay priests cannot be condoned in Africa, says archbishop | Retired Kenyan Anglican Archbishop, Rt Rev Dr. David Gitari, has advised Anglican faithful to desist from preoccupying themselves "too much" with the raging homosexuality debate "as there are many things to tackle, including evangelism and preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ" (African Church Information Service)
  
  
• Episcopal conservatives plan boycott | The Rev. David Anderson, president of the American Anglican Council, is embarking on a national campaign urging sympathetic church members to withhold funds from parishes and dioceses that supported the denomination's recent decision to confirm the election of an openly gay bishop (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
  
  
• Visiting Anglican bishop says Episcopalians will stand by their church, despite ordination of openly gay bishop | Forward in Faith includes Episcopal and Anglican churches that consider themselves "traditional" (The State, Columbia, S.C.)
  
  
• A church divided | Emotions in Episcopal parishes run high over gay bishop's election (Ft. Worth Star-Telegram)
  
  
• The evolving church | Homosexuality is not the first issue to divide churches (Editorial, Charlotte Observer)
  
  

The Passion:

• Jews, Jesus, and German cars | Why we should finally buy German cars and be happy with Mel Gibson (Micha Ghertner, Jewsweek)
  
  
• The Gospel according to Braveheart | Mel Gibson has been wrongly accused, and The Passion is a great work of art (Deal W. Hudson, The Spectator, U.K.)
  
  
• This battle is Christian, not Jewish | Stifling this film strikes one as wrongheaded and counterproductive. The best way to combat potential anti-Semitism here is to turn to our Christian friends (Editorial, The Jerusalem Post)
  
  

Islam:

• 'Blasphemy' woman killed in jail | Naseem Bibi was beaten to death after allegedly burning a copy of the Koran (Associated Press)
  
  
• Losing his religion | Apostate Ibn Warraq campaigns for the right not to be a Muslim (The Boston Globe)
  
  
• Nigerian court postpones ruling in stoning case | Amina Lawal judgment rescheduled for next month (Reuters)
  
  
• Also: Nigerian woman's lawyers argue vs. death | A tearful 32-year-old woman cuddled and nursed her toddler in an Islamic appeals court Wednesday as lawyers pleaded she be spared death by stoning for having sex outside marriage (Associated Press)
  
  

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