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• One region, many faiths | Can't remember who believes what? You need a primer (The State, Columbia, S.C.)
  
  
• Bishops' chief stands firm on celibacy rule | The president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops said in an interview yesterday that the American bishops were unlikely to be receptive to a recent request from priests in Milwaukee to discuss opening the priesthood to married men (The New York Times)
  
  
• Vatican's stargazers place faith in science | The priests at the pope's observatory near Rome try to correct a Galileo- linked perception about the Roman Catholic Church (Associated Press)
  
  

Advertising:

• Marketers turn monks into product pitchmen | The men in hoods and robes are marketers' darlings, having starred lately in campaigns for America Online's broadband service, General Mills' Oatmeal Crisp Fruit 'n Cereal Bars and PepsiCo's Pepsi Blue brand. These followed appearances in commercials for companies like I.B.M., Nintendo and Sony (The New York Times)
  
  
• Bibles with advertising was con | Norwegian media were all tricked when protest group Adbusters Norway launched the 'news' that bibles sponsored by advertising were to be offered to school children all over Norway (Nettavisen, Norway)
  
  

Other stories of interest:

• Bishop Jenky, petitioners want name change for R.I. bar | Don't want the words "Hail Mary" used (The Dispatch, Moline, Ill.)
  
  
• From critic to Christian | Nietzsche scholar's search ends in the Eastern Orthodox Church, the place, he believes, where authentic Christian faith began (The Wichita Eagle)
  
  
• After the story: Couple's first kiss was worth waiting for | When Jill Merry and Adrian Burwell wed Aug. 16, they also shared with one another — at the altar — their very first kiss (The Seattle Times)
  
  
• Will man return to the 'Garden of Eden'? | Doubts have arisen that the former marsh dwellers even want to go back to the rushes (BBC)
  
  

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