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• 64 die in Congo from anti-sorcery potion | Congo health officials on Thursday were investigating the poison deaths of 64 people, allegedly from a potion used to ward off evil spirits (Associated Press)
  
  
• Also: Brew promising salvation kills 64 in Congo (Reuters)
  
  
• Also: Churchgoers poisoned in DR Congo | Health officials in Kinshasa, say they are looking for a Catholic priest who allegedly administered the drink to his followers during a cleansing ceremony (BBC)
  
  
• Two on trial in Bible studies beating | 12-year-old testified Wednesday that he was severely beaten with a tree branch by a church pastor and the pastor's twin brother to "get the devil out" of him because he had misbehaved during Bible class (Associated Press)
  
  

Deaths:

• Bishop R. L. DeWitt, 87, who brought women to Episcopal priesthood, dies | Over six decades as a churchman, he became a socially liberal activist widely known for outspoken advocacy in the pulpit and beyond (The New York Times)
  
  
• Mesrob Ashjian. 62, dies | Led Armenian church in eastern U.S. (Los Angeles Times)
  
  

Other articles of interest:

• Foundation sues over similar name | The Dallas-based Leadership Network, which works with clergy and congregations to develop more effective ministries, is demanding that the newly formed Clergy Leadership Network of Washington change its name (Associated Press)
  
  
• First kick the addiction, then escape the recovery culture | Whatever people tell you, recovery is not endless—and it should not remain the center of your life (Mark Gauvreau Judge, Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
  
  
• Culture vs. faith | A sociologist sees the end times for traditional religion in the United States (John T. McGreevy, Chicago Tribune)
  
  
• Writer journeyed from atheism to Christianity | C.S. Lewis scholar explores author's beliefs (Toledo Blade, Oh.)
  
  
• Student's death baffles authorities | Having exhausted most conventional theories, investigators said Wednesday they are looking at what role religious fasting and a possible eating disorder may have played in the young woman's death (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
  
  
• In battle for Sunday, the 'blue laws' are falling | Most colonial edicts have gone the way of scarlet letters. But one has remained intact in states from Connecticut to Texas: the ban on Sunday sales of alcohol. Now, a stubborn seam of Puritanical America is coming undone (The Christian Science Monitor)
  
  
• Religion news in brief | Religious attitudes among college students, Missing bishop in China's illegal Roman Catholic Church surfaces, and other stories (Associated Press)
  
  

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