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• Nuns as sexual victims get little notice | A national survey, completed in 1996 but intentionally never publicized, estimates that a "minimum" of 34,000 Catholic nuns, or about 40 percent of all nuns in the United States, have suffered some form of sexual trauma (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

Raëlian Movement:

• Religions oppose cloning | The Raelian movement may or may not prove it produced the first cloned human, but the sect can already claim another distinction: It is virtually the only religious group that says this type of reproduction is a good idea (Associated Press)
  
  
• Did respect for religion cloud 'clone' coverage? | The Raelian component, however "out there" the belief system might be even on cursory examination, seemed to be an obstacle in the reporting of the story for many reporters (Cathleen Falsani, Chicago Sun-Times)

Books:

• Professor finds faith along rural highways with theme parks and sites inspired by God | Timothy Beal examines "Roadside Religion" in forthcoming book (The Plain Dealer, Cleveland)
  
  
• Religion, and lives, reinvented during spiritual journeys | I've noticed a rise in the kinds of religious books where people craft their own fluid paths, insisting that when it comes to all things spiritual, one size doesn't fit all (Caroline Leavitt, The Boston Globe)

Television and film:

• Video firm in 'The Zone' | Christian programming foundation for growth (Cincinnati Business Courier)
  
  
• Faith's message squiggles from series | Bugs, people used to tell stories from the Bible (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel)
  
  
• Regent U. film students will get ''artistic guidelines'' | According to an article in The Regent Times campus newspaper, Pat Robertson was upset by certain student-made movies (The Virginian-Pilot)

Biblical exhibits:

• Museum exhibits biblical relics | Dead Sea Scrolls make rare U.S. appearance in Grand Rapids show (The Detroit News)
  
  
• 1,500 years of Bibles on display at library | "From Papyri to King James: The Evolution of the English Bible" ends Saturday (Michigan Daily, Ann Arbor)

Other stories of interest:

• Monks insist on high-alcohol beer | A French Government drive against alcoholism has incurred the wrath of Belgium's famous Trappists (BBC)
  
  
• Woman finds Jesus, discovers Buddha missing | Someone apparently swapped the two figurines (Advance Newspapers, Michigan)
  
  
• Cardinal offers rare detail of his polio fight | In a move quite out of character, Cardinal Francis George spoke publicly and at length Wednesday about the childhood battle with polio that left him with a permanent limp and an ongoing struggle with resentment about his physical limitations (Chicago Sun-Times)

• Losing faith in God's strategy | When things pick up again, should companies contemplating a makeover learn something from God's brand strategy? (Richard Tomkins, Financial Times)

• At Bob Jones, grief over plane crash softened by beliefs | The first day back from winter break, students learned about the unexpected deaths of two classmates—one in Florida and the other in Wednesday's plane crash at Charlotte/Douglas International Airport (The State, Columbia, SC)
  
  
• Also: Bob Jones students turn to Bibles instead of counselors after student dies in crash (Associated Press)
  
  
• Religion News in Brief | Oversight of Episcopal dispute over David Moyer moves to Africa, Epiphany, Union Seminary's woes, and other stories (Associated Press)

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