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• The 'prayer offensive' | One would think a man who has just survived prostate cancer, as the Reverend Robertson has, would think twice about saying a fellow cancer survivor, Justice Ginsburg, should hang up her robe (Editorial, The Berkshire Eagle, Pittsfield, Mass.)
  
  
• Also: 'Prayer offensive'? Yes, indeed | The heavens must be convulsing in laughter at religious broadcaster Pat Robertson's "Operation Supreme Court Freedom" and his "prayer offensive" entreating God to remove three justices from the highest court in the United States (Linda Campbell, Ft. Worth Star-Telegram, Tex.)
  
  

History:

• Jesus ossuary' promoters unfazed by forgery arrest | Jewish filmmaker Simcha Jacobovici, Gabi Barkai of Bar-Ilan University stand by the authenticity of the ossuary inscription (The Jerusalem Post)
  
  
• Explorer who discovered the 'Titanic' sets out to prove that Noah's flood formed Black Sea | No one disputes that the Black Sea was once a fresh-water lake that in ancient times became inundated by the salty Mediterranean. The arguments have been over how quickly it happened (The Independent, London)
  
  
• Restoring the reputation of 'apostle to the apostles' | Of all the ways to malign a woman's dignity, Mary Magdalene got one of the worst raps (The Kansas City Star)
  
  

Music:

• A switch for rock | Switchfoot asks some big questions (Mark Joseph, National Review Online)
  
  
• New day dawns for Christian recording artist | Now in recovery from addiction, Michael English back in studio (The Tennessean)
  
  
• The gospel truth about Dylan | Host of church singers serves music of a born-again icon (International Herald-Tribune)
  
  

Catholicism:

• New Phila. archbishop's career back on fast track | For reasons no one could explain, Pope John Paul II passed Rigali over three times when naming new cardinals (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
  
  
• Catholic mass gets fine-tuned | Planned changes to start Nov. 30 (Chicago Tribune)
  
  
• Bishops fear purge of liberals as Pell gives nod to conservatives | Catholic bishops will confront the Sydney Archbishop, George Pell, tomorrow over the appointment of two new bishops which some fear is part of a Vatican campaign to purge the Sydney archdiocese of its liberal streak (The Sydney Morning Herald)
  
  
• Pope's health in spotlight as heat wave grips Italy | The pontiff's health seems to have worsened in recent weeks and as temperatures soar in a relentless Italian heat wave so rumors fly about his frail condition (Reuters)
  
  

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