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2. Also: Pope John Paul II at 83: 'Ministry of presence' | As his 83rd birthday approaches on Sunday, as his 25th anniversary as pope approaches in October, the Holy Father's ultimate homily may be his life itself (USA Today)
   
   
3. Religion Today: Elevating Pope Pius XII | Some historians and Jewish thinkers accuse the wartime pope of being a secret anti-Semite, who failed to speak out against the Holocaust. And the debate has taken a decidedly personal turn in Peter Gumpel's case (Associated Press)
   
   
4. Aboard Swedish airliner, remains of saint | St. Birgitta's flies SAS (Associated Press)

1. Gay, lesbian group denied specialty tags | Plates are confusing police, lawmaker says (The Times-Picayune, New Orleans)
   
   
2. Williams tries to avert gay schism | Archbishop of Canterbury and his fellow Anglican leaders will debate a report which gives warning of "anarchy and division" if liberal bishops permit homosexual "marriages" (The Daily Telegraph, London)

1. Anti-Catholicism in the U.S.: A hate much loved and lied about | A review of The New Anti-Catholicism: The Last Acceptable Prejudice by Philip Jenkins (Michael Pakenham, The Baltimore Sun)
   
   
2. Gospel truth | Research throws new light on Lindisfarne manuscript—it might have been written with Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People (The Guardian, London)
   
   
3. Vatican releases modern Latin dictionary | It is a project to keep the language updated, even if they didn't have dishwashers, discos, and miniature golf in Roman times (Associated Press)

1. 'The God of old': recovering theological imaginings | In the early books of the Bible, the subject of these seven meditations by James L. Kugel, God is truly present; he can be seen and touched (Jack Miles, The New York Times)
   
   
2. Does the devil really make you do it? | Evangelical Protestants, who generate many of American religion's notable innovations, are at war over one of them, known as "spiritual warfare" (Associated Press)

1. Religion news in brief | ELCA theologians want support for same-sex couples, Dallas bishop expects to be reassigned, and other stories (Associated Press)
   
   
2. June Carter Cash dies with family at her side | Throughout, country music star leaned on Christianity for guidance and for limits (The Tennessean, Nashville)
   
   
3. Prince trusts pagan charm | He has been mocked for his New Age leanings, but the Prince of Wales is wearing one pagan charm with pride (The Times, London)
   
   
4. Street preacher wins injunction in free speech suit | Edward Gathright preaches on Portland streets, telling homosexuals they must die and likening women to daughters of Babylon (The Oregonian)
   
   
5. Feminism mislabeled Christian | Why would the Young Women's Christian Association, which has just chosen Patricia Ireland as its boss, still call itself Christian? (Uwe Siemon-Netto, UPI)
   
   
6. Evangelicals vs. the system | New studies say the mental health system discriminates against evangelical Christians and other devout clients (Beliefnet)
   
   
7. J&K clergy irked at conversion | So far, reports about mass conversions are not fully verified (The Economic Times, India)

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