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• A fortified church, at too high a price | Two overseas contacts with connections deep inside the Vatican have confirmed that the Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, George Pell, is almost certain to be made a cardinal soon. But both poured cold water on a rumour that Pell will also replace Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger as head of the church's doctrinal watchdog, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (Chris McGillion, The Sydney Morning Herald)
  
  

Science:

• Medicine's new faith connection | Doctors and hospitals are increasingly turning to the power of religion to promote healing and wellness. But the partnership has some observers feeling a little queasy (The Buffalo News, N.Y.)
  
  
• Q & A with David Wilkinson: 'Science is exploring what God has done' | The ordained Methodist minister holds a doctorate in theoretical astrophysics and has received a number of scientific honors including the Chalmers Prize for Theoretical Physics and the Reidel Research Prize (The Dallas Morning News)
  
  

Other articles of interest:

• The weather is divine | Long Island's beaches and state parks stir the spirits of followers and, sometimes, passers-by (The New York Times)
  
  
• Shaker sampler | In New England, discovering the religious sect's simple gifts to American culture (Los Angeles Times)
  
  
• Sacred mysteries: The Lindisfarne Gospels | For the monks who made the Lindisfarne Gospels, followers of the spirituality of St Cuthbert, the book of the Gospel was like the Ark of the Covenant in which God was present to the people of Israel (Christopher Howse, The Daily Telegraph, London)
  
  
• Africa missionary Donal Lamont dies at 92 | Roman Catholic missionary fought efforts to create an apartheid state in the former British colony of Southern Rhodesia—now Zimbabwe—after it declared its independence from Britain in 1965 (The New York Times)
  
  
• The advent of Christian feminism | Zealots who patrol the ideological walls of established feminism will not welcome the new arrivals at their gate (Wendy McElroy, Fox News)
  
  
• Minister, family flee war-torn Liberia | The Rev. Danny Buegar hopes peace paves way for return home (The Times, northwest Indiana)
  
  

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