Mexican Catholic Cardinal Investigated | Juan Sandoval has been named as possible successor to the pope. Now he's suspected of money laundering (Associated Press)
Pontiff unable to deliver speech | A frail John Paul II struggles to give his message upon his arrival in Slovakia, renewing concerns about his health (Los Angeles Times)
Losing their religion | The Pope is embarking on a tour 'spiritual revival' tour of Slovakia, but it is in Italy that the Catholic church is in need of a boost (The Guardian, London)
The papal legacy | A blockbuster exhibit of Catholic Church artifacts gives a valuable history of the church and its influence on the world (St. Petersburg Times)
Other stories of interest:
Cross at ground zero draws complaints from atheist group | "This is a Christian religious advertisement, and allowing it to stay there is an insult to everyone who doesn't believe in that particular religion," says American Atheists president (Associated Press)
'Well, I can hear the difference' | Choirgirls' voices are indistinguishable from choirboys', according to scientists. Not to my trained ear (Aled Jones, The Guardian, London)
Secular and spiritual under one roof | An unusual building — part residence, part commercial space, part church, part concert hall — is soon to rise in the polyglot community of Elmhurst, Queens. (The New York Times)
KOCE to pick from 5 bids | The highest bids so far have come from two religious broadcasters; Daystar Television and Trinity Broadcasting (Los Angeles Times)
Religion news in brief | Bartholomew I has called for Turkey to change its requirement that only Turkish citizens can become patriarch, Episcopal Church's head warned Philadelphia bishop not to defrock outspoken priest, and other stories (Associated Press)
Inside the dominion of an insular church | The Church of the Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith rarely crops up on scholars' radar screens, but its long, sometimes strange history in the region lends mystery to what goes on inside (Philadelphia Inquirer)
History spurned | The Middle East is tough to occupy, as Bush would know if he'd really studied the Crusades (James Reston Jr., Los Angeles Times)
Holy cow! Hirst turns to religion | Damien Hirst unveiled his first solo exhibition for eight years yesterday and demonstrated that he has not yet exhausted his repertoire of things to do with dead cows, dead flies or even dead butterflies (The Daily Telegraph, London)
Attorneys want charge dismissed again | Catholic priest Henry Krawczyk, accused of furnishing alcohol to Gaines shortly before the 19-year-old wide receiver crashed through a ceiling of a Homestead, Pa., church, was recharged with involuntary manslaughter on Wednesday, two days after deputy coroner Timothy Uhrich threw out the charge, ruling that Krawczyk couldn't have foreseen the possibility of the accident when he hosted the June 17 cookout (The Washington Post)
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