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• Kefalas no longer employed | Unclear whether House candidate quit or was fired from Catholic Charities (Fort Collins Coloradoan)
• Gospel, crosses, and boos on cue | Religious conviction was a big part of the program at a Bush rally (Nick Coleman, Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
• General's speeches broke Pentagon rules | A Defense Department report says he violated three regulations when he cast the war on terrorism as a religious battle, sources say (Los Angeles Times)
• Also: General cleared in church speeches case | The Pentagon's top investigator has cleared a general of the most serious accusations concerning his addresses to church groups in which he invoked Christianity in the war against Islamist terrorists, but did find the officer committed minor infractions of military regulations (The Washington Times)

Catholicism:

• Church says girl's Communion not valid | An 8-year-old girl who suffers from a rare digestive disorder and cannot eat wheat has had her first Holy Communion declared invalid because the wafer contained no wheat, violating Roman Catholic doctrine (Associated Press)
• Vatican views on women annoys Indians too | A Vatican directive blaming feminism for apparently undermining the concept of family is fuelling protests in India too (IANS)
• Killing bugs with God | With the help of the church, the National Catholic Rural Life Conference has begun offering pesticide training to farmworkers in Washington's Yakima Valley, the only region of the country where the nonprofit provides such instruction (Associated Press)

Abuse:

• Priest who denied sex abuse faces charges in a new case | A Roman Catholic priest who denied sexual abuse accusations two years ago was indicted on Thursday on charges of abusing an 11-year-old altar boy the same year (The New York Times)
• Also: N.Y. priest, cleared in past case, charged with sex abuse (The Boston Globe)
• Church seeks abuse-claims deadline | The Portland Archdiocese says a cutoff date is a vital bankruptcy step; plaintiffs' lawyers call it insensitive (The Oregonian)
• Ore. archdiocese seeks claims deadline | The archdiocese said it needs to have a firm estimate of the number of potential lawsuits to help settle creditor claims (Associated Press)
• Former pastor under fire | Abuse survivors protest outside retirement community, home to two former priests who have been accused of sexual abuse (Daily Pilot, Newport Beach, Ca.)

War & terrorism:

• Witness to abuse trying to be heard | Interrogators responsible, ex-soldier/ex-minister says (The Washington Post)
• Visa rules hit church groups | 37 foreign students were denied U.S. entry to attend a recent Presbyterian meeting (The Press-Enterprise, Riverside, Ca.)

Crime:

• Firm took money for house that was never built, suit states | With a Web site that carries the tag line "enabling Christians to become homeowners and become inheritance builders," First Latino promised investors not only a home, but up to a 20 percent return on their investments, Cotten and others familiar with the company said (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Two Christian camp counselors found slain in Calif. | Lindsay Cutshall, 23, of Ohio, and Jason Allen, 26, of Michigan, were soon to be married (Associated Press)
• Man fights with officers, strips in church | Police say he was looking for a place to sleep (The Fayetteville Observer, N.C.)

Bible monuments:

• Commandments heading down a dangerous path | The Ten Commandments are on the move — again (Steve Gushee, Palm Beach Post)

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