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• First lady's hand in the denunciation statement | The statement disowning Mary Wambui purportedly issued by President Kibaki and dispatched to newsrooms by the Presidential Press Service was the result of much rancour by Mrs Lucy Kibaki, who is alleged to have drafted it while the First Family vacationed in Mombasa (The East African Standard, Nairobi)
  
  
• Controversy over 'second lady' follows Kenya's president | Domestic crisis a concern for many (The Boston Globe)
  
  
• They love our 'war of the wives' | I salute the person who crafted the statement in which the president said Lucy and her children were the "only members of [his] immediate family". Kibaki didn't deny anyone (Charles Onyango-Obbo, The Nation, Nairobi, Kenya)
  
  
• Not really related: On polygamy, a crackdown and a bid for legitimacy | The practice of plural marriage comes under scrutiny as an internal struggle flares up in sect on Utah-Arizona border (The Christian Science Monitor)
  
  

Other articles of interest:

• Brother, can you spare a spiritual dime? Yes | No wonder I got a call from the Franciscan Renewal Center suggesting this might be a good time for me to stop by and restore my sense of inner peace, tranquillity and spiritual harmony (E.J. Montini, The Arizona Republic)
  
  
• Religion news in brief | Griswold's "state of the church" message, Moderates ponder future ties with North Carolina Baptist convention, Proposed initiative would put Bibles in California public schools, and other stories (Associated Press)
  
  
• Scarves and symbols | For the French, school secularism is the foundation for civil peace, and for the integration of people of all beliefs into the Republic (Guy Coq, The New York Times)
  
  
• St. Paul saw resurrection as a metaphor | Paul, whose genuine epistles date much earlier than the Gospels, never mentions an empty tomb. Why not? He knew nothing of it. For him, the resurrection was an entirely spiritual matter. (Tom Harpur, Toronto Star)
  
  
• Sacred sacrifice | Would you kill for God? It's a question raised by the experiences of Ibrahim (Abraham), recognized as the father of monotheistic religions (Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Fla.)
  
  

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