Plus: Order removed for ex-gay mom told to avoid exposing child to homophobia, philosophy prof says he was punished for identifying himself as a Catholic, the Sabbath returns to Virginia, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen | posted 7/01/2004 12:00AM
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In troubled times, they pray around the clock | Churchgoers fill shifts at a small chapel as a way, they hope, to create a better community (Los Angeles Times)
For some, summer is time to serve through religion | Hundreds of Las Vegas Valley residents -- many of them teenagers -- are giving up part of their vacation time this summer to serve others, discover other cultures or visit a historical religious site (Las Vegas Sun)
Summer a popular time for missionary, service work | Hundreds of local religious congregations are utilizing the summer months to do mission or service trips (Las Vegas Sun)
Keeping offenders off alcohol and out of prison | Through a mixture of principles of Alcoholics Anonymous, Christian faith and therapeutic role-playing, Arthur Pratt has directed many men out of crime and off the bottle (Russ Pulliam, The Indianapolis Star)
History:
Unnerving choices for church historians | Some argue that priests' misdeeds shouldn't erase achievements. Alleged victims disagree (Los Angeles Times)
Cologne cathedral threatened by tower blocks | Cologne cathedral, a masterpiece of Gothic architecture, was placed on Unesco's list of endangered World Heritage sites yesterday, its "visual integrity" threatened by skyscrapers being built on the opposite bank of the Rhine (The Guardian, London)
Blue laws in Virginia:
Va. error reinstates blue law | Workers can insist on Sundays off (The Washington Post)
Judge blocks Virginia's Sundays-off law | A legislative mistake that would require Virginia businesses to give employees Saturdays or Sundays off as a "day of rest" if they request it was blocked from taking effect this weekend by a judge Friday (Associated Press)
Va. workers seek Sundays off under law | Workers across Virginia have been telling their bosses that they want Sundays off after learning of a legislative mistake that resurrected a "day-of-rest" law for all employees (Associated Press)
Books:
Medical editor takes journey of faith | An interview with Timothy Johnson (The Boston Globe)
Voyage round a father of the church | Peter Stanford reviews Edward Stourton's In the Footsteps of Saint Paul (The Independent, London)
More articles:
Attempting to act naturally | "Natural law" has somehow got a bad name (Christopher Howse, The Telegraph, London)
Writing down a recipe for a life worth living | Ethical wills provide a chance to pass along heritage of values (The Washington Post)
Academics on the attack over religion journalism | There's nothing like a good academic spitball fight (James Warren, Chicago Tribune)
Former pro-euthanasia group leader to be expelled | The former chairman of Britain's leading pro-euthanasia group is to face expulsion from the society after admitting he has advised terminally-ill patients how to take their own lives, it emerged yesterday (The Scotsman)
Dmitry Dudko, priest and critic of Soviet atheism, dies at 82 | Russian Orthodox priest spent eight years in a Siberian labor camp in the 1950s (Los Angeles Times)
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