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Compiled by Ted Olsen | posted 6/01/2004 12:00AM
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Capistrano's round, waxed mission bells back in place | After years of debate about how to restore them, the 18th century chimes again hang where a tower once stood (Los Angeles Times)
Dresden, Germany church rebuilt 60 years after WWII:
Dresden church rises from the ruins after 60 years | Restoration work on one of Germany's most famous baroque churches was completed yesterday nearly 60 years after allied bombers destroyed it in the second world war (The Guardian, London)
Cross of RAF pilot's son crowns rebuilt church in Dresden | The Church of Our Lady in Dresden, once one of Europe's finest baroque buildings, was restored to glory yesterday almost 60 years after it was destroyed by Allied bombers (The Telegraph, London)
Dresden's new golden cross is symbol of reconciliation (The Independent, London)
Dresden church gets British cross in WWII gesture | A British-built cross was hoisted onto Dresden's Frauenkirche cathedral Tuesday in a gesture of reconciliation that coincides with new controversy over whether the 1945 Allied bombing of the city was justified (Reuters)
Dresden celebrates crowning of church | The city of Dresden crowned its rebuilt Frauenkirche with a British-made gilded orb and cross Tuesday, a landmark step in the restoration of the famed 18th century church that was destroyed by Allied firebombing in 1945 (Associated Press)
Catholicism:
No one expects the Spanish Inquisition | With right the Vatican may defend the record of the Spanish Inquisition, but it alters not a jot or tittle of the awful sentence - oblivion - that history has passed upon European Christianity. (Spengler, Asia Times)
Cardinal Mahony seeks meeting over Border Patrol sweeps | Cardinal Roger Mahony issued a letter Monday urging a Border Patrol official to meet with him and the state's U.S. senators over recent enforcement tactics against illegal immigrants that have "generated fear, confusion and anger" in the Hispanic community (Associated Press)
School antidrug program investigated for Scientology ties:
L.A. schools look hard at Narconon | Scrutiny follows S.F., state review of anti-drug program (San Francisco Chronicle)
The results behind Narconon's 'Truth About Drugs' program | This is what every parent and every teacher wants (Clark Carr, San Francisco Chronicle)
Anti-drug program with Scientology ties under investigation | California's schools superintendent orders probe after newspaper publishes articles detailing links between Narconon's instruction and church's teachings (Associated Press)
Common sense prevails | Ackerman and O'Connell have rightly moved swiftly to makes sure students get sound scientific information about drugs without any hype or hint of theology (Editorial, San Francisco Chronicle)
More articles:
Putting Bible back in school | Losing familiarity with Christian basics spurs push to add it to academics class list (Rena Pederson, The Dallas Morning News)
Lawyers argue over abortion law in court | A U.S. attorney on Tuesday said a federal ban on what the Bush administration calls "partial birth abortions" was a reasonable restriction that did not endanger women's health, but lawyers for abortion rights groups called the measure unconstitutional (Reuters)
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