Plus: James Dobson isn't cashing in on murderer, Bush expands AIDS initiative, Presbyterians may drop support of Messianic congregation, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen | posted 6/01/2004 12:00AM
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For Mel Gibson, 'The Passion' seems mostly a blessing | The director and movie star Mel Gibson is well positioned in Hollywood to make career choices after the success of "The Passion of the Christ" (The New York Times)
Pedro the Lion: A different brand of God-rock | David Bazan hardly fits the part of the lead singer of the most controversial band in modern Christian rock (Pulse, Minneapolis, Minn.)
Education:
Why religious education can be hazardous material | Children deserve to be protected from abuse of fanatic religious socialization just as much as they deserve to be protected from sexual abuse or child labor (Ghassan Rubeiz, Christian Science Monitor)
Father ends Bibles in school | Why would a practicing Christian who knows the Bible oppose his children's public school helping to distribute Bibles on school grounds? (J.C. 'Miles' Ventimiglia, Sun-News of the Northland, Kansas City, Mo.)
Abuse investigation spurs deportation:
Samoa takes steps to deport fugitive cleric | News' report on molestation conviction spurs investigations (The Dallas Morning News)
State prepares plea to extradite priest | The Federal Government had not acted to extradite a convicted pedophile priest from Samoa, where he was posted by a Catholic order after being charged with sexual abuse, because it had not received a formal request from Victoria, federal Justice Minister Chris Ellison said yesterday (The Age, Melbourne, Australia)
More articles:
Electricity goes wild. Did the devil make it do it? | Villagers in Sicily say that a series of puzzling electrical problems are the Devil's work (The New York Times)
Howard bolstered by faith | No matter what you hear or read about Dwight Howard, know this: He's not looking to convert everyone into Christians (Palm Beach Post, Fla.)
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