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Compiled by Ted Olsen | posted 6/01/2004 12:00AM
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Crumbling churches, towering costs | Across eastern Germany, the decay of time is eating away at hundreds of houses of worship (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Germany)
Religious freedom:
China denies claim of bishops detained | China on Thursday denied Vatican claims it had detained three bishops from the communist country's underground Roman Catholic church (Associated Press)
India's BJP backs Vajpayee, turns to the right | India's Hindu nationalists rallied behind their defeated former prime minister on Thursday, but have made a fresh commitment to their core Hindu ideology as they try to recover from a crushing election defeat (Reuters)
More articles:
'No sex' message doesn't ring true | When a 30-strong troupe of Silver Ring Thing virgins arrived in Britain this week on an evangelical tour, they hit a few snags (Annabel Crabb, The Age, Melbourne, Australia)
Moderates say theology lacking in 'Left Behind' | Members say series' events not biblical (The Birmingham News, Ala.)
When an apology just isn't enough | Tom Frame has asked for God's forgiveness. There are others he should speak to (Tim Ferguson, The Age, Melbourne, Australia)
Cleric justifies ban on miracle broadcast | It's unbiblical for men of God to be advertising miracles, says Brother Timothy Ibe, general overseer of Resurrection Power Ministry International (This Day, Nigeria)
Religion news in brief | Pope criticizes EU Constitution, Pakistani Muslim, Christian leaders discuss religious tensions, exhibit includes silver communion tokens, and Michigan religious groups reach out to singles (Associated Press)
Wheaton College student dies in car crash while working in Israel | James Pyles, 21, was the youngest child of Franklin Pyles, president of the Christian and Missionary Alliance in Canada (Daily Herald, Chicago suburbs)
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