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• In pursuit of Christian athletes | This is a boom time for Christian colleges and universities, along with their athletic programs. Many are asking: What does it mean to have "Christian" athletics? (Evansville Courier & Press, Indiana)
  
  

Lawsuits:

• Beyond 'Passion': faith, funding and freedom of religion | Though obscured by Mel Gibson's film, Supreme Court's Locke v. Davey ruling was significant — and may have upheld one religious-freedom principle at the expense of another (Ken Paulson, First Amendment Center)
  
  
• Suit contends Salvation Army responsible for rape | A St. Helens woman says she was abused by a minister while a teenager in The Dalles in the 1980s (The Oregonian)
  
  

Mason killed during ceremony:

• A ritual gone fatally wrong puts light on Masonic secrecy | A new member of the New York State Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons was killed when a senior member accidentally shot him at an initiation ceremony (The New York Times)
  
  
• Mason's death unusual for organization with long history | Freemasonry's basic tenets are brotherly love, caring for the community through philanthropy, and truth (Newsday)
  
  
• Society traces roots to ancient practices | Not since Benjamin Franklin's Philadelphia has there been a death in the United States like the one that took place in a Monday night ceremony in a Masonic lodge in Patchogue, according to two historians. (Newsday)
  
  

Cash for prayers:

• Cash for prayer bishop 'forgives' his flock | Besieged ACK bishop tones down over city council's Sh1.7 million (The Nation, Nairobi, Kenya)
  
  
• Church official defends troubled Bishop Njoka | The decision to have Anglican Bishop Peter Njoka pay back Sh1.5 million he received from the Nairobi City Council was merely advisory and should not be misconstrued to imply an order, a church official has said (The East African Standard, Nairobi)
  
  

Briefs:

• Religion News in Brief | The Vatican issued instructions for bishops Tuesday that included a reminder that Jews should be treated with respect as ``elder brothers'' to avert anti-Semitism, and that priests should be properly educated about the Jewish religion. (Associated Press)
  
  

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