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War & terrorism:

• Baptism in Iraq spawned opposition to war, sergeant testifies | Taking the stand in his own defense Thursday, accused deserter Staff Sgt. Camilo Mejia said his objection to the Iraq war germinated when he was baptized for the first time in the Euphrates River by a military chaplain last year (Chicago Tribune)
  
  
• Faiths probe forces of evil | Scholars probe the 'enigmatic forces' of evil in modern life (Religion News Service)
  
  
• For Iraqi Christian, road home from base brings blast, blindness | Nahrain Yonaan loved her job. But working for the U.S. turned her and others into victims of a war of retribution. She survived; others didn't (Los Angeles Times)
  
  
• The same General Boykin? | The Pentagon official, an evangelical, was nearly fired for insulting Islam. So far, conservative Christians stand by him (Beliefnet)
  
  

Prison abuse:

• Significance of a little folly | A few reflections on Abu Ghraib (Andree Seu, World)
  
  
• New details of prison abuse emerge | Abu Ghraib detainees' statements describe sexual humiliation and savage beatings (The Washington Post)
  
  

Abortion & life ethics:

• The party of Abu Ghraib in the womb | Will John Kerry allow the Red Cross to visit Planned Parenthood clinics? (George Neumayr, The American Spectator)
  
  
• Abortion foes sue over permit | Rally at Jeff clinic did not get approval (The Times-Picayune, New Orleans)
  
  
• Prolife lobby touts fetal-pain bill | The next big rallying point for the pro-life movement on Capitol Hill appears to be legislation introduced yesterday that would require doctors to inform women seeking abortions that the procedure will cause pain to their unborn children (The Washington Times)
  
  
• What is a mother? | The California "egg donor" case gets it wrong (Sherry F. Colb, FindLaw)
  
  

Catholic lawmakers respond to bishops:

• Q&A on Catholicism, politics | Last week, 48 Roman Catholic Democrats in the U.S. House sent a protest to Washington's Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, who chairs a special committee that is considering sanctions against politicians who oppose church teachings (Associated Press)
  
  
• Catholic leader open to hearing from lawmakers | The head of a task force of bishops "is open to hearing" from Catholic members in Congress concerned that church leaders may trigger a backlash if they deny Communion to politicians who support abortion rights, a spokeswoman said on Thursday (Reuters)
  
  
• GOP peer hits Democrats' letter to prelate | "Anyone who knows anything about Catholic theology knows you cannot equate abortion with the war in Iraq," said Rep. Peter T. King, a New York Republican (The Washington Times)
  
  
• Bordallo's office maintains Congresswoman opposes abortion | Guam delegate was among those writing to Cardinal Theodore McCarrick. Her office says she's staunchly against abortion, but signed the letter because of her concerns about the separation of church and state (KUAM, Guam)
  
  

Communion & politics:

• Catholic politicians face US church ban over abortion laws | Bishops' threat adds to pressure on Kerry (The Guardian, London)
  
  
• The bishops and the pols | The bishops are stuck with a Catholic governing class uninterested in the tenets of its own religion. They probably should raise their voices a bit and just keep trying to persuade Catholic pols, present and future, to take their religion seriously (John Leo, U.S. News & World Report)
  
  
• We're all forgiven the sins of the voting booth | Bless me Father for I have sinned. It's been two months since my last election (Marilou Johanek, The Toledo Blade, Oh.)
  
  

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May (Web-only) 2004, Vol. 48