Plus: University of California system won't take students from Christian high school, 24 more newspaper editorials on Pat Robertson, and many other news stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen | posted 4/13/2006 12:00AM
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Roger Schutz, the founder of Taizé | Brother Roger offered, to anyone who wanted it, a way to the spirit of the risen Christ through light, music and silence (The Economist)
Other religions:
Life among the neo-pagans | Our reporter visits a "a magickal, psychedelic & multi-cultural" forest outing and asks, Are New Age, Old Religion believers an endangered species in Born Again America? (Paul Krassner, The Nation)
Infidel talk 'foolish' | Muslims who denounce Christians and Jews as infidels are "foolish" -- but they should be tolerated if that's the worst they do, John Howard said yesterday (Herald Sun, Melbourne, Australia)
Crime:
Threat to Vatican in Arabic fax is investigated | The Italian authorities are investigating a fax, allegedly signed by al-Qaida, which makes veiled threats against the Vatican (The Guardian, London)
Father Kaiser was shot, court is told | He was probably sitting, says police superintendent (The Nation, Kenya)
Court orders Locati accused to be examined | The High Court has ordered that a priest and five others accused of murdering a Catholic bishop be examined by a doctor to prove allegations of torture (The Nation, Kenya)
Also: Kenya bishop suspects 'tortured' | A Kenyan judge has ordered doctors to investigate allegations that police tortured six people suspected of killing a Roman Catholic bishop (BBC)
Police foil fresh robbery at Catholic church | It would have been the seventh armed robbery attack on Catholic Churches in the metropolis (Vanguard, Lagos, Nigeria)
Stranger at the door, a violent struggle | A Bronx mother tells of a child-snatching attempt (The New York Times)
Judge ordered to rethink Vt. case ruling | A federal appeals court has ordered a lower court judge to reconsider his decision to dismiss a lawsuit that claims police used excessive force when they killed a knife-wielding man inside a Vermont church (Associated Press)
Police: Custodian making meth in church | "If you read the scriptures, there are worse things than this," says pastor. "Although, at the moment it doesn't seem like it" (Associated Press)
Police puzzled by theft of Communion wafers from Lynn church | The thief did not take the gold chalices or other valuables in the vestry, although apparently he opened each cabinet and searched it (The Boston Globe)
Minister gets term and fine for fraud | Salvadoran who sought passport for girl gets credit for time served, put on supervision (Houston Chronicle)
Giving justice time | Legislators seek looser statutes of limitations (The Denver Post)
Church angered over altered sign | The message - "God hates you" - was the work of vandals who found a way either to break or to pick locks on the sign before manipulating the letters of a phrase posted by church staff (The Intelligencer, Pa.)
Other stories of interest:
Divinely naïve | A Duke University medical study fails to understand the purpose of prayer (Paul Chesser, The American Spectator)
Minimalist art and articles of faith | Why in this fashion-obsessed age are so many drawn to Shaker antiques, which are, almost by definition, style-free? (The New York Times)
How to lose friends and alienate allies | Ariel Sharon is the first Israeli prime minister in Israel`s history to have caused Israel`s staunchest allies — America`s evangelical Christians — to come out against the Israeli government (Shmuley Boteach, The Jewish Press)
Getting to know Thomas More | A more seasoned Man for All Seasons (Matthew Mehan, National Review Online)
Religion news in brief | Florida Anglicans ask for alternative oversight; Appeals court reverses Nebraska Ten Commandments ban; New Mexico archbishop to become talk show host; and other stories (Associated Press)
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