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• Catholic church faces legal battle | A legal battle appears to be in the offing as the Roman Catholic Church diocese attempts to oust the parish priest of the St Mary's Help of Christians church in Khomasdal, Father Gert Petrus (The Namibian)

Pope to visit Germany:

• Vatican confirms papal trip to Germany | The ailing 84-year-old pontiff has cut back on foreign travel, but aides have long insisted he would make the trip to Cologne, Germany, in mid-August for an event that draws hundreds of thousands of young Catholics from around the world (Associated Press)
• Pope to visit Germany this year but not Poland | Vatican chief spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls said in a statement the Germany trip was the only one confirmed so far this year for the 84-year-old Pope (Reuters)

People:

• Dying for a cause | In Martin Luther King's personalism, personality is the primary clue to understanding God and reality (The Birmingham News, Ala.)
• Alan McGinnis, 71; minister, author of self-help books | "The Friendship Factor" author disliked advocating the "power of positive thinking" (Los Angeles Times)

Education:

• Battle over man's beginnings opens in York school district | Dover Area teachers have been asked to fire a shot with evolution disclaimer (The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa.)
• Teacher suspended; Quran remark alleged | Pupils at Dearborn school say he told them a group used the holy book as toilet paper (The Detroit News)

More articles of interest:

• Marriage and adoption law | Why has social work, as a profession, been so uniquely deaf to the cries of children hungering for absent fathers, or to the social science evidence that generally support intact marriages as important for child well-being? (Maggie Gallagher)
• Africa's Christian soldiers | As Christianity fights to keep its place in an increasingly secular European society, it is flourishing in parts of the developing world, particularly in Africa (BBC)
• Bling may be your thing, but it's not heaven-sent | First, let's make this clear: Anyone who relies solely on a newly saved rapper for Biblical insight needs prayer (Wendi C. Thomas, The Commercial Appeal, Memphis)
• Are you there God? It's me, Julia | Sweeney lets go of the Lord and takes hold of the world (City Beat, Los Angeles)
• Can belief in God relieve pain? | Researchers to 'burn' human guinea pigs to study religion's role (MSNBC)
• NBC reinstates radio devotions | Other religious programming still banned (The Namibian)

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