Related articles and links |  1 of 4

No commentary today, just links.

Religious freedom | Abortion clinic targeted with pipe bomb | Crime | Abuse | Politics | US approves cervical cancer drug | Homosexuality | Education | Church life | Missions & ministry | Family | Spirituality | Edinburgh Fringe festival | Media | Books | Other religions | Scientology | More articles of interest

Religious freedom :

1. China detains 28 Christians during raid on unauthorized church | Chinese authorities detained 28 Christians in a raid on a non-government-authorized church service at a private home, an overseas monitoring group said Friday. (Associated Press)
   
   
2. Sudanese leaders prepare for peace talks | Southern Sudanese leaders said Thursday they are organizing peace talks with the rebel Lord's Resistance Army and the Ugandan government to try to end the brutal war in northern Uganda that has spilled across the border into their own country. (Associated Press)
   
   
3. Hope renewed for Valley Iraqi exiles | But fear remains that others will rise, take Zarqawi's place (The Arizona Republic)
   
   

Abortion clinic targeted with pipe bomb:

1. Man arrested for plotting clinic attack | A man who told police he made a pipe bomb to attack an abortion clinic was arrested Thursday, shortly before the device went off in a friend's home while authorities tried to disable it, according to court documents. (Associated Press)
   
   
2. Maryland abortion clinic targeted | Maryland authorities allege a man arrested with a homemade pipe bomb planned to attack a College Park, Md., abortion clinic. (UPI)
   
   

Crime :

1. One arrested in Wis. monastery vandalism | Authorities arrested a man and were searching for a teenager after vandals spraypainted a historic monastery with the number 666 and the phrase "Happy Birthday Satan." (Associated Press)
   
   
2. Man arrested at Holy Hill in vandalism | Deputies seek teen who fled after questioning (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
   
   
3. Trumpeter Driscoll convicted in tax case | Grammy-winning trumpeter Phil Driscoll, who shifted from pop music to gospel, was convicted Thursday on federal charges that he used his Tennessee-based Christian music ministry in an income-tax cheating scheme. (Associated Press)
   
   

Abuse :

1. Vatican appeals ruling in molestation case | The Vatican filed an appeal Thursday to a federal judge's ruling refusing to dismiss a lawsuit that claims the Holy See bears responsibility for a priest who was transferred from city to city even though he was known to be a molester. (Associated Press)
   
   
2. Vatican defrocks Springfield Diocese priest accused of sex abuse | A Roman Catholic priest suspected of sexual abuse while serving in the Springfield Diocese has been defrocked, church officials said Thursday. (Associated Press)
   
   
3. Mahony's move angers abuse plaintiffs | The cardinal intervenes in an LAPD case and wins a ruling that could shield the archdiocese's files from alleged victims of priests. (Los Angeles Times)
   
   

Politics :

1. Kaine delays execution of inmate for 6 months | Inquiry into killer's mental state ordered (The Washington Post)
   
   
2. A beastly analysis of Moore's defeat | Bob Riley, who quietly lives by his Christian creed, is more like Alabama evangelicals than Roy Moore. (Editorial, Anniston Star, Ala.)
   
   
3. Religion exerts influence on election | A prevailing political theory took a bit of a beating this week when Alabama voters went to the polls in Tuesday's statewide primary. The theory in question, that religious people vote as a unified block, has given birth to a growing conservative Christian movement that wields considerable power at the polls. However, the theory's validity was tarnished when Roy Moore, a Christian conservative icon, fared poorly in the Republican gubernatorial primary. (John Davis and Darryn Simmons, Montgomery Advertiser)
   
   

next page... |  1 of 4

June (Web-only) 2006, Vol. 50