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• Leader puts Christianity out in front | Kevin Rudd says Australia is a predominantly Christian country with a "Catholic-Protestant" tradition that places the Christian churches ahead of other religions in relations between church and state (The Australian)
  
  
• Secular humanists to the rescue! | A new Washington think tank promises to save America from the religious Right (Thomas Berg, National Review Online)
  
  
• The Religious Left's rebuttal | Harry Reid asks Jim Wallis to speak for the Democrats (Mark D. Tooley, The Weekly Standard)
  
  

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Immigration:

• Chaput: Question ICE raids | Catholics should "vigorously question the timing, manner and focus" of the Swift raids, Denver Archbishop Charles Chaput said Wednesday, adding that the tactic won't solve the immigration problem (Rocky Mountain News, Denver)
  
  
• Families gather at church for word on detainees, but so far details scarce | Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, which has become a place of hope and comfort for many waiting for word of family members (Rocky Mountain News, Denver)
  
  
• Priest provides comfort for angry, frightened crowd | Sometimes, the most Father Bernie Schmitz could offer was a few kind words - in Spanish and English (Rocky Mountain News, Denver)
  
  
• 4 months in church: 'I'll stay' | Son, 7, off to Miami while immigrant mom stays put (Chicago Sun-Times)
  
  

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Atheism:

• Atheists' bleak alternative | From the land that produced "A Christmas Carol" and Handel's "Messiah," more evidence that Christianity is fading in Western Europe: Nearly 99 percent of Christmas cards sold in Great Britain contain no religious message or imagery (Jeff Jacoby, The Boston Globe)
  
  
• The godless fundamentalist | In The Root of All Evil, biologist Richard Dawkins reveals his own lust for certainty (Lakshmi Chaudhry, In These Times)
  
  
• The celestial teapot | An atheist's critique of popular atheism (James Wood, The New Republic)
  
  

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Spirituality:

• What is a Christian? | No other question, except perhaps what is an American, has figured so highly in so many debates that effect us all (Anderson Cooper 360, CNN)
  
  
• Believing is seeing | The faithful have spotted holy images in the ordinary: chocolate, tortillas and even a grilled cheese sandwich. Humans are hard-wired for such perceptions, some scientists say (Los Angeles Times)
  
  
• Ugandans flock to concrete cross | Rumours that minor ailments and bad habits can be cured after kissing a giant cross atop a high hill in eastern Uganda has Catholic pilgrims flocking to the area (BBC)
  
  

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Top religion stories of 2006:

• Top 10 religion stories of the year | Religion reporters vote (Religion Newswriters Association)
  
  
• Amish outreach tops Beliefnet vote | The most "inspiring person" this year, in the eyes of 50,000 voters and the staff of multi-faith spirituality website Beliefnet.com, was ultimately a community — the Amish of tiny Nickel Mines, Pa., where five schoolgirls were murdered this fall (USA Today)
  
  

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Other stories of interest:

• Group urged to protest Holocaust denials | Israel's prime minister asked Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday to urge Christians to protest Holocaust denials, Israeli government officials said (Associated Press)
  
  
• Fundamentalist churches in Fiji see links between coup makers and witchcraft | Those behind the statement include the Methodist Church, but not the Anglican and Roman Catholic churches (Radio New Zealand)
  
  
• Modern 'monastery' | An interview with Shane Claiborne (The Washington Times)
  
  
• The Bible and graphic novels | A review and interview with the Authors of "Marked" and "Megillat Esther" (Dan W. Clanton, Jr., Society of Biblical Literature)
  
  

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