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March 6, 2008 GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
Huckabee May Be New Face of the Religious Right
Adelle M. Banks/Religion News Service (03/06/2008: pewforum.org)
WASHINGTON -- With the race for the Republican presidential nomination now behind him, former
candidate Mike Huckabee has many possibilities ahead: Potential vice president to John McCain? GOP
adviser? Another run for the White House?
Huckabee Not Ruling Out No. 2 Spot on Ballot
Perry Bacon Jr./Washington Post (03/06/2008)
Advisers to Mike Huckabee spent yesterday starting to build a conservative coalition that could propel
a future run for the White House, hoping to capitalize on the popularity he gained during his unlikely
presidential bid.
MILITARY
Atheist Soldier Says Army Punished Him
John Milburn/Associated Press (03/05/2008: washingtonpost.com)
TOPEKA, Kan. -- A soldier claimed Wednesday that his promotion was blocked because he had claimed in a
lawsuit that the Army was violating his right to be an atheist. Attorneys for Spc. Jeremy Hall and the
Military Religious Freedom Foundation refiled the federal lawsuit Wednesday in Kansas City, Kan., and
added a complaint alleging that the blocked promotion was in response to the legal action.
EDUCATION
16 parishes balk at abuse prevention classes
Michael Paulson/Boston Globe (03/06/2008)
Sixteen of the 295 parishes in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston have declined to offer
instruction to young children on how to identify and report inappropriate touching by adults, the
archdiocese said yesterday.
District to Settle Bible Suit
Neela Banerjee/New York Times (03/06/2008)
A West Texas school district has agreed to change the curriculum for a high school course on the Bible
to settle a lawsuit that said it amounted to religious indoctrination. The federal suit was filed by
the American Civil Liberties Union and the People for the American Way Foundation on behalf of eight
parents in the Odessa area.
DOCTRINE AND PRACTICE
Vatican, Muslims Set Talks for November
Philip Pullella/Reuters (03/05/2008: washingtonpost.com)
VATICAN CITY - The Vatican and Muslim leaders agreed on Wednesday to establish a permanent official
dialogue to improve often difficult relations and heal wounds still open from a controversial papal
speech in 2006. A joint statement said the first meeting of "The Catholic-Muslim Forum" will take
place on November 4-6 in Rome with 24 religious leaders and scholars from each side.
St. Patrick's Day, Catholic Church march to different drummers
G. Jeffrey MacDonald/USA Today (03/06/2008)
Don the green and boil the cabbage: St. Patrick's Day celebrations are starting early this year — at
least for some Irish-Americans who don't want to run afoul of the Roman Catholic Church.
CONGREGATIONS AND FAITH GROUPS
Priest takes last stand against archbishop
Tim O'Neil/St. Louis Post-Dispatch (03/06/2008)
The Rev. Marek Bozek, pastor of St. Stanislaus Kostka church, refused Wednesday to appear before
Archbishop Raymond Burke for a formal process that is likely to lead to his dismissal from the active
priesthood. The troubles began in early 2004, when lay leaders of St. Stanislaus refused Burke's
instruction to conform to the same legal and financial structure as all other parishes in the St.
Louis Archdiocese. The parish had managed itself in a special arrangement dating to the 19th century.
After Burke removed priests from the parish, the Polish-born Bozek left his assignment in Springfield,
Mo., without permission in December 2005 to become St. Stanislaus' pastor.
ARTS AND MEDIA
Anne Rice Tackles 'Road to Cana'
Good Morning America/ABC News (03/06/2008)
Author Anne Rice made a name for herself by penning gothic-themed vampire tales. Books like "Interview
With the Vampire" became box-office heavyweights and propelled actors' careers, but Rice soon
abandoned her darker themes for the Lord. After becoming a born-again Christian, Rice stopped writing
about vampires and dedicated herself to religious themes.
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