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Grieving parents cite dangers with popular church vans

Van Angels retrofitting 15-passenger vehicles
Jul 13, 2004
Mark Smith often contemplates what his daughter, Malori, would be doing now if she hadn’t been killed on a church mission trip to Mexico two years ago, six weeks after her high school graduation. “You can’t help wondering,” Smith said by phone from his Denver home.
Century Marks

Century Marks

Jul 13, 2004
Bad table manners: When Samuel Wells was the vicar of a small Anglican church in a marginal neighborhood, a gang of surly adolescents burst into the church one Sunday as the Eucharist was being celebrated.

Former theology dean Walter Muelder dies

Dedicated to global ecumenism and racial equality
Jul 13, 2004
Walter G. Muelder, dean of the Boston University School of Theology from 1945 to 1972, died of a heart attack on June 12 at age 97. Noted for his dedication to global ecumenism and racial equality in the post–World War II decades, Muelder continued to impress United Methodist colleagues even in his last week with his engagement in current issues.

Canadian Anglicans affirm 'sanctity' of same-sex couples

A conciliatory message
Jun 29, 2004
One day after deferring a decision on whether to bless gay relationships, Canadian Anglicans approved a statement that “affirms the integrity and sanctity of committed adult same-sex relationships”—stirring accusations from traditionalists that attaching “sanctity” to such partnerships is contradictory.

On the faith-based campain trail

Bush shores up support
Jun 29, 2004 by John Dart
As presidential campaigns swung into their final five months, President Bush worked at cementing his strong support from evangelicals and shoring up ties to Catholics by visiting and honoring Pope John Paul II at the Vatican.