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December 2002 ENS Articles Articles published in December 2002 12/20/2002 St. Louis cathedral secretary stabbed, killed by homeless man 12/19/2002 Israelis and Palestinians drift farther apart as peace process stalls 12/19/2002 Central New York bishop opposed Vietnam war, supported women's ordination 12/19/2002 Episcopalians join commission commemorating historic Brown decision 12/19/2002 Don't scapegoat gay clergy, Charleston tells O'Reilly 12/19/2002 Former seminary dean named interim dean in Paris 12/19/2002 Seminary hosts missionary training for first time 12/19/2002 Lilly Endowment awards $1.6 million grant to Chicago 12/19/2002 Agreement allows church to serve society, Canadian primate says 12/16/2002 Prominent lay leader John Cannon dies in Florida 12/13/2002 New archbishop of Canterbury has rough ride on road to enthronement 12/13/2002 Reasons for being Episcopalian fill website, new book 12/13/2002 WCC publishes new edition of Dictionary of the Ecumenical Movement 12/13/2002 Call for ban on Muslim dress denounced by church leaders in Australia 12/13/2002 Churches to launch global campaign on trade and human rights 12/13/2002 Canadian churches hail patent ruling on genetically modified mouse 12/13/2002 Scottish Episcopal Church launches ad campaign on meaning of Christmas 12/10/2002 Anglican Congress meeting tests Atlanta hospitality 12/10/2002 Atlanta meeting recalls birth of 'continuing Anglicanism' at St. Louis congress 12/10/2002 Anglican Congress seeks convergence among conservatives 12/10/2002 Episcopal institutions elect new leadership 12/10/2002 Indian Christians pay tribute to pioneering Irish missionaries 12/10/2002 Powell urges ambassadors to make AIDS a policy priority 12/10/2002 Dutch theologians urging Protestants to share Eucharist with Catholics 12/10/2002 Holloway of Scotland says church should ordain gays, lesbians and celibate women 12/10/2002 Massachusetts bishops warn of increase in hate crimes because of Vatican's anti-gay statements 12/10/2002 Mobile Outreach Clinic at Gaza hospital provides vital program 12/6/2002 Sullivan shares with Executive Council seminary's reaction to report on potential church center move to GTS 12/6/2002 Christmas message of Archbishop Rowan Williams 12/4/2002 War could seriously disrupt relations between Christians and Muslims in Iraq 12/4/2002 Swiss churches hail defeat of proposal to tighten asylum laws 12/4/2002 Germany's Jewish community getting status equal to churches 12/4/2002 Canadian church activists ambivalent about oil company's withdrawal from Sudan 12/4/2002 Vancouver bishop agrees to delay rite for blessing same-sex relationships 12/4/2002 Committee drafting agreement on move of church center to seminary campus reports it has encountered difficulties 12/4/2002 Anglican and Roman Catholic bishops meet in Malta to discuss ways to promote a 'lived ecumenism' 12/2/2002 Chicago religious leaders ask President Bush to give peace a chance 12/2/2002 German bishops suggest Protestants form global alliance 12/2/2002 Anglican-Roman Catholic consultation continues discussion of authority 12/2/2002 Affirming Catholicism sets day of prayer and thanksgiving for new archbishop of Canterbury 12/2/2002 New archbishop of Canterbury says Anglicans too interested in status 12/2/2002 FBI says anti-Muslim hate crimes are up in the U.S. 12/2/2002 Violence breaks out between Muslims and Christians in northern Nigeria