Briefly Volume 35, Number 1 Posted February 8, 2002 Magazine calls movement major story The Layman Christianity Today ranked the Confessing Church Movement within the Presbyterian Church (USA) No. 6 among its Top 10 Religion Stories for 2001. The other top stories: 1. Christian leaders’ response to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. 2. Shelter Now’s 24 workers in Afghanistan detained for three months for Christian outreach to Muslims. 3. Federal money pays for limited research on cells from destroyed human embryos. 4. Prolife and prochoice advocates come together to oppose cloning human embryos. 5. Faith-based charities legislation sidetracked over religion clause. 7. U.S. Supreme Court allows Christian groups to use public schools after classes. 8. Evangelical scholars reject “openness of God” theology. 9. HarperCollins accused of trying to de-Christianize C.S. Lewis. 10. Greater Ministries International leaders convicted in $500-million Ponzi scheme. Euro not enough France’s cash-strapped Roman Catholic Church is urging parishioners to cough up two of the new euros, not one, in collection plates. The euro now is the standard for the 11 European Union countries. It is similar to France’s 10-franc coin, but the value of the 10-franc, the most common contribution by French Catholics, is about 30 percent greater than the value of the euro. To avoid confusion and the loss of revenue, Catholic leaders have begun a campaign urging churchgoers to give two euros instead of one. Revenues, as well as church attendance, have slumped.

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