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A retired Catholic deacon, John Wargin, died Sunday afternoon and Milwaukee Auxiliary Bishop Richard J. Sklba was injured when the car they were driving to a confirmation ceremony collided with another car near Mayville. Read more.

Habitat for Humanity’s first Apostle Build home was dedicated Sunday, June 4, 2006. The new home for the John and Lori Severson family, on Buchner Court in the Twin Oaks subdivision, was a cooperative effort involving members of ten area churches. It began last October and now Habitat for Humanity Executive Director Brian Miller is looking for more churches to get involved in the next home.

BEVERLY HILLS, CA (ANS) — "The Lutheran men’s softball team lost two games last week. So now they’re two wins, two losses, which is a good place for Lutherans to be. Undefeated is somewhat uncomfortable."That was from a recent monologue about Lake Wobegon by Garrison Keillor during his "Prairie Home Companion" radio show. Lutherans, from the land of 10,000 Lakes (Minnesota), are among his favorite targets and have been for more than 30 years of his hit show — you betcha. So I couldn’t resist asking Keillor during a news conference in Beverly Hills, California, on Thursday, June 1, whether…

News ReleaseVote in US Senate on Federal Marriage Protection Amendment shows disregard for best interests of children and will of the people

For more information about the national debate over ‘gay marriage’, click here.WASHINGTON (BP)–The United States Senate yesterday rejected an attempt to amend the Constitution to protect marriage, with supporters gaining only one vote in the nearly two years since their most recent effort.

DES MOINES, Iowa (BP)–A federal judge has ruled that Prison Fellowship’s InnerChange Freedom Initiative violates the First Amendment’s clause barring government from the establishment of religion and has ordered the program at an Iowa correctional facility be closed within 60 days and $1.5 million in state funds be repaid.

by DOUG ERICKSON At Madison Christian Community, 10 percent of the building’s energy comes from solar panels, and the garden tractor is being converted to run on vegetable oil from nearby Pasqual’s restaurant. Wisconsin State Journal story.

Much is being made of the unusual combination of numbers in today’s date. Perhaps too much. News stories report that women nearing the end of their pregnancies are taking steps to make sure their children will not have a 6/6/6 birth date. Certain books and movies are seizing this day as the perfect release date. All because the Bible identifies 666 as the mark of the beast.

An evangelical Christian group unveiled an 850-pound granite sculpture of the Ten Commandments yesterday at its Capitol Hill rowhouse a stone’s throw from the Supreme Court, despite a threat of $300-a-day fines. Washington Post story.

Giving a new meaning to “men’s night out,” Promise Keepers kicked off its 2006 conference season this weekend with an estimated 7,500 men and boys at BankAtlantic Center in Fort Lauderdale.