Posted: 03 Aug 2009 02:00 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - After an anti-Christian rampage left eight people dead in the town of Gojra over the weekend, Pakistani authorities arrested 100 people and offered $6,000 in compensation to victims' families in an effort to reassure the country's Christian minority that they will be protected by the law.

Posted: 02 Aug 2009 08:01 PM PDT

AP - Three people were injured when an SUV crashed into a church in eastern Texas just as the service was about to start.

Episcopalians nominate gay clergy for bishop in LA (AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2009 06:34 PM PDT

AP - Two Episcopal priests in same-gender relationships are among the nominees for assistant bishop of Los Angeles, officials said Sunday.