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Christian Century, June 19, 2002

"President Bush rightly spoke of an `axis of evil.' But it is not Iran, Iraq and North Korea. Here is a more likely trio calling for herculean efforts to defeat: environmental degradation, pandemic poverty and a world awash with weapons."

--William Sloane Coffin, noted social activist and theologian, speaking June 1 at the installation of John Bryson Chane as the new Episcopal bishop of Washington, D.C.