Hope everyone had a memorable Memorial Day.
I bet Westboro Baptist Church did, after they were outnumbered 80 to 3 by protesters, including some purporting to be from the KKK, at Arlington National Cemetery yesterday, where President Obama and other dignitaries spoke.
European Union leaders said they would defend religious freedom in the Middle East as part of their support for the Arab Spring. While the Arab Spring initially appeared a boon for the dwindling number of Christian Arabs, now many fear that the fall of the police state has allowed long-simmering tensions to explode, according to the NYT.
Confessed terrorist David Headley, who assisted in the 2008 Mumbai attack, apparently forgot to destroy his field notes, revealing, in the words of one expert, that terrorists, like housewives, rely heavily on to-do lists.
The Homeland Security Department quietly ended a program last month that required thousands of Muslim and Arab men to register with the government.
An excommunicated Anglican bishop in Zimbabwe has seized control of church assets, threatened opponents with death and blocked them from worshipping in Anglican churches.
The Dalai Lama has formally relinquished his political and administrative powers, according to CNN.
A Spanish judge has charged 20 Salvadoran soldiers with the killing of six Jesuit priests and two women during El Salvador’s civil war in 1989. Pope Benedict XVI made a rare mention of life in Germany under the Nazis, calling it a “dark time.”
Catholic leaders in Belgium say they are is willing to pay compensation to the 500 victims of clergy sexual abuse who have come forward recently.
New Birth Missionary Church was half empty on the Sunday after Bishop Eddie Long settled out of court with four young men who accused him of sexual misconduct, according to CNN. Among the missing was the Rev. Bernice King, who resigned as a church elder. BET says MLK’s daughter will talk about her decision later today on the radio.
Noah didn’t have to deal with NIMBY complaints when he built his ark, but a Dutch man who’s building a replica is flooded by them.
An ELCA bishop’s daughter was ordained as a rabbi in Brooklyn last week. “We have a regular, ongoing interfaith dialogue in our family,” said Bishop Penrose Hoover of York, Pa.
The staunchly Catholic island of Malta has voted in favor of legalizing divorce. Young Mormons are looking for love in Crystal City, Va., aka “Little Provo.”
A Malaysian minister and a top cleric have warned Muslims not to drink non-alcoholic beer after it was found to a drop or two of alcohol.
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Daniel Burke
