Wednesday’s Religion News Roundup

The AP looks at anti-Mormon sentiment rearing its head in races in Nevada and Idaho, a preview of what Mitt Romney could face in a 2012 White House bid (Romney’s campaigning against fellow Mormon Harry Reid in Nevada). Jeff Sharlet, who’s built his career tracking the elusive evangelical group that runs the infamous C Street […]

The AP looks at anti-Mormon sentiment rearing its head in races in Nevada and Idaho, a preview of what Mitt Romney could face in a 2012 White House bid (Romney’s campaigning against fellow Mormon Harry Reid in Nevada). Jeff Sharlet, who’s built his career tracking the elusive evangelical group that runs the infamous C Street House in Washington, tracks the C Street residents on the ballot next week. The founder of Tea Party Nation wants a Muslim-free Congress.

The U.S. Department of Education reminded everyone about anti-bullying guidelines approved several years ago; Jewish groups say they will help protect Jewish college students from anti-Semitic bullying. NPR looks at anti-gay bullying in schools, especially its religious undertones. A new study says about half of teens admit to bullying someone; about half say they’ve been on the receiving end.

Religious aid groups in Louisiana say the need remains great, even though the BP oil spill has been capped and most media have gone home. The late great Johnny Cash will headline the new class of inductees in the Gospel Music Hall of Fame.


Veteran antagonist Charles Curran is prepping to talk about abortion in Dallas, and the local Catholic bishop is none too pleased. If you’re a Catholic in Minnesota, be careful when you open your mailbox — there could be an anti-gay marriage DVD from the Twin Cities archbishop, or perhaps “the most anti-Catholic political ad you’ll ever see.”

Looks like a group of Michigan nuns are going to buy the troubled Pope John Paul II Cultural Center in Washington, and some nuns in Baltimore hope to raise as much as $200,000 by auctioning off a rare Honus Wagner baseball card.

Remember the controversial pregnant-nun ice cream ad that got nixed in the U.K.? The ice cream company is back with another, this one featuring two priests caught in the middle of what Catholics would call a “near occasion to sin” (that’s them, top left).

Tariq Aziz, who for a long time was one of the few Christians in Saddam Hussein’s upper echelon, was condemned to death, and the Vatican is appealing for his life. German Chancellor Angela Merkel wants to make forced marriages — popular among some Muslim immigrant families — illegal.

And, just ‘cuz we all need a little something to help us get over hump day, here’s what happens when the Yo Gabba Gabba set shows up at a praise-and-worship Powerpoint church:

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