Tuesday’s Religion News Roundup

So it’s come to this, America. Religious leaders are now debating the morality of a married congressman sending pics of his, um, you know, to women via Twitter. I’m pretty sure nothing of the sort is in the Book of Revelation, but I’m equally sure that the end is nigh. Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y. offered […]

So it’s come to this, America.

Religious leaders are now debating the morality of a married congressman sending pics of his, um, you know, to women via Twitter. I’m pretty sure nothing of the sort is in the Book of Revelation, but I’m equally sure that the end is nigh.

Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y. offered his confession yesterday, a central role in penance, says Rabbi Brad Hirschfield. But it’s not clear that Weiner “appreciates” his transgressions, says the rabbi. Rabbi Shmuley Boteach calls Weiner a “broken man.”


And now I delicately transition to this story: The backer of a ballot to ban circumcision in Santa Monica has dropped the effort because of its perceived attack on religious freedom, according to JTA. Foiled again, Foreskin Man.

Rick Santorum threatens to siphon off religious conservative support from Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich, according to CNN. Judging from crowd at the Faith & Freedom Coalition last weekend, I’d say Michele Bachmann looks more likely to play the role of Christian conservative spoiler.

The Vatican will take several more months to make its recommendations on renewing the Catholic Church in Ireland following devastating revelations of clerical sex abuse and coverup, according to the AP. Catholic bishops from Asia will hold a summit on pedophilia, saying abusive priests are not simply “a problem of the West.”

A Vietnamese priest created a giant dumpling to attract Catholics back to church. Sadly, I could not find a picture of this delicious piece of evangelism.

The U.S. military has appointed its first Hindu chaplain and developed a new badge for them featuring the symbol “Om.”

A North Carolina high school student reached a settlement that allows her to continue wearing a small nose stud as an expression of her religious faith, the Church of Body Modification. That is not a joke.

Iran’s women’s soccer team was disqualified from an Olympics qualifying match because they wear Islamic head coverings. The Simon Wiesenthal Center has acquired what it believes may be the original version of Hitler’s first anti-Semitic writing.


Catholic theologian Sister Elizabeth Johnson fired back at the bishops who criticized her book, saying they have thoroughly misunderstood, misrepresented, and misinterpreted her work.

Israel’s Agriculture Ministry changed the name of a type of wheat named after Pope Benedict XVI because Jewish farmers refused to grow it.

The LDS Church changed some mission policies in a push to attract more retired couples into full-time missionary service.

Satanists like to play Frank Sinatra at their funerals. “My Way,” of course. Nine in 10 Americans believe in God.

Yr hmbl aggregator,

Daniel Burke

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