You can’t pray in the streets of Paris anymore, says the French government, which is trying to keep public places secular. The ban goes into effect today, and could be extended to include other French cities.
Moscow has destroyed its famed Cathedral Mosque. But many Muscovites, Muslim and non-Muslim alike, aren’t buying the official line that the 107-year-old structure was too rickety to be safe.
Master Jinje, revered by many in his native land but virtually unknown outside of it, is planting his brand of Korean Buddhism in the United States, starting with New York and New Jersey.
Pope Benedict XVI got a gander at an exhibition of the books he has written during his lifetime and pronounced himself “slightly astounded” by his volume of output.
Father Frank Pavone says he might found a religious order or seek incardination in a different diocese if his bishop forbids him from returning to his pro-life ministry full-time.
The FBI has dropped that training lecture that suggested that more devout Muslims are more prone to violence.
Ten years after 9/11, CNN reminds that the first victim of retaliatory violence after the attacks was a Sikh mistaken for a Muslim, and takes a closer look at the half million-strong American Sikh community.
The Los Angeles Times notes that the tongue-lashing Pat Robertson is suffering for his comments on Alzheimer’s is unusual in that it’s coming from those who generally agree with his point of view.
Defense attorneys in the trial of the Followers of Christ couple who failed to seek medical care for their infant tried to turn the tables on prosecutors.
Here’s a little Friday gift for those Catholics who go meatless today: some newly-published, flesh-free recipes from Fr. Tim Gardner, a London-based Dominican who recommends root vegetable casserole.
And from the news desk at Vanderbilt University, raw footage and an account of the Born Again protesters who donned microphones and descended upon frat parties, demanding that the beer-swilling, scantily-clad undergrads repent.
– Lauren Markoe
