Link roundup: 6 November – 9 November

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  • A group of American nuns have sold a baseball card that they inherited from the family of a dead sister for a very large sum of money.
  • The Pope warns against secularism in Spain. The CBC reports that this same papal visit was met with gay protesters.
  • CNN asks if megachurches are going out of fashion.
  • The Huffington Post has a piece about finding religion in the Shanghai National Exposition.
  • The BBC reports that Iraqi Christians are being urged to leave the country, fearing attacks.
  • A Michigan woman who advertised her search for a ‘Christian roommate’ was ruled to not be in violation of discrimination laws by the courts.

  • Sikhs decry security screenings at airports and complain of racial profiling, according to the NY Times.
  • The Washington Post turns to Lao-Tzu’s political writings for some post-election wisdom.
  • The Washington Post also takes the disappearance of abortion as an election issue as a sign of the ‘maturing conscience of American Catholics’.
  • Roman Catholic monks in Switzerland have taken to posting newspaper ads in a bid for new recruits, according to the BBC.
  • The world’s tallest Jesus statue has just been completed in Poland.
  • The ‘Islam Channel’ in the UK is being investigated by broadcasting authorities for condoning marital rape and violence towards women, among other things.
  • Finally, an Israeli scholar has completed a new translation of the Talmud.