Canada.com reports that the Vatican, in an apparently self-defeating move, requested that the French first lady not meet the Pope for fear that it would draw attention to her previous career as a semi-nude model.
BBC News reports on children’s rights activists’ opposition to the plan to ordain 2,600 boys on the 2,600th anniversary of the Buddha’s enlightenment.
CNN has an interesting video about Hip Hop and the Church.
CNN also has a video about a billboard calling Christians “jerks.”
CNN has an item about the likelihood of the endurance of the Chilean miners’ renewed faith.
2004 Noble Peace Prize Laureate, Wangari Maathai, has an op-ed about “spiritual environmentalism” over at the Huffington Post.
The Huffington Post has an extremely interesting piece about one nation’s (Maldives) attempt to be a Muslim-theocratic democracy.
The Huffington Post has a op-ed from SUNY religion professor William C. Chittick about Islam as a religion of love.
The Huffington Post also a has an op-ed about Christianity, salvation, and… extraterrestrials.
Huffington Post has an op-ed from Rita Nakashima Brock that discusses just war theory and the U.S.’ military recruitment policies.
CBC reports on the canonization of Montreal’s Brother André. Canada.com also comments on it.
CBC reports on the chancellor of Germany’s comments that the nation’s multiculturalism has failed.
CNN reports on “Islam on Capitol Hill,” where Muslim children gathered in Washington, D.C.
CNN blogs about the infamous pastor who advocated (but never did) the burning of the Quran. Weirdly enough, an auto dealership is giving him a free car for giving up on the project.
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