Friday’s roundup

Haitians crowded into churches in Port-au-Prince for a national day of mourning to mark the one-month anniversary of the devastating earthquake. The 10 American missionaries charged with kidnapping will probably spend the weekend in jail, despite the Haitian judge’s recommendation that they be freed pending their trial. Meanwhile, the NYT reports that El Salvador is […]

Haitians crowded into churches in Port-au-Prince for a national day of mourning to mark the one-month anniversary of the devastating earthquake. The 10 American missionaries charged with kidnapping will probably spend the weekend in jail, despite the Haitian judge’s recommendation that they be freed pending their trial. Meanwhile, the NYT reports that El Salvador is investigating a man who may have ties to the American missionaries and has been linked to child trafficking rings in Central America.

President Obama will meet with the Dalai Lama on Feb. 18, the White House announced. China is angry.

The FBI has seized computers and documents from the home the chairman of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. The Rev. Raleigh Trammell, the chairman of the conference co-founded by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., has been accused of diverting SCLC funds to a private bank account.


A search is underway for a new archbishop in Los Angeles, the nation’s largest diocese. PETA wants all the Catholic bishops to go vegan for Lent. Good luck on that one, guys.

The Fiqh Council of North America, a body of Islamic scholars, says airport body scanners violate Muslims tenets on modesty. The Baltimore trial of a religious sect charged with starving a young boy to death begins Monday. Brain damage can lead to feelings of transcendence, according to a study.

British Methodist are looking to heal their two-century-old rift with the Church of England, according to Reuters. The Vatican convened an interfaith conference on helping the sick and finding meaning amid deep suffering. Hindu nationalists stoned movie theaters to protest an actor who dared to praise Pakistani cricket players.

Thousands of Hindu holy men took a dip in the chilly Ganges River to wash away their sins (see photo at top left). A British court rejected an appeal from an airline employee who was told not to wear her crucifix to work.

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