Just because it’s Friday: Throw away those Cheetos and cinnamon buns and grilled-cheese sandwiches. Jesus is now appearing in fireplaces, one British man says.
China isn’t happy after President Obama met with the Dalai Lama yesterday, but most analysts don’t expect long-term damage to ties between Washington and Beijing. As expected, Pope Benedict XVI has approved the sainthood of Australia’s first saint, Mother Mary MacKillop.
Saudi officials have sentenced a man with six wives to 120 lashes for having too many wives. Islam mandates no more than four, they said. He claimed he wasn’t educated enough to know that. Or maybe count.
Those eight U.S. missionaries who were released from a Haitian jail are now back home (two remained behind for further questioning) in Idaho, Kansas City and Texas.
Evangelist Benny Hinn’s wife of 30 years, Suzanne, has filed for divorce, citing “irreconcilable differences.” He says he didn’t see it coming.
A bevvy of Virginia pastors, including Pat Robertson and Jonathan Falwell, are asking new Gov. Bob McDonnell to defund Planned Parenthood. McDonnell, it should be remembered, is a graduate of Robertson’s Regent University, where he wrote a volatile Master’s thesis.
Travel nerd/guru Rick Steves has long called the war on drugs a failure; now he’s opening up a little bit more on his own drug use.
Sir Elton John says Jesus was a “super intelligent gay man,” David Gibson dissects the Vatican’s Top 10 albums list, and WaPo follows a newly ordained Charismatic preacher who’s holding services in a local Giant grocery store.
