The Times Square would-be bomber was sentenced to life in prison by a federal court in Manhattan. Still defiant, Faisal Shahzad called himself a Muslim soldier and said the defeat of the U.S. is imminent.

The couple behind the proposed Islamic community center near Ground Zero have been receiving death threats for months, to the degree where they have a pointman in the NYPD. Relatives of 9/11 victims lost their bid to get the Supreme Court to rule that NYC must provide a proper burial for material taken from Ground Zero because it could contain human ashes.

SCOTUS also refused to reconsider whether a New Jersey school district can ban celebratory religious music.

After the scientist who developed in vitro fertilization received the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday, a top Vatican official said he is responsible for the destruction of embryos and creating a market in donor eggs. A transcription error led some Filipinos to believe that a top Roman Catholic bishop might excommunicate the country’s president over his support of birth control.

Nearly half of Tea Partiers say they are also part of the “religious right,” according to a new survey. The number of same-sex couples who identified themselves as spouses or unmarried partners increased at three times the rate of population growth from 2008 to 2009, according to an analysis of data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Nine in 10 churches remain segregated, according to another study.

Glenn Beck has been sending coded messages about white horses to fellow Mormons, according to WaPo’s Dana Milbank. Scores of Mormons felt “confused and bruised” by an apostle’s condemnation of gay marriage and insistence that gays can change their attractions, according to the Salt Lake Trib. Less confused is the LGBT community, which said Apostle Boyd Packer’s comments could add to the emotional distress of adolescents coming to terms with their sexuality

More than two dozen Facebook sites have titles like “Kill a Jew Day,” according to the Simon Wiesenthal Center. The hate sites seem to be inspired by last year’s “Kick a Ginger Day,” which resulted in numerous assaults on redheads. The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Louis is allowing officials to take part in a controversial event organized by the Association of Hebrew Catholics, but has pushed to keep the media away.

Muslim leaders are hoping to combat negative attitudes towards Islam by reopening an Islamic college in Chicago. Surrounding this Chicago Tribune article online are ads that depict President Obama saluting an unknown imam and the message “Mosque at Ground Zero: Freedom of Religion or Spoils of War.” No question mark.

A Pennsylvania monk removed from ministry after porn was discovered on his computer was covering for a student who downloaded the material, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The monk couldn’t tell authorities, though, because the student’s confession was made under sacramental seal.

A divorced man violated a settlement agreement with his ex-wife by taking their child to church and telling her that she is “Jewish on the outside and Christian on the inside,” according to an appeals court in Georgia. Hmmm….where have I heard language like that before?