As he gears up for re-election, President Obama invited the executive committee of the National Association of Evangelicals to the White House, where “he did a lot of listening,” according to one participant.
An administration official said Obama is the first Democratic prez to meet with the NAE, which represents 40 denominations across some 45,000 local churches.
The Catholic bishops, OTOH, are peeved that the HHS Department did not renew their funds for refugee resettlement work. A spokeswoman for the bishops hinted that the church’s opposition to abortion and contraception may have played a role in the decision.
A sukkah was erected in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street protests in New York. No word on whether it was a PopUp sukkah.
The MLK statue on the National Mall will finally be dedicated at a star-studded ceremony this weekend.
According to a new book, former Rep. Anthony Weiner called his Muslim in-laws “backwards” and says they never accepted him because he’s Jewish.
The Episcopal Bishop of South Carolina has been formally accused of abandoning the Episcopal Church. Bishop Mark Lawrence says he doesn’t know his accusers are. He might try looking in NYC.
Sudan will adopt an entirely Islamic constitution and strengthen Islamic law, President Omar Hassan al-Bashir said, according to Reuters.
The rise in anti-Chinese protests in Tibet, including a wave of monk self-immolations, results from China’s heavy-handed suppression, according to Human Rights Watch.
A slate of “Freethinkers“ will be on the parliamentary ballot this month for the first time in Swiss history.
The editors of the Catholic news agency Zenit have resigned, saying the agency has become too closely identified with the Legionaries of Christ, a conservative order.
Was Steve Jobs too great to be good? Can saints be jerks? Does God forgive mock-turtlenecks?
Warning: Reading the Bible may make you more liberal, saith CT.
A New York priest says renaming a street in honor of the late comedian George Carlin dishonors his church. To which the ghost of Carlin answered, “!@#@! !@#@ #$%$# &^%!!!
The magazine U.S. Catholic asks if Hell has frozen over.
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Daniel Burke
