The NYT takes a long look at how Mormonism shapes Mitt Romney, in a piece that is deep on sourcing but a little thin on theology.
This was a nice nugget: “After his failed 2008 presidential bid, Mr. Romney told Richard Eyre, a friend, that he wished the church could rebrand itself, replacing the name `Mormon' with `Latter-day Christian' to emphasize its belief in Jesus and the New Testament.”
Harvard law professor Noah Feldman argues that Romney is “the most important participant” in Mormons' centuries-long project to gain acceptance within mainstream American Protestantism.
Obama political strategist David Axelrod says the president's re-election campaign won't consider raising questions about Romney's Mormonism.
Obama appointed the Rev. William J. Shaw to his second term on USCIRF. House Speaker John Boehner appointed lawyer and foreign policy expert Elliott Abrams.
The late Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua is the ghost inside the courtroom at the landmark sex abuse case in Philly, the AP writes.
The Vatican threatened legal action against a new book filled with leaked internal documents that reveal power struggles inside the Holy See.
Pope Benedict XVI expressed his “deep gratitude” to American nuns for their “fidelity and self-sacrifice.”
Nearly three-quarters of Brits believe Queen Elizabeth II should retain her position as titular head of the Church of England.
The NAACP voted to endorse gay marriage.
A Mississippi lawmaker/Baptist minister who cited Leviticus on Facebook, calling for gay men to be “put to death,” refuses to apologize.
More than two dozen faculty members have resigned from a Baptist school in Georgia, after it required them to sign a “personal lifestyle statement” that condemns homosexuality, premarital sex and public drinking.
More than 30 British and American faith-based investment firms have teamed up to stop human trafficking at the Olympics.
Ever wonder why there's a basketball court outside of every Muslim mosque in America?
Some 40,000 Ultra-Orthodox Jewish packed a baseball field in NYC for a fiery and sometimes tearful rally about the dangers of the Internet, according the Forward.
The Internet, one speaker said, is “changing who we are…You can see it in the ebbing eyes of the younger generation, of the jittery inattentiveness of our children, in the flippant and callous language and attitude, the cynicism.”
Wait, what did who say? Whatevs.
Meanwhile, NYC Cardinal Timothy Dolan is on the Twitters.
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