President Obama celebrated Diwali, the first time a president has attended the Hindu holiday in the White House. USCIRF is urging Sec. of State Hillary Clinton to press Iran on human rights and the Catholics Bishops have some advice for Obama on Afghanistan.
A Washington hospital has fired its head of spiritual care because she blogged about comforting the family of the security guard killed in the Holocaust Museum shooting and United Methodists are thinking about rescinding lifelong job guarantees for pastors. Students at Reed College in Oregon have apologized for a satirical article saying that students at another college had rounded up and gassed Jews and comedian Sarah Silverman says Pope Benedict XVI could be “the biggest hero in the history of ever” if he sold the Vatican to feed the poor.
The two Episcopal Dioceses of Pittsburgh are just trying to get along and Catholic sisters are still wondering why they’re being investigated.
American diplomats are condemning Vietnam’s persecution of Buddhists and activists, and 20,000 Chinese Catholics attended the funeral of a man whom they are forbidden to refer to as “bishop.” Five men were convicted of plotting violent terrorist attacks in Sydney, a Pakistani university has banned kissing, and Somali Muslims are whipping women for wearing bras.
Oh, and the American Family Association is having a cow over Marge Simpson posing in Playboy. Someone get me the number for 911.