Oikos University in Oakland is a small Christian school serving the Korean American community and it is now the site of one of California's worst mass killings.
Authorities have arrested 43-year-old One L. Goh, a former student, who witnesses said calmly sprayed bullets around a university classroom on Monday morning, killing at least seven people.
Hijab as hoodie: Women wear Muslims headscarves in support of slain Iraqi woman in California.
Mitt Romney looks to effectively end the nomination battle with a primary sweep today, though everyone but Rick Santorum sees the end is nigh: “This is a very close race and by the end of May, we expect this race to be very close to even,” he says.
The focus on Romney will give Ron Paul supporters something to do, like asking Romney to explain awkward points of Mormon scripture.
(The real competition, of course, is the ratings race between Katie and Sarah. But I digress.)
Mormons may need to worry as much about retaining converts as Mitt does in convincing voters.
Can a mall be Mormon?
A sure sign that it is Holy Week: the mags run cover stories explaining Christianity for you. Andrew Sullivan weighs in at Newsweek, with “Christianity in Crisis,” and the pushback begins.
A pre-magazine debate: What did Jesus do on Holy Saturday? The harrowing of hell?
Church sign (above) goes viral: “GOD PREFERS KIND ATHEISTS OVER HATEFUL CHRISTIANS.”
The birth control hullabaloo doesn’t seeming to be driving voter preferences.
Cardinal Dolan points a finger at himself and the hierarchy for not doing more to convince Catholics not to use contraception: “We forfeited the chance to be a coherent moral voice when it comes to one of the more burning issues of the day.”
Ted Kennedy’s widow is not Catholic enough to give the commencement address at a Catholic college.
A Jesuit is convicted in California – of being at an Occupy protest. His face got in the way of a police officer’s baton, and now he awaits sentencing for his transgression.
On this day in 1968, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his famous “mountaintop” speech in Memphis:
“We've got some difficult days ahead. But it doesn't really matter with me now. Because I've been to the mountaintop. I don't mind. Like anybody, I would like to live…a long life; longevity has its place. But I'm not concerned about that now. I just want to do God's will. And He's allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I've looked over. And I've seen the Promised Land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the Promised Land. So I'm happy, tonight. I'm not worried about anything. I'm not fearing any man. Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord.”
The next day, April 4, 1968, he was assassinated.
— David Gibson
