Monday Godbytes

Jack Jenkins

October 10, 2011 at 5:49 p.m. ET

Daniel Macguire over at Religion Dispatches asks if there is a Catholic “turnabout” on abortion.

In other Catholic news, Tom Beaudoin over at America Magazine wonders what would happen if “Occupy Wall Street” happened within the Catholic Church.

Meanwhile, CNN reports that the trial of Youcef Nadarkhani – a Christian pastor recently sentenced to death in Iran for apostacy – is going all the way to the country’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

David French at the Washington Post is making “the evangelical case” for Mormon GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney.

Finally, in what is CLEARLY the most important religion news of the day: Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore were spotted at religious services together!! Can you believe it?! :: squeals::

Oh, and your Tweet of the Day comes from @UnvirtuousAbbey (look, they’re really funny, okay?). Kudos to the first person to name thatâÂ?¦erâÂ?¦scripture. Today’s art should give you a hintâÂ?¦

@UnvirtuousAbbey – “Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down, never gonna run around and desert you,” saith the Lord.

Photo courtesy choo chin nian via Wikimedia commons.

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