| Costco Is Sorry it Said the Bible Was Fake Posted: 21 Nov 2013 04:55 PM PST  Costco has apologized to all of God's creatures for selling Bibles labeled "fiction," chalking it up to a mistake made by a distributor, who, unlike Jesus, was not infallible. Costco has Bibles for sale under the genre of FICTION Hmmmm...... pic.twitter.com/mLZVogkSfd — Caleb Kaltenbach (@calebwilds) November 15, 2013 Hmmmm indeed! The tweet drew predictable reactions from both sides of the argument and word spread (helped along somewhat by Kaltenbach calling Fox News contributor Todd Starnes to tell him about it), culminating in Kaltenbach having to talk to Elisabeth Hasselbeck in a special Fox & Friends "The Fight for Faith" segment: In the end, Costco blamed an unnamed distributor, saying in a statement:
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| Pope says 'no Middle East without Christians' Posted: 21 Nov 2013 12:59 PM PST  Pope Francis on Thursday said the Catholic Church will not accept a Middle East without Christians, who often find themselves forced to flee areas of conflict and unrest in the region. "We will not resign ourselves to imagining a Middle East without Christians," he said after meeting with patriarchs from Syria, Iran and Iraq, before calling for "the universal right to lead a dignified life and freely practise one's own faith to be respected." The political upheaval that has swept the Arab world over the past three years has led to a rise of radical Islam, leaving minority Christians feeling threatened and sometimes forcing them to emigrate. Francis said he had spoken to the patriarchs about "those who live in the Middle East, often in small flocks, in environments marked by hostility and conflicts" and "the size of the diaspora, which is notably growing."
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| Modi campaign stirs religious divide in India's heartland Posted: 21 Nov 2013 10:21 AM PST  By Mike Collett-White and Sharat Pradhan AGRA, India (Reuters) - Prime ministerial hopeful Narendra Modi used a large rally in India's historic city of Agra on Thursday to push his Hindu nationalist agenda in a key election state where the sizeable Muslim minority eyes his campaign with alarm. With a bigger population than Russia and 80 parliamentary seats up for grabs, the northern state of Uttar Pradesh (UP) is seen as a must-win battleground for Modi in a national election expected to start by April. The rally in Agra, where tens of thousands of people filled a dusty field outside the center of the city that boasts the Taj Mahal, was Modi's fourth visit to the state in the last month or so, underlining its importance. The 63-year-old, whose grueling campaign has put him in pole position to lead the world's biggest democracy, attacked the ruling Congress party for pandering to minorities - making indirect references to majority Hindus and minority Muslims.
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| Witness at northern sex abuse trial says priest raped her in church building Posted: 21 Nov 2013 07:57 AM PST IQALUIT, Nunavut - A witness at the trial of a former priest accused of sex abuse against children in the Arctic has testified that he used to pluck her out a group of playing children and rape her. |
| A rabbi whose good friend became the pope Posted: 21 Nov 2013 06:55 AM PST  NEW YORK (AP) — It was September, not an easy time for a religious Jew to be traveling. The Jewish month of Tishrei was ending with its marathon of holy days. Kosher wine would be needed. There were Sabbath blessings to recite. Fortunately, Rabbi Abraham Skorka had a friend with the run of a hotel who arranged for kosher meals and said "amen" to the rabbi's prayers.
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