Friday's News & Ideas
Catholic Church urges Montreal Canadiens fans to pray for a playoff berth
The Toronto Star: Despite the longstanding comparisons of the Montreal Canadiens to a religion, the church has only now sought to ride the NHL club's jersey-tails.
Bishop Eddie Long apologizes to Jewish group after Torah ceremony
CNN: Bishop Eddie Long has apologized to the Anti-Defamation League over an incident in which he was wrapped in a Torah scroll and crowned "king."
Mentors are useless -- but they don't have to be
Fast Company: Consultant Michelle Randall says that mentors are useless if their mentees don't take advantage of what they have to offer. She outlines ways to get the most out of the relationship.
Catholic leaders to use Internet against pedophiles
Reuters: Roman Catholic Church leaders unveiled an Internet teaching project on Thursday to help clergy around the world root out pedophiles in their ranks and protect children from potential abusers.
Bishops fight to save NHS chaplains
The London Telegraph: Leading bishops led calls to defend hospital chaplains in the face of a campaign to exclude religious influence from the National Health Service.
The complicated history of Catholics, Protestants and contraceptives
Slate: Today Christian leaders are united against Obama's birth-control coverage rules. In the past, the pill and condoms divided them.
Salon: Obama's winning hand on religion
The Spark
The 60-year job: Frank Naish
Frank Naish has never left the country. In the past 60 years, Frank has not spent a night out of Somerset. Ask if he has ever been on holiday, and Frank, standing in his farmyard, below the home cider orchard, considers for a moment before replying, "Yes, when I was in the army." That was 1943. In the last in a series on long-tenured careers, Frank tells Intelligent Life magazine that if you give up, you've had it.
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