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Friday’s Religion News Roundup: Megachurch sex abuse, ordaining women, Obama (hearts) nun

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Before and after photos of Ecce Homo, by 19th-century painter Elías García Martínez, on the walls of the church of Santuario de Misericordia Credit: Wikipedia

Chutzpah alert: The Spanish fresco that was “restored” (a.k.a. ruined) by a well-intentioned grandma has become a big tourist draw – and now the octogenarian wants a cut. For charity, of course.

A Catholic bishop argues for ordaining women – as deacons. Not a slippery slope, he says.

So Obama is for the “redistribution” of wealth, according to a 14-year-old audio clip being sent around by the Romney campaign. Vincent Miller digs up a three-year-old encyclical that shows Benedict XVI may be for the same thing, only more so.

Sister “Nuns on the Bus” Simone Campbell is a star-struck star: she gushes about receiving a call from the POTUS after her well-received DNC speech:

“He started off by saying that I might be the most popular person in the United States and I said that I hoped not more popular than he is.”

Jewish voters still like Obama. The poll did not ask about Sister Simone.

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Topics: Culture, Arts & Media
Beliefs: Christian - Catholic, Christian - Orthodox, Christian - Protestant/Other, Judaism, Mormon

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