Friday's News & Ideas
Early alarm for church on abusers in the clergy
The New York Times: U.S. bishops were warned as early as 1952 that pedophiles should be removed from the priesthood because they could not be cured.
No decline in belief that Obama is a Muslim
Pew Research: More than two months into Barack Obama's presidency, as many people incorrectly identify him as a Muslim as did so during the 2008 campaign.
LDS members conflicted on church's illegal-migrant growth
The Arizona Republic: The Mormon Church is one of the fastest-growing denominations and much of that growth is coming from an unlikely source: Latino immigrants.
A behind-the-scenes look at Holy Week
Slate: The olive-oil-buying, candlestick-polishing, and soul-shepherding that make the seven days from Palm Sunday to Easter run smoothly at a D.C. cathedral.
End of life care in America: A doctor's diagnosis
NPR, Fresh Air: Dr. Robert Martensen says the quality of a patient's life sometimes trumps the urge to sustain life at all cost.
The Spark
Down at the half
It's halftime during the NCAA championship game. The buzzer sounds, and the team you've picked to go all the way is a point down. Who's going to win? Don't be shocked if your players come back to win the game. Odds are, that's what they'll do, the Boston Globe reports. A recent study by two business professors at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania looked at more than 6,000 college basketball games and found that teams that are just slightly behind at halftime are more likely to win the game.
Mainline Liberal Protestantism Down By 1 at the Half
Perhaps Mainline Liberal Protestantism is just about ready to win the game because its now trying so hard.
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