These two New York Times religion stories caught my eye over the weekend: The Burning Bush They’ll Buy, But Not ESP or Alien Abduction (by Mark Oppenheimer) For Roman Catholics, Interest in Exorcism Is Revived (by Laurie Goodstein) Oppenheimer’s piece points out that religious scholars are “concerned with all sorts of supernatural and metaphysical claims”…

There were too many entertaining faith-related headlines to pick just one newsmaker this week, so here’s a Top 3 video edition of Fun Friday. (If you only want a print story, I also enjoyed the Baltimore nuns cashing in on a rare Honus Wagner baseball card.) Comedian Steve Martin performed “Atheists Don’t Have No Songs” for a…

Today (and every day, really) is Veterans Day, and I’d like to thank my father and others for their service and sacrifice. Incidentally, now that I live near Canada (and get to watch CBC’s figure skating coverage), I’ve seen how they wear red poppies on what they call Remembrance Day in honor of their veterans,…

President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama have concluded their trip to Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim country and the president’s former childhood home. Although the Indonesia visit had been postponed twice because of erupting domestic American concerns, the Obamas also ended up leaving early, due to an actual erupting volcano. (Nature has a sense…

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Nicole Neroulias is a correspondent for Religion News Service, a secular news and photo service devoted to unbiased coverage of religion and ethics. A graduate of Cornell University and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, she has previously written for The New York Times and other media outlets. She and her family live in Seattle.

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