{"id":373,"date":"2011-02-25T11:51:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-25T11:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beliefbeat\/2011\/02\/fun-friday-old-nun-kicks-up-her-heels.html"},"modified":"2011-02-25T11:51:00","modified_gmt":"2011-02-25T11:51:00","slug":"fun-friday-old-nun-kicks-up-her-heels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2011\/02\/fun-friday-old-nun-kicks-up-her-heels.html","title":{"rendered":"Fun Friday: 103-Year-Old Dancing Nun, Un-Kosher Israel Flight & Oscar Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Pew Research Center reports that religion coverage doubled last year — to a whopping 2 percent of overall news<\/a> — largely due to negative stories <\/a>like the Catholic clergy sex abuse scandal<\/a>, Florida pastor Terry Jones’ threat to burn the Koran<\/a>, the Park51 (“Ground Zero mosque” — except not) proposal<\/a>, the Westboro Baptist Church hatemongers<\/a>, etc.<\/p>\n

So, let’s have some fun:<\/p>\n

103-Year-Old Nun Attributes Long Life to Happiness <\/a>(CBS)<\/p>\n

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Also — apologies to offended Jews, Muslims, and easyJet founder and distant relative Stelios Hadji-Ioannou, but this was definitely worth a chuckle: Airline serves pork on flight from Israel<\/a> (MSNBC)<\/p>\n

And finally, if you’re gearing up for the 83rd Academy Awards at 8 p.m. EST on ABC this Sunday (I managed to go see “Blue Valentine” and “Biutiful” this week, just under the wire): Spirituality at the Oscars: What the nominations mean <\/a>(CNN Belief Blog)<\/p>\n

What do you think? Share your thoughts in the Comments section below.<\/p>\n

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