Religion

> Kevin Davy set out from his family's neatly kept home for the nearby church about 1:30 a.m., carrying a portable radio blaring rap music in one hand and a sword in the other. > First, he took the sword and started hacking at the arms

> You may be a state trooper, you might be a young Turk, You may be the head of some big TV network, You may be rich or poor, you may be blind or lame, You may be living in another country under another name > You may be a

So novel that it's newsworthy, at least in Georgia: > Depictions of well-known scenes from the holy book adorn the long corridors of Bethany Baptist Church, and several church members are responsible. > The colorful artworks - all painted on 30 inch by 40 inch canvases - serve as

The canonization of JPII appears to be rolling along quickly. Link [http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article298081.ece]. Excerpt: > Speculation has been swirling about whether Pope Benedict XVI might beatify John Paul during the World Youth Day celebrations - placing the late pope on an even faster track to

> The Vatican, the headquarters of the Roman Catholic church, returned to the black last year after three years of losses as rising stock markets and property prices boosted its economy. > The Holy See, which has an all-male population of 921 and is headed by Pope Benedict XVI,

> First one sheep jumped to its death. Then stunned Turkish shepherds, who had left the herd to graze while they had breakfast, watched as nearly 1,500 others followed, each leaping off the same cliff, Turkish media reported. Link [http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/T/TURKEY_SHEEP_SUICIDE?

> Oddball rock star Jack White has become so obsessed with Roman Catholicism he now puts figures of saints on his guitar amps at all concerts. > The weirdo frontman of the White Stripes said: “I've recently got into the cult of the saints. Link [http://www.thesun.