How Religion Became a Wedge Issue: Religious conviction is less widespread, especially less widespread among the rich and powerful who tend to formulate and finance political platforms, and therefore it becomes more controversial. It is now a wedge issue rather than part of our common culture. [First Things]
Why Easter stubbornly resists the commercialism that swallowed Christmas: Unlike Christmas, whose deeper spiritual meaning has been all but buried under an annual avalanche of commercialism, Easter has retained a stubborn hold on its identity as a religious holiday. [Slate]
Vatican says pollution is also a sin: It tells Catholics that harming the environment is a modern-day transgression requiring urgent attention. [LA Times]
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