April 10, 2008

BENEDICT XVI
Pope Benedict is coming to America
Philip Pullella/Reuters (04/10/2008)
VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict is coming to America and American Catholics may be in for some surprises.

Pope may find willing ear among young U.S. Catholics
Michael Conlon/Reuters (04/10/2008)
CHICAGO - Pope Benedict may find a particularly receptive audience during his U.S. visit next week among some younger Catholics who have come of age seeking a stronger and perhaps more conservative religious identity.

'We Live It Every Day'
Jacqueline L. Salmon/Washington Post (04/08/2008)
Pope's Visit Cheers Young Conservatives Who Reject 'Cafeteria Catholicism' in Favor of the Full Menu

POLYGAMY
Who Foots Bill For Polygamist Communities?
CBS (04/10/2008)
The raid on the polygamist compound in Eldorado, Texas has not only focused public attention on such sects, it's sparked many questions about them. One such query: Who pays their bills? A significant part of the answer, according to Early Show national correspondent Hattie Kauffman is -- taxpayers, in the form of welfare.

Authorities Find Bed in Polygamist Compound Temple
Mike Von Fremd, Jay Shaylor, Steve Petyerak and Scott Michels/ABC News (04/10/2008)
More secrets have spilled out of the polygamist compound in West Texas, including the presence of a bed in the sect's temple so men could have sex with their child brides, court documents reveal. And as if the 461 children rescued from the Yearning for Zion Ranch hadn't suffered enough, officials said there was an outbreak of chickenpox among them.

EDUCATION
Behavioral Study on Students Stirs Debate
Michael Alison Chandler/Washington Post (04/10/2008)
For public schools in the No Child Left Behind era, it has become routine to analyze test scores and other academic indicators by race and ethnicity. But the Fairfax County School Board, to promote character education, has discovered the pitfalls of applying the same analytical techniques to measures of student behavior, especially when the findings imply disparities in behavior among racial, ethnic and other groups.

DALAI LAMA
Dalai Lama Set for 6-Day US Visit
Manuel Valdes/Associated Press (04/10/2008: time.com)
SEATTLE — The Dalai Lama will mark his first visit to the United States since the recent turmoil in Tibet by anchoring an ambitious conference on compassion. Tibet's exiled spiritual leader was expected to arrive here Thursday, a day after pro-Tibetan demonstrators disrupted the Olympic torch run in San Francisco.

Dalai Lama to visit U.S. amid Tibet turmoil
Associated Press (04/10/2008: msnbc.msn.com)
Organizers of the five-day Seeds of Compassion conference in Seattle say the Dalai Lama’s visit is expected to draw more than 150,000 people. Despite political pressure from China, the Dalai Lama was determined to attend the conference because of his commitment to global peace, organizers said.

Dalai Lama: No one can tell protesters to 'shut up'
Associated Press (04/10/2008: cnn.com)
NARITA, Japan -- The Dalai Lama said he supports China's hosting of the Summer Olympics on Thursday, but insisted that nobody had the right to tell protesters demanding freedom for Tibet "to shut up."