Pope insists Church rejects anti-Semitism

This particular article in CNN reporting on developments related to bishop, Richard Williamson provides us with near spotless encouragement for ongoing healing in Jewish Catholic relations:

ROME, Italy (CNN) -- Pope Benedict XVI said Thursday the Catholic Church is "profoundly and irrevocably committed to reject all anti-Semitism." ...

"Catholic-Jewish relations are on track," said Rabbi Arthur Schneier, president and founder of The Appeal of Conscience Foundation, who was among the community leaders at the meeting with the pope. "We may have some setbacks, but when you have that strong bond of trust and friendship ... Then we can face every challenge that comes our way."

Interfaith Council to advise Obama

WASHINGTON - President Obama yesterday established his own White House office to help religious organizations compete for federal grants and installed a young Boston minister as its leader, seeking to amend a Bush-era program that critics said violated the separation between religion and government and used federal money to advance an evangelical Christian agenda.

World Scripture

Yann Martel in the Man Booker Prize winning novel Life of Pi writes in the first person voice of the protagonist (stranded at sea with little hope for survival):

My greatest wish -- other than salvation -- was to have a book, a long book with a never ending story. One I could read again and again, with new eyes and a fresh understanding each time. Alas there was no scripture in the lifeboat.