Sad news. Wikipedia editor Adrianne Wadewitz, 37, died on April 8 from injuries she sustained from a rock climbing accident in Joshua Tree National Park, according to the New York Times. Wadewitz’s fans on Twitter celebrated the late scholar, calling her “influential,” “prolific,” and “brilliant.” MORE

The Democratic leader’s ceremony coincides with Pope Francis’ similar ceremony in Rome to mark Holy Week. As he did last year, the pope broke with the tradition of washing only priests’ feet during the Mass for the Last Supper – this time, washing the feet of disabled people. MORE

This image was allegedly taken in Kessab, Syria. Although one person on Twitter wrote that it may be from Yemen, according to a Facebook post featuring the image below. Either way, it doesn’t matter in this context; it just makes my blood boil MORE

“We should be afraid of sharia law” in America, and Muslims here who want to practice sharia should go back to where they came from,  “to those nations that recognize sharia law,” said Rev. Franklin Graham, head of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association.” MORE

A federal judge in Denver granted an injunction Thursday to a ministry founded by longtime Christian author and broadcaster James Dobson, Family Talk radio, preventing the enforcement of Obamacare’s abortifacient mandate. MORE

You read yesterday’s “Oxford councillor thinks Passion play means sex show,” story. Christianity, it’s clear, is doomed in Britain – and here are a few reasons why. MORE

Chelsea Clinton, a United Methodist, is pregnant. I wonder in what faith(s) she and her Jewish hubby are going to raise the child? MORE

I could understand anyone with the name, Christ bearer trying to live up to that title in this perverted world would cause him to commit suicide? MORE

A new poll shows former secretary of state Hillary Clinton’s (D) numbers hitting their lowest point in six years. Meanwhile, it finds that the Republican Party is experiencing something of a renaissance. The Fox News poll, from Democratic pollster Anderson Robbins Research and GOP pollster Shaw & Company, shows Clinton’s favorable rating dropping to 49 percent, compared to 45 percent unfavorable. MORE

A new survey shows that despite the ascension of the charismatic Argentine Pope Francis to the Holy See, Catholicism in Latin America is still on the decline. Chile-based pollster Latinobarometro released data on Wednesday showing that only 67 per cent of Latin Americans identified as Catholics in 2013, compared to 80 per cent in 1995. MORE

Maiduguri (Nigeria) (AFP) – Heavily armed Boko Haram Islamists kidnapped more than 100 girls from a school in northeast Nigeria, sparking a search by soldiers to track down the attackers, a security source and witnesses said. MORE

Will Francis be the last AntiChrist. There was two high priests when Christ was killed. Could there be two when He returns? MORE

The federal government on Thursday reached a $5.15 billion settlement with Anadarko Petroleum Corp., the largest ever for environmental contamination, to settle claims related to the cleanup of thousands of sites tainted with hazardous chemicals for decades. MORE

The footage obtained and translated by CNN shows the jihadist groups second-in-command, Nasser al-Wuhayshi, meeting openly with fighters and commanders in Yemen.