It’s Valentine’s Day: a Christian feast for some, a (happy or dreaded) Hallmark holiday for others. In addition to the story links provided by today’s Religion News Service daily roundup and a range of lovely links on Beliefnet’s main page, here are five interesting faith-related blog posts for the occasion: Valentine’s Day: Time for a couples checkup…

Lots of reporters and bloggers have been covering the new iPhone app for Confession, but it just feels like a retread of last month’s Fun Friday, about Penance, a similar app. Then again, you may need several silly, painless ways to seek absolution after reading the sexy stories about the sexy Bible this week! Newsflash: The Bible…

U.S. Rep. Peter King of New York, the new Republican head of the House Homeland Security Committee, is moving full speed ahead on controversial hearings to assess the threat of homegrown Islamic terrorism. (To borrow an old Chris Rock joke, what about the threat of angry white guys with guns?) Some links: Muslims to be Congressional Hearings’ Main…

Updated to add Rolling Stone link. Scientology has come under a lot of fire in the past year, as the St. Petersburgh Times, CNN and other media outlets — helped along by Anonymous, a kind of WikiLeaks of the organization — have investigated shocking allegations of physical, mental, emotional and financial abuse claims made by…

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