Wednesday digest

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New today from the Century:

• Philip Jenkins on the Thomas Christians: "For over a thousand years, Christian communities flourished in India. Their first real identity crisis came with the arrival of European Catholics." (subscription required)

• Bromleigh McCleneghan on the Petraeus affair: "David Petraeus’s failings aren’t the same as his biblical namesake’s. No one went to die so he could bed Paula Broadwell. Still, we expected more."

• Lou Carlozo reviews Sixpence None the Richer (subscription required)

• Steve Thorngate on PRRI's data on race, religion and especially age

• "Blood," a poem about Jesus and his mother by Penelope Duckworth

In the news:

• Chastened Catholic bishops told they have to reform themselves
• 'Scandalous' evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson gets star turn on Broadway
• Catholic bishops fail to agree on statement on the economy
• Vatican convicts second man in 'Vatileaks' scandal
• Pastor wanders streets in personal bid to understand homelessness