Friday digest

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New today from the Century:

• Stephanie Paulsell on Marcelo in the Real World: "Faith, as Marcelo learns in Franciso X. Stork's young-adult novel, is following the music when we don't hear it." (subscription required)

• Steve Thorngate on The Newsroom and American exceptionalism

• Ruth Everhart on why funeral flowers should be cut flowers

• Lil Copan on David Kevin Weaver's The Gospel of John, Photographed (subscription required)

In the news:

• Poll: Americans split on Supreme Court health care ruling
• Archbishop of Canterbury slams Christians who feel 'disgusted' about homosexuality
• First lady: "No place better" for political issues than in church
• Supreme Court health care defeat may be a win for religious opposition
• Famed American Archbishop Fulton Sheen moves closer to sainthood