Monday digest

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New today from the Century:

• The editors on the Catholic bishops and religious liberty: "First the bishops sought an expanded exemption. Now they claim the contraception mandate itself violates religious liberty. It doesn't."

• Carol Howard Merritt on ministry in the midst of wounds: "As important as it is to minister from those wounded places, there is also danger in it—for us and for our communities."

• Nadia Bolz-Weber blogs the lectionary: "Parables aren’t too helpful, are they? Here’s what would be helpful: six steps to better discipleship. Or the three secrets of the kingdom of God, spelled out in an acrostic."

• Steve Vineberg reviews The Avengers (subscription required)

In the news:

• Crystal Cathedral to move to smaller Catholic church
• Central African churches aid victims of warlord Joseph Kony 
• Catholic theologians back Sister Margaret Farley against Vatican censure
• Philadelphia trial revives Catholic Church sex abuse scandal
• 'True Blood' sinks its teeth into religion and politics