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When Anders Breivik slaughtered over 70 people in Norway last month, he did so in the name of the Knights Templar. Known for their extreme violence, this was the Roman Catholic crusading fraternity dedicated to the protection of Christian pilgrims in the Holy Land. Medieval military orders do not commonly hit the headlines, but oddly—as was noted in the Christian Science Monitor in late July—the Knights Templar were also implicated in another context, in another country, the same week that Breivik’s Manifesto began to circulate.

A roundup of the week’s religion headlines.

The Times’ Bill Keller was right, but too soft.

What is the media getting, and not getting, in its coverage of the religious right in politics?

The Center for American Progress follows the money in a groundbreaking new report.

Homelessness can be a material condition, or it can be spiritual…

Everyone should know the story of Mitch Mayne.

Last week, Lisa Miller, religion writer and editor ( Newsweek and the Washington Post) filed an op-ed in which she fulminated against “the left” and journalists who have raised concerns about the influence of dominionist thinkers on Republican presidential candidates like Michele Bachmann and Rick Perry.

His climate change remarks make Mormons look liberal.