According to the BBC, hundreds of ‘witches’ executed in Connecticut in the US during the C17th are to be exonerated following campaigning by their descendents.
The Guardian reports that a bill to make the displaying of the Ten Commandments in schools in Texas compulsory has failed.
The Guardian also reports Martin Scorsese, Director of the controversial film The Last Temptation of Christ, announced he will to make another film about Jesus after meeting the Pope.