Religion News for 9/25/2009

Hi readers! Today marks the anniversary of the closing of the last of the Magdalene Asylums, in 1996. And today in religion news:

• The new interim Massachusetts senator, Paul G. Kirk, is the grand-nephew of a Boston cardinal. All sorts of interesting tidbits at Articles of Faith. (AOF)
• Women in Christian Media has opened a Chicago chapter. (DMN)
• Benjamin Netanyahu has called Iran's president "the antithesis of moral." (Youtube)