Never hurts to ask. I know the Catholics have a regular thread going and there is also a regular prayer thread as well. This issue is of concern in terms of news and politics as well as religion and is likely to be for some time. I feel quite sure it is appropriate to have a thread to address this and related issues. Actually, I imagine Jim and the mods would prefer that rather than having us filling the news forum with article after article dealing with it, although there will be some I'm sure.
Oh, also, "knak" is Episcopalian.