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February 21, 2013 - Deseret News
Deseret News: Largest human gathering in history, Hindu festival highlights the religion's growth and influence
Imagine everyone in Manhattan walking to the tip of Wall Street at midnight to take a dip in the Hudson River.
February 21, 2013 - NPR
NPR: Pew: U.S. Catholics divided on future of the church
Catholics in the United States are divided over what they want from their next pontiff, a new poll from the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life finds.
February 21, 2013 - Religion News Service
RNS: Benedict XVI’s poll numbers can’t match John Paul II’s
Pope Benedict XVI never inspired the deep love and admiration enjoyed by his predecessor, Pope John Paul II, but Americans – and American Catholics even more so – still look favorably upon the soon-to-be-former head of the Roman Catholic Church.
February 13, 2013 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: The one chart that shows the Catholic church’s looming identity crisis
For centuries, the Catholic church has been a European institution.
February 13, 2013 - ABC News
ABC: Pope Benedict XVI Resigns: Church growing in third world, but European cardinals control power
As Catholics across the globe begin Lent, many look toward Rome and wonder if the Vatican will break with tradition and choose the first pope from outside Europe in modern times.
February 12, 2013 - The Associated Press
AP: Papacy buffeted by changes in modern world
The pope is by far the world's most visible religious figure.
February 12, 2013 - The Wall Street Journal
WSJ: Pope resigns in historic move
Pope Benedict XVI will become the first pontiff in six centuries to resign, marking the end of a transitional papacy that focused more on theological and internal renewal and less on the broader challenges that face the Roman Catholic church at the start of its 21st century of existence.
February 11, 2013 - CNN
CNN: Poll: Most American Catholics have positive views of pope's leadership
American Catholics woke up Monday to the news that the head of their church, Pope Benedict XVI, would resign at the end of the month "because of advanced age."
February 11, 2013 - USA Today
USA Today: Opinion: Time for an American pope?
Over the millennia, innovation has not been a hallmark of the Vatican and the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church -- especially when it comes to choosing a CEO.
January 25, 2013 - The Associated Press
AP: Religion comes to Davos forum
Who created Davos, and why does it exist?
January 25, 2013 - USA Today
USA Today: Pope sends support to abortion protesters in Washington
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to fill the National Mall on Friday to protest the 40-year-old landmark Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion in the first trimester.
January 22, 2013 - The New York Times
NYT: The 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade
It’s the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. Do your kids know what that means?
January 19, 2013 - The Associated Press
AP: Roe v Wade: After 40 years, deep divide is legacy
By today's politically polarized standards, the Supreme Court's momentous Roe v. Wade ruling was a landslide.
January 16, 2013 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Forty years after Roe v. Wade, most under 30 don’t know case was about abortion
Next week is 40 years since the landmark abortion-rights decision Roe v. Wade and a new poll shows the majority of people under 30 can’t name what the case was about.
January 16, 2013 - CNN
CNN: Survey: Few religious groups want Roe v. Wade overturned despite belief abortion morally wrong
Forty years after the Supreme Court protected abortion rights in Roe v. Wade, a new survey finds that white evangelicals remain the only major religious group that supports overturning the landmark ruling, even though most such groups find abortion morally wrong.
January 16, 2013 - Reuters
Reuters: As "Roe v. Wade" turns 40, most oppose reversing abortion ruling
Most Americans remain opposed to overturning the controversial U.S. Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade, which 40 years ago legalized abortion at least in the first three months of pregnancy, according to a poll released Wednesday.
January 14, 2013 - The Associated Press
AP: Hindus now have a fellow believer in Congress
When Dr. Uma Mysorekar looks at the members of the new Congress, the Indian immigrant and practicing Hindu can see that, for the first time, there’s someone who shares her ethnicity and someone who shares her faith.
January 13, 2013 - NPR
NPR: Losing our religion: The growth of the 'nones'
This week, Morning Edition explores the "nones" — Americans who say they don't identify with any religion.
January 12, 2013 - The Vancouver Sun
Vancouver Sun: 10 trends in global religion
Many predicted religion would die out as secularism spreads around the planet. But so far they've been wrong, mostly.
January 09, 2013 - CNN
CNN: The spiritual but not religious likely to face mental health issues, drug use, study says
Can being spiritual but not religious lead to mental health issues?
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