http://www.pewforum.org/Selected religion-related news from around the Web. en-usCopyright: (C) Copyright 2009 The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life. All rights reserved.info@pewforum.org (PewForum Info)info@pewforum.org (PewForum Info)60http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rsshttp://www.pewforum.org/uploadedImages/_content/defaultPublicationThumb(1).gifhttp://www.pewforum.org/Sun, 19 May 2013 17:42:31 GMTSun, 19 May 2013 17:42:31 GMTTue, 14 May 2013 00:00:00 GMTWhen Hungarian radical right-wingers rallied against a Jewish conference in Budapest in early May, a well-known Protestant pastor hid behind the stage while his wife stepped up to the podium to denounce Jews and Israel.http://www.pewforum.org/Religion-News/Christian-churches-back-Jews-facing-anti-Semitism-in-Hungary.aspxTue, 14 May 2013 00:00:00 GMTNo one on either side of the intractable abortion debate was sorry Monday to learn that Kermit Gosnell was found guilty of first-degree murder.http://www.pewforum.org/Religion-News/Both-sides-on-abortion-applaud-verdict.aspxMon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 GMTThe number of Catholic priests in Africa and Asia has shot up over the past decade while decreasing in Europe, mirroring trends in the numbers of Catholic faithful that helped lead to the election of Pope Francis as the first non-European pope in over a millennium.http://www.pewforum.org/Religion-News/Africa-Asia-See-Boom-in-Priests-as-Europe-Withers.aspxMon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 GMTKim Jin-dae hoped he could persuade the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to lift its ban on travel to countries it deemed as too dangerous for Korean passport holders, but he knew better.http://www.pewforum.org/Religion-News/Missionaries-urge-Korea-to-lift-travel-ban.aspxMon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 GMTThey have pledges. They have merit badges. And they may go camping.http://www.pewforum.org/Religion-News/Church-based-scouting-alternatives-attract-interest.aspxMon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 GMTWhen a proposal to legalize gay marriage started gaining momentum in the home state of President Barack Obama, it seemed a quick and easy deal: The pastor of his former megachurch endorsed it with powerful testimony at the Capitol and Democrats control Illinois' government.http://www.pewforum.org/Religion-News/Politics-and-the-pulpit-Black-churches-at-heart-of-gay-marriage-debate-in-Illinois.aspxThu, 09 May 2013 00:00:00 GMTIn early April, Army Reserve soldiers in Pennsylvania were told in a redeployment briefing that evangelical Christians and Roman Catholics were "extremists," the same category as al Qaeda.http://www.pewforum.org/Religion-News/The-Pentagons-problem-with-Proselytizing.aspxWed, 08 May 2013 00:00:00 GMTA Vatican envoy has arrived in Mexico with a message: God is not dead.http://www.pewforum.org/Religion-News/Is-there-a-God-The-Vatican-invites-Mexicans-to-discuss.aspxWed, 08 May 2013 00:00:00 GMTSecular youth used Facebook and Twitter two years ago to help topple President Hosni Mubarak from power, but now Salafi Islamists are gaining sway in Egypt because of TV sheiks like Khaled Abdullah.http://www.pewforum.org/Religion-News/Islamists-rely-on-TV-sheiks-to-woo-the-masses-in-Egypt.aspxWed, 08 May 2013 00:00:00 GMTMariam Butt was raised by Muslim parents in Brampton, Ont., but only started truly practising the faith a little over a year ago, when she was 17. There was no self-consciousness about wearing the hijab or ducking away to pray five times a day where she lives.http://www.pewforum.org/Religion-News/A-leap-for-some-faiths-but-many-Canadians-are-losing-their-religion.aspx