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March 18, 2013 - The Associated Press
AP: Clinton’s embrace of gay marriage joins other Dems for 2016, but issue remains divisive in GOP
Hillary Rodham Clinton’s embrace of gay marriage Monday signals she may be seriously weighing a 2016 presidential run and trying to avoid the type of late-to-the-party caution that hurt her first bid.
March 18, 2013 - The Associated Press
AP: Orthodox patriarch attends pope’s installation in Rome, other faiths hopeful for improved ties
Bartholomew I, the spiritual leader of the world’s Orthodox Christians, will attend Pope Francis’ installation Mass — the first time a patriarch from the Istanbul-based church has attended a papal investiture since the two branches of Christianity split nearly 1,000 years ago.
March 18, 2013 - The Salt Lake Tribune
Salt Lake Tribune: Will new pope affect Mormon, Pentecostal growth in South America?
The race for Latin American souls intensified this week with the naming of a new Catholic team captain: Pope Francis.
March 18, 2013 - The Miami Herald
Miami Herald: Argentina's Jewish community celebrate Pope Francis
Tucked into an alcove of Argentina’s National Cathedral, right beside an icon of the Virgin of Luján, is a wall of yellowed documents written in delicate Hebrew. The pages were rescued from the death camps of Auschwitz, the ruins of Berlin’s synagogue and the remains of this city’s Jewish community center.
March 17, 2013 - National Public Radio
NPR: Mormons change references to blacks, polygamy
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints released this week the most significant changes to its scripture since 1981.
March 17, 2013 - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: New pope puts Jesuit order in the spotlight
Walk along the campus of Marquette University and you will see, etched into the cornerstones of its buildings, the letters A.M.D.G.
March 17, 2013 - The Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune: Catholic Church works to keep up with growing Latino membership
The sparsely attended Friday morning Mass at St. Bartholomew Parish Catholic Church was in English, and Amparo Lara, more comfortable with Spanish, struggled to understand the homily that urged parishioners to see Jesus with eyes of faith.
March 17, 2013 - The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pitt. Post-Gazette: Pope Francis has good record with other faiths
As Pope Francis begins to lead the worldwide Catholic Church, accolades are pouring in from people of other traditions who knew him as Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Argentina.
March 17, 2013 - The Telegraph
Telegraph: Why the new Archbishop needs more than prayers to unite his flock
She couldn’t help herself. “Oh my God!” said a shopper at Borough Market as a short, neat man in spectacles approached through the throng. “It’s the Archbishop of Canterbury!”
March 16, 2013 - The Associated Press
AP: Striking divide between Democrats and Republicans in gay marriage cases at Supreme Court
No Democratic attorney general in a state that prohibits same-sex couples from marrying has signed onto a legal filing asking the Supreme Court to uphold California’s constitutional ban on gay marriage.
March 16, 2013 - The New York Times
NYT: New pope puts spotlight on Jesuits, an influential yet self-effacing order
Men who join the Jesuits, the Roman Catholic Church’s largest religious order, take vows of poverty, chastity and obedience, and promise never to take any high office in the church.
March 15, 2013 - The Associated Press
AP: Maryland poised to become 18th state to ban death penalty; would be victory for Gov. O'Malley
It's been eight years since Maryland executed a convicted killer, but that could be the last time if the General Assembly, as expected, gives final passage this week to a bill to abolish capital punishment.
March 15, 2013 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Md. Assembly votes to repeal death penalty
The Maryland legislature voted Friday to abolish the death penalty, which would make the state the sixth in as many years to end capital punishment and add to a canon of liberal policies recently embraced by state leaders.
March 14, 2013 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Pope Francis slips into basilica for private prayer on first full day as pontiff
In his first morning as supreme pontiff and leader of the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics, Pope Francis visited the Roman basilica dedicated to the Virgin Mary, slipping in a side entrance for a few moments of private prayer.
March 14, 2013 - USA Today
USA Today: U.S. Catholics hopeful, but wary, of new Pope Francis
U.S. Catholics who dreamed of an American pope got their wish — in a way — on Wednesday.
March 14, 2013 - Reuters
Reuters: China urges Vatican to drop Taiwan ties day after pope elected
China's 8-12 million Catholics are divided between the Communist Party-run Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association, that has installed bishops without Vatican approval, and an underground church, whose members meet in private, wary of state control.
March 14, 2013 - The Wall Street Journal
WSJ: For Roberts, gay rights a defining moment
Chief Justice John Roberts preserved one of President Barack Obama's main legacies—and helped forge his own—by largely upholding the president's health-care law last year. Now, the two leaders' places in history are entwined again, as the Supreme Court prepares to hear two gay-marriage cases later this month.
March 14, 2013 - The New York Times
NYT: Muslim Brotherhood’s statement on women stirs liberals’ fears
During its decades as an underground Islamist movement, the Muslim Brotherhood has long preached that Islam required women to obey their husbands in all matters.
March 14, 2013 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Bergoglio tested by Argentine leaders
While Jorge Mario Bergoglio served a higher authority as a Catholic shepherd in this cosmopolitan capital, he was also tested by more earthly powers: Argentine governments.
March 14, 2013 - The Christian Science Monitor
CS Monitor: Pope Francis signals core mission – returning Catholics to the church
As Pope Francis appeared on the Vatican balcony Wednesday night and prepared to offer his first blessing as pope, he signaled a priority for his pontificate: renewing Catholic faith in places where it’s lost much of its luster.
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