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June 17, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Non-Orthodox Jews start making inroads in Israel
With the holy city of Jerusalem visible in the background, a man and woman standing side-by-side lead prayers for about 50 congregants who have come to welcome the Sabbath in this suburb's Reform synagogue.
June 17, 2012 - Christian Science Monitor
CS Monitor: Christians retaliate after three more churches bombed in Nigeria
Suspected Islamic militants bombed worshipers at three Christian churches on Sunday in northern Nigeria, killing some 23 people.
June 17, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Al-Qaeda leader urges Egypt to cancel peace treaty with Israel, institute Islamic rule
Al-Qaeda’s leader has urged Egypt to cancel its peace treaty with Israel and to establish Islamic rule, according to an audio message released Sunday.
June 17, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Pope to Irish: Child abuse by clergy 'a mystery'
Pope Benedict XVI told Irish Catholics on Sunday it is a mystery why priests and other church officials abused children entrusted in their care, undermining faith in the church "in an appalling way."
June 17, 2012 - The Telegraph
The Telegraph: Content, context determine if Houston schools violated religion clause in Constitution
A national organization claims prayers and religious musical performances at two Houston County high school graduations violated the U.S. Constitution.
June 17, 2012 - Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune: Contraceptive mandate stirs local Catholics
The Archdiocese of Chicago has not yet joined 43 other Roman Catholic institutions in suing the federal government over a mandate to pay for birth control, but local Catholic leaders are urging parishioners to speak out against what they view as a threat to religious freedom.
June 17, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: Egypt’s military cements its powers as voting ends
The Muslim Brotherhood early Monday projected its candidate, an Islamist, as the winner of Egypt’s first competitive presidential election, hours after the ruling military council issued an interim constitution granting itself broad power over the future government, all but eliminating the president’s authority in an apparent effort to guard against just such a victory.
June 17, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Catholic hospitals reject birth control compromise
Sharpening an election-year confrontation over religious freedom and government health insurance rules, the nation's Catholic hospitals on Friday rejected President Barack Obama's compromise for providing birth control coverage to their women employees.
June 17, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: 21 killed in more attacks on Christian churches in Nigeria, worsening religious tensions
Suicide bombers killed 21 people in attacks on three churches in Nigeria during Sunday services, exacerbating religious tensions in a West African nation that is almost evenly divided between Muslims and Christians.
June 17, 2012 - The Telegraph
Telegraph: Will gay marriage end in divorce for church and state?
Two people meet and fall in love.
June 15, 2012 - The Straits Times
Straits Times: More flexibility for churches, temples with new space rules
Small churches and Taoist groups are likely to benefit from new rules that allow religious organisations to worship in industrial buildings.
June 15, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: Internet unshackled, Burmese aim venom at ethnic minority
Over the past year, Myanmar’s government has ended its heavy censorship, allowing citizens unfettered access to a wide variety of Web sites that had been banned during military rule.
June 15, 2012 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Journal-Constitution: Faith voters begin to rally behind Romney
The Mitt Romney display table was doing a brisk business in bumper stickers Friday at a Faith and Freedom Coalition conference.
June 14, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Germany bans Islamic Salafist organization amid raids across the country
German authorities launched a nationwide crackdown Thursday on an ultraconservative Islamic organization, raiding homes, meeting halls and mosques, while banning one related group and opening in an investigation of two others.
June 14, 2012 - New Straits Times
Straits Times: Opinion: Islamic finance can restore confidence during crisis
COMMERCIAL trade exchanges can facilitate both domestic and international trade.
June 14, 2012 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Post-Dispatch: U.S. bishops focus on sex abuse crisis, contraception mandate
The U.S. Catholic bishops who gathered in Atlanta for their annual spring meeting spent Wednesday morning grappling with the sins of the past, marking the 10th anniversary of the clergy sex abuse crisis that crippled the church.
June 14, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Vatican gives traditionalists proposal for reconciliation in a bid to end schism
The Vatican has formally proposed a way to reconcile with a breakaway group of ultra-traditionalist Catholics in a final bid to end a quarter-century of schism, offering it a special legal status in the church currently enjoyed only by the conservative Opus Dei movement.
June 14, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Tunisian government bans planned protests by rival groups as religious tensions grow
The Tunisian government has banned a series of marches planned for this Friday by hardline Islamists and rival groups citing concerns of possible violence in the country, which is grappling with rising religious tension as it struggles to emerge from years of secular dictatorship.
June 13, 2012 - Los Angeles Times
LA Times: Are Catholic bishops abandoning nonpartisanship in contraception battle?
The nation's Roman Catholic bishops have long prided themselves on being political without being partisan, throwing themselves into the scrum of public affairs without aligning themselves with one party or the other.
June 13, 2012 - El Pais
El Pais: Blasphemy ain’t what it used to be
God is busy with bigger things, but the arrogance of men makes them feel obligated to defend him, Penal Code in hand.
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