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January 25, 2013 - The Times of India
Times of India: For atheist China, religion is no longer a poison
Worried about the rise in people's interest in spiritualism six decades after the early Communists declared it to be evil, China's atheist government is calling for use of religion as a patriotic tool to rejuvenate the nation.
January 25, 2013 - CNN
CNN: 'None' leaders to chart path for more political, cultural power for religiously unaffiliated
The religiously unaffiliated – the "nones"  – have noticed their ranks are growing.
January 24, 2013 - The Associated Press
AP: Pope on social networking: the virtual is real
Pope Benedict XVI put church leaders on notice Thursday, saying social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter aren't a virtual world they can ignore, but rather a very real world they must engage if they want to spread the faith to the next generation.
January 20, 2013 - Star Tribune
Star Tribune: Assemblies of God tends to a rapidly growing flock
Hands up and eyes closed, Ashley Ingram sways and sings along with the live band playing contemporary Christian music at River Valley Church.
January 20, 2013 - The Associated Press
AP: Kosher high-tech? Israel’s booming digital sector offers religious Jews the path to a job
In a chic auditorium typically reserved for late-night concerts, Israel’s next generation of high-tech entrepreneurs are gathered.
January 12, 2013 - The Telegraph
Telegraph: Christians face judgement day in Strasbourg 'right to wear the cross' case
Judges at Strasbourg will rule on Tuesday whether four Christians were discriminated against at work, including two women who claim they were forced out of their jobs for wearing the cross.
January 07, 2013 - The Washington Post
Wash Post: Egypt’s Christians worried by Islamists’ rise
Egypt’s Christians were worried about their safety on Monday as they marked the first Christmas under Islamist rule, with Coptic Pope Tawadros II urging worshipers “not to be afraid” and some complaining that their lives had gone from bad to worse in the nearly two years since the ouster of Hosni Mubarak.
January 03, 2013 - The Associated Press
AP: Philippines contraception law points to Catholic church's waning power
Twenty-six years after Roman Catholic leaders helped his mother marshal millions of Filipinos in an uprising that ousted a dictator, President Benigno Aquino III has picked a fight with the church over contraceptives and won a victory that bared the bishops' worst nightmare: They no longer sway the masses.
January 03, 2013 - The Globe and Mail
Globe and Mail: This Christmas, Egypt’s Coptic Christians are asking for respect
Jackline Nessim and Wael Sedrak, like many of Egypt’s Christians, long for a present that is unlikely to arrive before Coptic Christmas on Jan. 7. In fact, it may be a very long time in coming.
December 27, 2012 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Post-Dispatch: Muslim doctors run clinic for uninsured at St. Louis church
The Salam Free Clinic at a church in north St. Louis grew out of a Memorial Day barbecue and a desire to help.
December 24, 2012 - The San Francisco Chronicle
SF Chronicle: Stance on poverty an example of Catholic division
Presiding over the Diocese of Stockton, one of the poorest areas of the country, Catholic Bishop Stephen Blaire sees the human costs of poverty every day.
December 19, 2012 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: On road to modernization Church of England finds crisis
The surprising defeat last month of a measure allowing the ordination of female bishops has plunged the Church of England into a crisis with one issue at its core: Should religion adapt to fit an increasingly secular society, or should it be the enforcer of tradition in fast-changing times?
December 18, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: Monks lose relevance as Thailand grows richer
The monks of this northern Thai village no longer perform one of the defining rituals of Buddhism, the early-morning walk through the community to collect food. Instead, the temple’s abbot dials a local restaurant and has takeout delivered.
December 18, 2012 - The Christian Science Monitor
CS Monitor: How some Israelis see the sacred in settlements
As Rabbi Dovid Ben Meir leads visitors through the ruins of this ancient city, believed to have served as the Jewish capital more than 3,000 years ago, his love of history is clear.
December 16, 2012 - Reuters
Reuters: Hungary's Jews face down new extremism
A week after a leader of Hungary's far-right Jobbik party called for lists of prominent Jews to be drawn up to protect national security, Janos Fonagy stepped forward.
December 14, 2012 - The Times of India
Times of India: Turban pride restored as Sikhs win school turban ban case against France in UN
The UN Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) has ruled that France's ban on the wearing of "conspicuous" religious symbols in schools - introduced in a law adopted in March 2004 - violated a Sikh student's right to manifest his religion, protected by the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).
December 14, 2012 - The Christian Science Monitor
CS Monitor: Chicago Muslims aim to reclaim meaning of 'jihad' from extremists
An Islamic-American advocacy group is trying to reclaim the word “jihad,” one city bus at a time.
December 13, 2012 - The Times
The Times: Beijing strips Ma Daqin of his title of auxiliary Bishop of Shanghai
Relations between China and the Vatican were tense yesterday after Beijing revoked the title of a newly ordained Catholic bishop.
December 10, 2012 - Reuters
Reuters: Islamic banks to expand, compete for mainstream clients: study
Islamic banks are set to expand as they compete increasingly with conventional lenders in attracting mainstream customers, according to a report by consultancy Ernst & Young released on Monday.
December 03, 2012 - The Los Angeles Times
LA Times: For Mormon feminists, progress 'with an asterisk'
When the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints recently reduced the age requirement for missionaries by one year for men, to 18, and by two years for women, to 19, the number of women applying to serve jumped five-fold.
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