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October 09, 2012 - Los Angeles Times
LAT: Biden-Ryan debate highlights nation's Catholic political divide
Dr. Jack Dolehide remembers the trinity on display in his boyhood home in Chicago in the 1960s: There, in the center, was an iconic image of Jesus. On one side, Mayor Richard J. Daley, the city's legendary Democratic boss. On the other, President Kennedy.
October 08, 2012 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: In Missouri, clergy in the fray of Akin race, seeing it as start of a ‘battle for the soul’ of GOP
Nearly 400 Missouri pastors gathered at the podium of a hotel ballroom recently to pray over the kneeling figure of Rep. Todd Akin, a Senate candidate whose campaign had been pronounced dead by national Republican leaders weeks before.
October 08, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: Radicalism prompts warnings in France
Jewish and Muslim leaders here warned on Monday of rising anti-Semitism among young Muslims, two days after the police arrested 11 men and fatally shot one in raids in a handful of cities aimed at young radical French Muslims.
October 07, 2012 - Reuters
Reuters: Hundreds of pastors back political candidates, defy tax rules
Baptist Pastor Mark Harris stood before his flock in North Carolina on Sunday and joined hundreds of other religious leaders in deliberately breaking the law in an election-year campaign that tests the role of churches in politics.
October 05, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: German Catholic Church links tax to the sacraments
It is a paradox of modern Germany that church and state remain so intimately tied.
October 01, 2012 - The Los Angeles Times
LA Times: Daystar, TBN ready for Messiah in Jerusalem
If the Messiah descends from the Mount of Olives as foretold in the Bible, America's two biggest Christian broadcasters are well-positioned to cover it live thanks to recent acquisitions of adjacent Jerusalem studios on a hill overlooking the Old City.
September 28, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: No tax, no blessing: German church insists on levy
The road to heaven is paved with more than good intentions for Germany's 24 million Catholics.
September 26, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Uruguay lawmakers narrowly approve legalizing abortion, ground-breaking step in Latin America
Legislators have voted in Uruguay by a razor-thin margin to legalize abortion.
September 16, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Multiple personalities of the Muslim rage
At the height of the latest Islamic rage, one of the Muslim world's first media-celebrity imams told worshippers they were indeed witnessing a clash of civilizations. But just not the kind you think.
September 09, 2012 - The Mail
The Mail: BBC resists calls to have atheists on Radio 4's Thought for the Day 'God Slot'
Atheists will not be invited to speak on the BBC's religious programme, Thought for the Day, despite repeated calls by secular groups.
September 07, 2012 - The Telegraph
Telegraph: Vatican official says Israel fostering intolerance of Christianity
Police inaction and an educational culture that encourages Jewish children to treat Christians with "contempt" has made life increasingly "intolerable" for many, Fr Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Custodian of the Holy Land, said.
September 03, 2012 - The Christian Science Monitor
CS Monitor: Korean 'messiah' leaves behind religious and business empire
The Rev. Moon Sun-myung, who called himself the “messiah” and founded a global religious movement as well as far-flung business interests, died Monday at his Unification Church complex east of South Korea's capital, Seoul, surrounded by family members and well-wishers.
September 01, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: In a Ban, a Measure of European Tolerance
During a recent protest in Marseille, seven people were suddenly surrounded by the police, bundled into a van and brought in for questioning.
August 30, 2012 - The Philadelphia Inquirer
Philadelphia Inquirer: Romney evokes pride among Mormons
An old Mormon folk tale envisions a day when the U.S. Constitution "will hang by a thread," only to be saved by Mormons.
August 18, 2012 - The Economist
Economist: The online ummah
FOR one household a cannon blast signals the end of the daily fast during the holy Islamic month of Ramadan, just as it has done for many years.
August 18, 2012 - The Economist
Economist: Earthly concerns
OF ALL the organisations that serve America’s poor, few do more good work than the Catholic church: its schools and hospitals provide a lifeline for millions.
August 16, 2012 - Religion News Service
RNS: Muslim immigrants at home key to U.S. image abroad
After four years of living in the U.S., Mohamed Jedeh is anxious to return to his native Libya.
August 15, 2012 - The Korea Herald
Korea Herald: Opening a door to traditional Korean culture
Buddhism is not just a religion in Korea. It is an integral cultural asset that has substantially contributed to the development of the country’s tradition and arts for the last 1,700 years.
August 10, 2012 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Opinion: In an America with so many religions, what does religious freedom mean?
In the United States, Muslim women trying to maintain modesty should get female-only hours at the public pool, right?
August 08, 2012 - The Toronto Star
Toronto Star: Controversial United Church proposal on Israeli settlements to be debated at General Council
Members of the United Church of Canada and Canadian Jewish community leaders fear a hardening of relations or, at worst, an irrevocable rift between the two religious groups should a controversial proposal to boycott Israeli settlement goods be accepted at the United Church’s 41st General Council next week.
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