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November 23, 2011 - The New York Times
NYT: In Russian chill, waiting hours for touch of the holy: Virgin Mary belt relic draws crowds in Moscow
From morning all through the night, tens of thousands of Russians have been lining up since Saturday in the cold with just one aim: to kiss a glass-covered reliquary that they believe holds the Virgin Mary’s belt.
November 19, 2011 - The Guardian
Guardian: Teenage football fan stands up to Scotland's sectarian thugs
John Hynd has received death threats simply for joining a website campaigning against the sectarian divide in the west of Scotland. "I used to be a bigot," he says. "I'd go to the game – I'm a Rangers fan – and happily be singing Billy Boys along with my dad and his friends.
November 12, 2011 - The Economist
Economist: Your service or His?
Employer's name? “God.” His address? “Heaven.”
November 11, 2011 - The Daily Mail
Daily Mail: Poppy-burning group Muslims Against Crusades is banned by Home Secretary as members plan anti-Armistice Day protest
An extremist Muslim group who burned poppies have been formally banned by the state amid fears they were planning a 'Hell for Heroes' outrage today.
November 09, 2011 - International Business Times
International Business Times: Vatican: Banning Tintin book is ‘politically correct lunacy’
A Vatican newspaper has touted the comic book character Tintin as "a Catholic hero".
November 08, 2011 - Reuters
Reuters: Mitt Romney's French education
To understand why Mitt Romney persists in the face of rejection, opposition and indifference from his own party, look no further than the two and a half years he spent in France, getting up at 6:30 a.m. every day to venture forth and have doors slammed in his face for 10 hours.
November 08, 2011 - Reuters
Reuters: Church-backed abortion bill sparks protest in Russia
Women of all ages used to fill gynecologist Lyubov Yerofeyeva's Soviet state clinic, lined up by the dozen for back-to-back abortions.
November 02, 2011 - The Associated Press
AP: Fire at French newspaper after Muhammad issue
France's prime minister condemned an apparent arson attack early on Wednesday that destroyed the offices of a satirical French newspaper that had "invited" the Prophet Muhammad as a guest editor this week.
November 01, 2011 - The Associated Press
AP: Poland has largest gathering of rabbis since WWII
Dozens of rabbis from across Europe have gathered in Warsaw for the largest meeting of Jewish religious leaders in Poland since the community was virtually wiped out during World War II.
November 01, 2011 - NPR
NPR: Vatican to host stem cell research conference
A few years ago, Father Tomasz Trafny was brainstorming with other Vatican officials about what technologies would shape society, and how the Vatican could have an impact
October 29, 2011 - The Economist
Economist: Holy relevance
As Protestant Europe, in its own eyes virtuous and thrifty, wrestles with the debt problems of the continent’s Catholic and Orthodox countries, the idea that religious affiliation may influence the way people save, work and spend is more appealing than ever.
October 28, 2011 - The New York Times
NYT: British Monarchy scraps rule of male succession in new step to modernization
The 16 countries that recognize the British monarch as head of state struck a historic blow for women’s rights on Friday, abolishing male precedence in the order of succession to the throne.
October 27, 2011 - Reuters
Reuters: Pope expresses shame for Christian violence in history
Pope Benedict, leading a global inter-religious meeting, acknowledged on Thursday "with great shame" that Christianity had used force in its long history but said violence in God's name had no place in the world today.
October 26, 2011 - The Associated Press
AP: Pope won't take part in common prayers
Pope Benedict XVI has invited Jews, Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims to a pilgrimage at the Umbrian hilltop town of Assisi, but the leaders won't take part in common prayers as they did when summoned for a daylong prayer for peace by Pope John Paul II 25 years ago.
October 25, 2011 - The Daily Mail
Daily Mail: What IS going on in Britain's mosque schools? Beatings, humiliation and lessons in hating Britain
The punishment is almost medieval in its cruelty. Victims are forced to crouch down and hold their ears with their arms threaded under their legs.
October 19, 2011 - The New York Times
NYT: Islamist imagines a democratic future for Tunisia
For more than three decades, Rachid al-Ghannouchi has preached that pluralism, democracy and Islam are harmonious
October 18, 2011 - The Irish Times
Irish Times: Opinion: Atheists and religious alike seek to identify foundation of morality
In his Rite and Reason articles last July/August, Prof James Mackey’s central thesis is that the theory of evolution (which he describes as “Dawkins’s Darwinism”) is unfit to serve as a moral code for the human race.
October 17, 2011 - The Associated Press
AP: Vatican weighs in on cult-like group in Legion
The Vatican has proposed giving hundreds of women who live like nuns within the troubled Legion of Christ order greater autonomy after a Holy See investigation found serious problems in their regimented communities.
October 03, 2011 - The Straits Times
Straits Times: French curbs unveil rising tension over Islam
The Goutte d'Or used to be such a typical neighbourhood here that it prompted Emile Zola, one of France's most famous writers, to use it as the setting for a novel.
September 30, 2011 - The National Post
National Post: Best argument against mandatory celibacy for priests came out of Vatican II
The best argument against mandatory celibacy for priests comes straight out of Vatican II, the great council that opened the Roman Catholic Church to the world and turned greater attention to the one billion people who follow its teachings.
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