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June 17, 2011 - Religion News Service
RNS: Rowan Williams sparks a political row in England
Nearly a millennium ago, four unruly knights crossed the English Channel from France and confronted the archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Becket, over his feud with King Henry II.
June 17, 2011 - The New York Times
NYT: Russia’s best-known gay activist has an uphill fight
At first glance, it seemed like a breakthrough for homosexual equality in Russia. After years of battling the authorities, here was Nikolai Alekseyev, Russia’s most visible gay-rights campaigner, on a popular prime-time debate show called “Duel” recently talking about plans to hold a gay pride rally in Moscow.
June 16, 2011 - The Times
The Times: Mass suicide fears as French worry that it's Apocalypse, now
So many people in France believe that the world is about to end that a government agency yesterday alerted the country to the risk of mass suicides by converts to prophesies of imminent Armageddon.
June 14, 2011 - Irish Times
Irish Times: Attention needs to be paid to spiritual needs
A lack of respect, dignity, compassion and failure to look beyond the clinical condition is evident in nursing today, according to a senior lecturer in nursing who spoke at a conference in Dublin at the weekend.
June 14, 2011 - The Associated Press
AP: Eastern Europe new battleground in Mideast rift
Warsaw and Prague might seem like unlikely battlegrounds in the Middle East conflict.
June 08, 2011 - The Guardian
Guardian: Bill limiting sharia law is motivated by 'concern for Muslim women'
Islamic courts would be forced to acknowledge the primacy of English law under a bill being introduced in the House of Lords.
June 06, 2011 - The Independent
The Independent: Cameron's Cabinet split on Islamic extremist crackdown
A crackdown on Islamist extremists, centring on a ban on hardline groups at universities, is set to be approved this week by David Cameron.
June 06, 2011 - The New York Times
NYT: Rabbi praises Spain's progress in Jewish relations
To mark the first visit to Granada by a Jewish religious leader since Jews were expelled from Spain over five centuries ago, the city authorities had hoped to be host to a luncheon for Shlomo Moshe Amar, the Sephardic chief rabbi of Israel.
June 05, 2011 - The Associated Press
AP: Pope denounces 'disintegration' of Europe families
Pope Benedict XVI wrapped up his visit to Croatia on Sunday by denouncing the "disintegration" of family life in Europe and calling for couples to make a commitment to marry and have children, not just live together.
June 04, 2011 - The Irish Times
Irish Times: Our 256,000 (and counting) atheists, agnostics, humanists and non-religious
A few weeks ago Brian Whiteside of the Humanist Association of Ireland addressed a gathering that included Taoiseach Enda Kenny, Minister for Justice Alan Shatter as well as various religious leaders.
June 04, 2011 - The Guardian
Guardian: PM wins row with Nick Clegg over crackdown on Muslim extremists
David Cameron will emerge as the victor from a bitter cabinet battle over multiculturalism this week as the government unveils a hardline approach to tackling Islamist extremism.
June 03, 2011 - The Associated Press
AP: Pope heads to Balkans with pro-EU message
Pope Benedict XVI heads to the Balkans this weekend with a pro-European Union message for a region being forced to account for its bloody past to join the EU bloc.
May 31, 2011 - The Associated Press
AP: UK delays release of anti-terror cartoon movie
It was supposed to be a warning about the perils of joining the international jihad. But those behind "Wish You Waziristan" — a cartoon take on two young Britons' tortured journey to the heart of the Taliban insurgency — say officials have put the brakes on their government-funded counter-extremism project after being spooked by negative press.
May 30, 2011 - The Associated Press
AP: Russia's church, lawmakers want to limit abortion
Russia's Orthodox Church teamed with Conservative parliamentarians Monday to push legislation that would radically restrict abortions in a nation struggling to cope with one of the world's lowest birthrates.
May 29, 2011 - The Star
Star: Malta votes ‘yes’ to divorce in referendum
This deeply religious island nation has shaken the Roman Catholic Church by voting in favour of legalizing divorce.
May 27, 2011 - The Associated Press
AP: Vatican convenes AIDS experts amid condom flap
The Vatican has invited AIDS experts from around the world to a two-day symposium on preventing HIV and caring for people with the virus, just months after the pope made international headlines with his comments about condoms and AIDS.
May 25, 2011 - The New York Times
NYT: A statue of Pope John Paul II brings out the critic in Italians
The backdrop may be the Termini train station, but the chatter these days evokes a Damien Hirst opening.
May 25, 2011 - The Guardian
The Guardian: Pope ousts 'loose living' monks of Rome's Santa Croce monastery
It sounds like something out of Father Ted: a renowned monastery in Rome where monks staged concerts featuring a lap-dancer-turned-nun and opened a hotel with a 24-hour limousine service has been shut down by the pope.
May 23, 2011 - The Scotsman
The Scotsman: Church at crossroads over issue of gays in the clergy
THE Church of Scotland will today face one of its biggest crises in 150 years as a vote on gay clergy could drive the Kirk into schism with the loss of thousands of ministers, elders and members.
May 23, 2011 - Daily Mail
Daily Mail: Christian doctor who prescribed faith in Jesus fights for his job
A Christian GP is facing the threat of being struck off for suggesting a patient could find solace in Jesus.
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