Religion News on the Web
Selected religion-related news from around the Web
June 09, 2012
- The Economist
Economist: Sweetened charity
“IT MUST be borne in mind,” Britain’s chancellor of the exchequer told the House of Commons in his budget speech, “that in every case exemption means a relief to A at the charge of B.”
June 07, 2012
- The Washington Post
Wash. Post: In Mali, an Islamist extremist haven takes shape
A vast new sanctuary is emerging for al-Qaeda’s African followers in the desert wastelands of northern Mali, where Tuareg secessionists, allied with extremist Muslim guerrillas, have shaken off government rule and declared an independent Islamist state.
May 28, 2012
- The Associated Press
AP: Pope's butler vows to help Vatican scandal probe
The biggest scandal to rock the Vatican in decades widened Monday with the pope's butler, arrested for allegedly having confidential documents in his home, agreeing to cooperate with investigators — raising the specter that higher-ranking ecclesial heads may soon roll.
May 19, 2012
- The Associated Press
AP: Vatican calls leak 'criminal'
The Vatican has denounced as "criminal" a new book of leaked internal documents that shed light on power struggles inside the Holy See and the thinking of its embattled top banker, and warned that it would take legal action against those responsible.
May 16, 2012
- The Guardian
Guardian: Money becomes new church battleground
The Rev Paul Perkin seemed bewildered by the question: what was
his take on the latest scheme for conservative evangelical churches to
withhold money from the rest of the Church of England in order to keep
it out of the hands of liberals, gay people or women priests?
May 04, 2012
- National Post
National Post: Whipping boy
In the summer of 2011, a horrendous mass murder occurred in Norway, with more than 90 people, most of them teenagers and even children, being slaughtered in a co-ordinated bomb and gun attack.
May 04, 2012
- Los Angeles Times
LA Times: Russian gay activist fined for promoting homosexuality
The founder of the Moscow gay pride movement was convicted Friday of promoting homosexuality and fined $167 in the first prosecution under a controversial new St. Petersburg municipal law that human rights activists have denounced as homophobic.
May 01, 2012
- The Times
The Times: Why more women are becoming nuns
Until recently, nuns in Britain had fallen out of the habit. In parts of the country, years went by without any women seeking to get themselves to a nunnery.