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May 19, 2012 - The Scotsman
Scotsman: General Assembly: Church accused of facilitating worship of ‘false idols’
The church at the centre of the threatened schism in the Kirk over gay clergy was accused of encouraging the worship of ‘false idols’ on church property on the opening day of the General Assembly.
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 Irish Times
Irish Times: Opinion: Bible not the rule book on gay marriage
Diarmuid Martin, Catholic Archbishop of Dublin, was asked last week for his views on same-sex marriage. The question arose in the aftermath of the support Barack Obama voiced for same-sex marriage.
May 16, 2012 - The Daily Mail
Daily Mail: 'Dangerous atheists want to wipe out Christianity': Cardinal warns lack of belief fosters violence
The country’s most senior Roman Catholic warned yesterday that secular atheists mean to wipe out Christianity in Britain.
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 14, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Critics of Russian Orthodox Church say it's sold its soul to Putin
The skinny dissident is thrown headfirst into a police van by camouflage-clad officers.
May 09, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Vatican's bioethics advisory board asked to resign over conference
Members of the Vatican’s bioethics advisory panel have called for its board to resign after scientists who don’t support core church teaching on issues like birth control and infertility were featured at its annual conference.
May 08, 2012 - The Guardian
Guardian: Churchgoers and activists unite to announce 'pilgrimage for justice'
Ten weeks after the tents of Occupy movement were removed from outside St Paul's cathedral, a group has been launched seeking to cement the ties between churchgoers and activists with a march from London to Canterbury demanding social justice and greater economic equality.
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 Irish Times
Irish Times: Bill proposes full legal status for humanist weddings
THE GOVERNMENT is expected to agree today to back legislation giving humanists the same status as organised religions and civil registrars in conducting marriage ceremonies.
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.
April 30, 2012 - The Independent
Independent: Vatican 'accepted one billion lire' to bury crime boss in basilica next to former popes
The Vatican is facing a deepening controversy over the burial 22 years ago of a notorious crime boss, with reports emerging that the church accepted a one billion lire (£407,000) payment from the mobster's widow to allow his interment in a basilica.
April 30, 2012 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Geert Wilders of the Netherlands reveals a resurgent far right in Europe
Europe’s most controversial politician lives in a government safe house fitted with a panic room and guarded round the clock.
April 23, 2012 - Los Angeles Times
LA Times: Russians show support for Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill
Tens of thousands of people came to the square in front of a Moscow cathedral Sunday in a show of support for the Russian Orthodox Church, which is facing criticism for its close ties to the Kremlin and the wealth of its leaders.
April 22, 2012 - The Herald Scotland
The Herald: Respected Muslim leader warns: gay marriage threatens civilisation and the world's population
GAY marriage is not just a "grave sin" but a threat to civilisation itself, according to one of Scotland's most respected Muslim leaders.
April 22, 2012 - Los Angeles Times
LA Times: Russian Orthodox Church is in spiritual crisis, critics say
His unruly mane of white hair giving him the look of Moses, Father Georgy Edelstein struggled over the grayish snow that is the late-spring landscape of this barren village, heading to his church for Good Friday services.
April 21, 2012 - The Economist
Economist: Koran study
THE Gideons in Germany give away 2,000 Bibles a day and nobody complains.
April 19, 2012 - The Scotsman
Scotsman: Scottish council elections: Don’t vote for gay marriage backers, Muslims urged
Muslim religious leaders are urging people in their community not to vote for any candidate in the forthcoming council election who supports same-sex marriage.
April 18, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: Vatican reprimands a group of U.S. nuns and plans changes
The Vatican has appointed an American bishop to rein in the largest and most influential group of Catholic nuns in the United States, saying that an investigation found that the group had “serious doctrinal problems.”
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