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September 03, 2011 - The Associated Press
AP: Vatican rejects Irish criticism over sex abuse
The Vatican on Saturday vigorously rejected claims it sabotaged efforts by Irish bishops to report priests who sexually abused children to police and accused the Irish prime minister of making an "unfounded" attack against the Holy See.
August 30, 2011 - The Irish Times
Irish Times: Opinion: Missionary movement must take a hard look at its modern self
As a new television series on “radical” Irish missionaries reminds us, Irish clergy once played an important role at the forefront of an international social justice movement.
August 28, 2011 - The Guardian
Guardian: Christian activists poised to win concessions on abortion after 40 years
Cliff Richard was a supporter while other luminaries included Mary Whitehouse, Salvation Army leaders and senior clergy. Even Prince Charles sent his "good wishes".
August 27, 2011 - The New York Times
NYT: Opinion: Imagining the downside of immortality
Imagine nobody dies. All of a sudden, whether through divine intervention or an elixir slipped into the water supply, death is banished.
August 27, 2011 - The Times
Times: Pope’s spiritual message remains huge draw for the young
Some 3,200 young Britons flew to Madrid last week for World Youth Day, a festival begun in 1985 by John Paul II.
August 25, 2011 - The Guardian
Guardian: Roma campaigners dismiss Brussels' claim on evictions and expulsions
A year after a succession of countries in Europe began breaking up Roma encampments and expelling hundreds of EU citizens back mainly to Romania, the European commission has claimed it is winning the battle to protect citizens' right to free movement across the bloc.
August 23, 2011 - The Australian
The Australian: British campaigner battles media's cone of silence on sharia law
IN Britain, Maryam Namazie's campaign against sharia law has earned her plenty of hate mail.
August 21, 2011 - The Associated Press
AP: Pope to pilgrims: spread faith as youth fest ends
Pope Benedict XVI urged more than 1.5 million young people to become missionaries for the faith Sunday, giving them words of encouragement as he concluded a glitch-marred church youth festival and announced that the next edition will be in Rio de Janeiro in 2013.
August 21, 2011 - The New York Times
NYT: Pope urges pilgrims in Spain to stay true to their beliefs
Pope Benedict XVI closed the religious ceremonies of World Youth Day on Sunday with a giant Mass in which he told young people to “swim against the tide” and abide by the principles of the Catholic Church despite broader changes in society.
August 19, 2011 - The Associated Press
AP: Pope laments 'amnesia' about God during Spain trip
Pope Benedict XVI complained Friday that modern society has a certain "amnesia" about God as he lamented the dwindling of the faith during a visit to Spain, a once staunchly Catholic country that has seen the church's grip on society fall dramatically since the end of the Fascist dictatorship of Francisco Franco.
August 18, 2011 - The Associated Press
AP: Pope demands greater ethics in economic policy
Pope Benedict XVI has denounced the profit-at-all-cost mentality that he says is behind Europe's current economic crisis, and says morals and ethics must play a greater role in formulating economic policy in the future.
August 15, 2011 - The Independent
The Independent: Madrileños up in arms at cost of Pope's visit
Preparations in Madrid for the impending visit of Pope Benedict XVI have been marred by protests among locals at the vast sums of money being spent on the event.
August 15, 2011 - The New York Times
NYT: Catholic clergy protest Pope’s visit, and its price tag
The Rev. Eubilio Rodríguez’s church is a prefabricated building in an area of this city hard hit by Spain’s economic crisis. In front of the altar are a few scraggly potted plants. Behind it, some plastic chairs.
August 15, 2011 - The New York Times
NYT: Czech leader is isolated in opposing gay parade
President Vaclav Klaus is known for frankly voicing his opinions, and finding popular support.
August 15, 2011 - Newsweek
Newsweek: 'A violent convulsion of kids on holiday from high school'
Few British mosques are places of mosaic or minaret. They are not fine buildings from which muezzins call. They are the adapted back rooms or upstairs quarters of working-class Muslims.
August 13, 2011 - The Irish Times
Irish Times: 800 young Irish pilgrims set off for Madrid to celebrate World Youth Day
CLOSE TO 800 pilgrims from all over Ireland will travel to Madrid this weekend for World Youth Day, which begins on Tuesday in the Spanish capital.
August 13, 2011 - The New York Times
NYT: Amid rise of multiculturalism, Dutch confront their questions of identity
Anders Behring Breivik, the Norwegian who admitted to mass killings last month, was obsessed with Islam and had high praise for the Netherlands, an important test case in the resurgence of the anti-immigrant right in northern Europe.
August 10, 2011 - The Daily Star
Daily Star: Opinion: Too thin a line separates Breivik from intolerant populists
Let us assume, for the sake of argument, that Geert Wilders, the Dutch politician who is convinced that Europe is “in the final stages of Islamization,” is right: Anders Breivik, the Norwegian mass murderer, is mad.
August 03, 2011 - The Associated Press
AP: In Nordics, ethnic tensions beneath placid surface
He feared immigrants, kept a victims' list that included a famous black hip-hop artist, and allegedly stalked his targets with a gun.
August 01, 2011 - The Toronto Star
Toronto Star: Trail of hatred leads to anti-Muslim views
Norway is burying its 77 dead after an unprecedented terrorist attack. The Norwegian Police Security Service said that the massacre was “unique,” and would not boost the levels of threat from extremist political groups.
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