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May 05, 2011 - The Christian Science Monitor
CS Monitor: National Day of Prayer a testament to America's uniqueness, backers say
Black activist Najee Ali will be attending Muslim services at Bilal Islamic Center in Los Angeles, where after standard prayers, a speaker will briefly address the killing of Osama bin Laden.
May 04, 2011 - Religion News Service
RNS: Reformed denominations join to plant churches
The Reformed Church in America and the Christian Reformed Church are joining together after they split more than 150 years ago to launch a church planting project in four "test areas" across the U.S.
May 04, 2011 - The Kansas City Star
Kansas City Star: Jehovah’s Witness can get bloodless liver transplant
The state of Kansas violated a Jehovah’s Witness’ constitutional right to exercise her religious faith when it denied her request for an out-of-state liver transplant, a state appeals court ruled Wednesday.
May 02, 2011 - Religion News Service
RNS: Is it OK to cheer Osama bin Laden's death?
Jesus said "love your enemies." If only he had said how we should react when they die at our own hands.
April 29, 2011 - Religion News Service
RNS: Feminist pioneer challenges Orthodox patriarchy
Tova Hartman opens the door to her apartment with a warm smile, speaking softly and casually dressed. With her down-to-earth femininity, she doesn't exactly look like a rabble-rouser within Orthodox Judaism.
April 24, 2011 - Greenville News
Greenville News: Changes underway in religious landscape
On Sundays, Shane Vanhook and his wife, Brandy, sit in a pew at Russell Memorial Presbyterian Church on Greenville's west side.
April 24, 2011 - The Christian Science Monitor
CS Monitor: Easter Sunday: Where did Obama go to church?
On a bright Easter morning in Washington, President Obama and his family attended the Shiloh Baptist Church.
April 22, 2011 - The Associated Press
AP:Penitent Filipinos nailed to crosses in Good Friday rite rejected by Catholic church leaders
At least 24 Filipinos were nailed to wooden crosses to re-enact Jesus Christ's suffering in a local Good Friday rite rejected by Catholic church leaders but witnessed by throngs of believers and thousands of tourists.
April 21, 2011 - The New York Times
NYT: Hindus find a Ganges in Queens, to park rangers’ dismay
It was just after dawn last Sunday when a pair of pilgrims lighted incense on the shore and dropped two coconuts into the sacred waters, otherwise known as Jamaica Bay.
April 20, 2011 - The Daily Mail
The Daily Mail: Muslims give backing to Christian electrician persecuted for cross in van
Hindu, Muslim and Sikh leaders last night offered support to electrician Colin Atkinson who faces the sack for making a stand over his Christian beliefs.
April 20, 2011 - The Associated Press
AP: Traditions foil fire exit at Jerusalem church
Thousands of Christian believers will fill the medieval chambers of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem on Saturday for a ritual known as the Holy Fire, packed shoulder to shoulder and holding burning candles as pilgrims have done for centuries
April 20, 2011 - The Economist
The Economist: A date with God: Holy fires and calendrical quibbles
Religions have a rum relationship with calendars. They invite people to enter a reality that transcends all the limitations of time, space and finitude; yet faiths are often disputatiously obsessed with pinning down the precise moment at which certain cosmically important events occurred or should be celebrated.
April 19, 2011 - The Globe and Mail
Globe and Mail: Fears of uprisings prompt China’s Easter crackdown
The days leading up to Easter are always a sombre time for Christians. But this year in Beijing, many believers have the added concern of not knowing if or where they’ll be allowed to celebrate the holiest day of the year on the Christian calendar.
April 19, 2011 - Kansas City Star
Kansas City Star: Jehovah’s Witness sues Kansas for bloodless transplant
As much as Mary Stinemetz wants to live, she’s ready to die for her faith.
April 18, 2011 - The Independent
The Independent: Will the last person to leave the Church of England please turn out the lights
As the faithful look forward to Easter and the Archbishop of Canterbury prepares to officiate at the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, it may seem inappropriate to be discussing the future of his Church.
April 17, 2011 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: At some Virginia churches, guns are an invisible part of the routine
Parishioners carried Bibles in embroidered cases, babies with ribbons in their hair, and flutes, violins and sheet music into Immanuel Bible Church for Palm Sunday services.
April 16, 2011 - The Morning Call
Morning Call: Want to join Central's honor society? Better go to church
Jacob Ross thought he had it in the bag.
April 15, 2011 - The Tennessean
The Tennessean: Suit over prayer day is dismissed
A federal appeals court on Thursday threw out a ruling that the National Day of Prayer is unconstitutional and ordered that a lawsuit challenging President Barack Obama’s right to proclaim the day be dismissed.
April 14, 2011 - Religion News Service
RNS: Court dismisses challenge to National Day of Prayer
The law calling for an annual National Day of Prayer imposes solely on the duties of the U.S. president, leaving private citizens no legal standing to challenge it, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday (April 14).
April 13, 2011 - Religion News Service
RNS: At interfaith families group, a rabbi does the Easter sermon
On the second night of Passover, Rabbi Harold White will lead a traditional seder dinner with matzoh and bitter herbs and all the trimmings. Five days later, he'll deliver the sermon on Easter Sunday.
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