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Selected religion-related news from around the Web
Toronto Star: Saudi Arabia's spot on the board of UN Women a sad joke
It took years to make the United Nations' newest agency, UN Women, a reality, and then just one day to effectively kill it.
NYT: Housewives of God
Priscilla Shirer’s marriage appears to be just the sort of enlightened partnership that would make feminists cheer.
Philadelphia Inquirer: Local black clergy unite to fight HIV/AIDS
The question is posed on billboards by some of the region's most prominent black Baptist, A.M.E., and Muslim clergy: We Have Been Tested for HIV. Have You?
Wash. Post: Greek town becomes flash point in war against Muslim immigrants
This little farming town on the edge of Europe, where the crosses of Greek Orthodox churches face Turkey's minarets scarcely a mile away, has become the latest battleground in the continent's war against a flood of unwanted immigrants from the strife-torn Muslim world.
AP: Pope heads to a less Catholic Spain amid protests
Pope Benedict XVI meets Spain's Facebook generation this weekend  - setting up a clash of values and lifestyles in a once-staunchly Catholic nation that has become one of Europe's most liberal.
WSJ: Tales from the crypt: To attract new blood, church joins club scene
The crypt of the Basilica di San Carlo al Corso near St. Peter's Square has boasted tombs of cardinals for centuries. Today it is taking on a livelier vibe.
AP: U.N. investigator: Migrants suffer worst racism
Migrants in Europe, the United States and many other parts of the world are subjected to the worst forms of racial discrimination and xenophobia, a U.N. independent investigator said Monday.
Columbus Dispatch: Rally tries to build bridges
They marched in silence, more than 150 of them.
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: Conference to preach diversity in pews
An Arkansas group is spearheading a groundbreaking international conference next week to promote greater diversity among Christians.
Irish Times: It's hell out there as games tackle religious themes
Games developers have been criticised for having a negative attitude to religion, though the subject is taken seriously, writes Joe Griffin.
Associated Baptist Press: Evangelical leader says rise of Hispanic evangelicals influencing immigration debate

The immigration debate has drawn Latinos into the public square more fully than ever before -- and Hispanic Protestants in particular -- Gabriel Salguero, a noted Latino evangelical author and thinker, recently told an audience at Mercer University.

The Australian: Religious baby boom primed to send shock waves through secular world

We know about the aging of developed countries and the number of people on the move, but the figures can still startle.

Dallas Morning News: San Juan Diego Catholic Church parishioners joining Dallas Area Interfaith vote effort
For many of the parishioners of San Juan Diego Catholic Church in northwest Dallas, fear is proving to be a great motivator.
WSJ: Settlements are hurdle to talks

Naftali Bennett, a former chief of staff who helped Benjamin Netanyahu four years ago on his path back to the premiership, is now threatening to undermine his old boss's Mideast peace efforts.

Chicago Tribune: Many faces under the hijab

In the photo, Heba Abbasi has just emerged from the water after one leg of the Chicago Triathlon. Wearing a long-sleeved shirt and pants, she contrasts with the athlete in spandex shorts and a form-fitting tank top ahead of her.

Arizona Republic: Catholic church ordains woman as priest

A woman was ordained as a Catholic priest in the Valley on Saturday in the kind of ceremony the Vatican recently condemned as one of the church's most serious crimes.

Tennessean: 'Almost Christian' teens trouble church scholars

God loves you and wants you to be happy. Be nice to other people and pray if you get into trouble.

AP: Activist targets evangelicals on immigration

A handwritten sign on the church door announces the event where Matthew Soerens, fluent in Spanish, the Bible and the nation's immigration laws, will try to win converts.

NY Times: Tribute to Mary brings worshippers to the streets

Without doubt, many more people line the sidewalks to see the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Manhattan than to watch the St. Mary Malankara Indian Orthodox Church’s annual Assumption Day Parade, which began here on Sunday with the usual blowing of the kumbu horn and the dancing of the koladi by the congregation’s teenage girls, dressed in saris and banging sticks.

Columbus Dispatch: Religious debate will outlive woes of runaway convert

A year ago today, Rifqa Bary spent her 17th birthday in foster care in Florida, hundreds of miles from her parents.

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