pewforum.org Religion News on the Web

Religion News on the Web

Selected religion-related news from around the Web

Filters

reset filters
January 21, 2013 - The New York Times
NYT: At Stanford, clinical training for defense of religious liberty
Backed by two conservative groups, Stanford Law School has opened the nation’s only clinic devoted to religious liberty, an indication both of where the church-state debate has moved and of the growth in hands-on legal education.
January 21, 2013 - The Los Angeles Times
LA Times: Republican allies advocate for immigration reform
Traditional pillars of the Republican base, such as police groups, evangelical pastors and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, have begun to push skeptical GOP lawmakers to change federal immigration laws to allow most of the nation's 11 million illegal immigrants to apply for legal status.
January 20, 2013 - The Associated Press
AP: Religious tensions play out in inaugural
There may be no clearer reflection of this moment in American religious life than the tensions surrounding prayers at President Barack Obama's inauguration.
January 19, 2013 - The New York Times
NYT: Jihadists’ surge in North Africa reveals grim side of Arab spring
As the uprising closed in around him, the Libyan dictator Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi warned that if he fell, chaos and holy war would overtake North Africa.
January 18, 2013 - The National Post
National Post: Canadian deans accused of ‘anti-religious bias’ over attempt to block Christian law school
Canadian law deans are harbouring an “anti-religious bias” in their bid to block a prominent evangelical university from opening the country’s first Christian law school, according to supporters of the school, which has students and faculty follow a strict moral code.
January 18, 2013 - The Associated Press
AP: As Tibet burns, China makes arrests, seizes TVs
Chinese authorities are responding to an intensified wave of Tibetan self-immolation protests against Chinese rule by clamping down even harder — criminalizing the suicides, arresting protesters' friends and even confiscating thousands of satellite TV dishes.
January 17, 2013 - The Houston Chronicle
Houston Chronicle: Watchdog faults Bible courses in public schools
More than 50 Texas school districts now offer Bible courses, but poor implementation of legislative guidelines has led to a conservative Christian bias and other problems, according to a report released Wednesday.
January 16, 2013 - USA Today
USA Today: Gay-marriage supporters take aim at the South
Same-sex couples across the South have taken the fight for marriage equality directly to the people enforcing the laws.
January 16, 2013 - Reuters
Reuters: Some Uruguayan doctors refuse to perform abortions despite law
Fierce opposition to abortion among many Uruguayan gynecologists is overshadowing the implementation of a new law legalizing the procedure in the mainly Roman Catholic South American nation.
January 15, 2013 - The Associated Press
AP: Court: BA discriminated against Christian staffer
Religious freedom is a right but not an absolute one, Europe's top court said Tuesday, ruling that British Airways discriminated against a devoutly Christian employee by making her remove her crucifix, but backing a U.K. charity that fired a marriage counselor who refused to give sex therapy to gay couples.
January 15, 2013 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: O’Malley to announce sponsorship of death penalty repeal bill in Maryland
Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley plans to announce Tuesday that he will put the full weight of his office behind repealing the death penalty, a move that could tip the balance on an issue that has sharply divided the legislature for years.
January 14, 2013 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Roe at 40: ‘It’s never been this frightening before.’
On a cold morning before dawn, one of the nation’s oldest abortion clinics is getting ready for its newest patients.
January 14, 2013 - The New York Times
NYT: Morsi’s slurs against Jews stir concern
Nearly three years ago, a leader of the Muslim Brotherhood delivered a speech urging Egyptians to “nurse our children and our grandchildren on hatred” for Jews and Zionists.
January 14, 2013 - The Associated Press
AP: RI coalition rallies support for gay marriage
Gov. Lincoln Chafee joined top labor officials and several religious leaders Monday in launching what they hope is the final push to allow gay and lesbian couples to marry in Rhode Island.
January 12, 2013 - The Economist
Economist: The knack of organisation
A LIBYAN official proudly shows pictures of his one-year-old triplet daughters on his mobile phone: polka-dotted veils hide the hair of all three, even though Muslim tradition suggests that girls need not cover up until puberty.
January 12, 2013 - The Telegraph
Telegraph: Christians face judgement day in Strasbourg 'right to wear the cross' case
Judges at Strasbourg will rule on Tuesday whether four Christians were discriminated against at work, including two women who claim they were forced out of their jobs for wearing the cross.
January 11, 2013 - The San Francisco Chronicle
SF Chronicle: Contraception coverage heads to high court
In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's narrow decision to uphold the federal health care law, another challenge to the mandate for insurance coverage is headed toward the court.
January 11, 2013 - The Associated Press
AP: Cleric return jolts Pakistan politics before vote
To his supporters, Tahir-ul-Qadri is a savior of Pakistan's fragile democracy who will right the country ahead of elections expected to take place this spring.
January 10, 2013 - The Associated Press
AP: Poll: Most of Ireland favors wider abortion access
Most people in Ireland want lawmakers to give women wider access to abortion, a poll revealed Thursday as senior clerics testified before a parliamentary committee investigating Ireland's ban on the practice.
January 10, 2013 - Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune: Lipinski mentioned as next Vatican envoy
As President Barack Obama tries to avoid fallout from his Cabinet and national security nominations, one potentially controversial post remains vacant.
Page 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13