Religion News on the Web
Selected religion-related news from around the Web
April 06, 2012
- The Associated Press
AP: Gaza militants say they'll adhere to cease-fire
A Palestinian militant leader said Friday that his group is adhering to a cease-fire that stopped a barrage of rockets and air strikes between Israel and the Gaza Strip last month.
April 06, 2012
- The Wall Street Journal
WSJ: Cuban dissenters find a niche in church
Last year, as Libyan rebels fought Moammar Gadhafi, Fidel Castro took to his state-run newspaper Granma to defend the dictator as a revolutionary hero.
April 05, 2012
- The Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune: 'Personhood' becomes ground for debate in Naperville
When Katie O'Connor and her husband thought about having a child through in vitro fertilization two years ago, they knew that the technique — which often results in the destruction of surplus embryos — went against the teachings of the Catholic Church in which they had been raised.
April 05, 2012
- The New York Times
NYT: Catholic fund cuts off aid over groups’ affiliations
For three years now, Compañeros, a small nonprofit organization in rural southwestern Colorado, has received thousands of dollars from the Roman Catholic Church to help poor Hispanic immigrants with basic needs including access to health care and guidance on local laws.
April 04, 2012
- The Moscow Times
Moscow Times: Church looks for place to put its homeless tent
Snow came down Tuesday, an unwelcome and unexpected April shower, the tail end of a harsh winter that has seemingly decided to never end — temperatures are predicted to go down to minus 7 degrees Celsius on Thursday night.
April 03, 2012
- The Boston Globe
Boston Globe: Massachusetts leads fight on right to marry
Massachusetts will once again take center stage in the national debate over same-sex marriage as the state becomes the first to go before a United States appeals court to challenge a federal law that defines marriage as a union only of a man and a woman.
April 03, 2012
- The Associated Press
AP: Clergy group to air ad against AL immigration law
Ahead of Easter and Passover, faith leaders across Alabama have asked state lawmakers to hear "the cries of their people", reflect and revise what they deem the toughest-in-the-nation immigration law.
April 02, 2012
- Irish Times
Irish Times: French Catholic school a refuge for Muslims
It’s the Friday before mid-term break at Tour Sainte, and there’s a giddy mood in the yard as the children file out past Stéphane Thiébaut, the school principal. “Bonnes vacances,” he calls out to the parents and teachers milling about in the spring sunshine.