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Selected religion-related news from around the Web
LA Times: Obama praised – and pummeled – on matters of faith
President Obama stood before an audience of distinguished Christian clergy and lay leaders and took on the mantle of pastor in chief.
Guardian: Religious people are more likely to be leftwing, says thinktank Demos
"We don't do God," Alastair Campbell famously insisted when journalists pressed the former prime minister, Tony Blair, on matters of faith.
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.
The Times: Sentamu is urged to find faith in himself as leader who can unite troubled Church
Outside of the west end of York Minster tomorrow, 13 willing volunteers from local churches will be submerged in a tank of water in a series of open-air baptisms that have become a hallmark of Dr John Sentamu's time in the Church of England's northern province.
Guardian: Mali rebels declare independence in north as fears grow over extremist links
Tuareg rebels who swept across the deserts of northern Mali in the aftermath of a coup in the country's capital have attempted to consolidate their power in the region, declaring an independent nation.
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.
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.
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.
Wash. Post: Romney finally puts it all together
For the first time in a competitive primary, Mitt Romney won some elusive demographics.
Guardian: Opinion: David Cameron the Christian embraces a moderate religious patriotism
When David Cameron talks about "we Christians" at a Downing Street reception, almost the last explanation that would occur to anyone is that he is being sincere.
Wash. Post: The two views on India’s Narendra Modi
He is widely touted as a possible future prime minister of India, but he is a pariah in much of the Western world.
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.
Korea Herald: Opinion: Anti-Semitic hate crimes in Europe
Rabbi Shneur Kesselman estimates that he has been the victim of 100 or so anti-Semitic confrontations since he arrived in the southern Swedish city of Malm in 2004.
Globe and Mail: Octogenarian Islamist cleric an unlikely revolutionary
At 86 years old, ghost-like, hard of hearing and dependent on eye drops to blink, Sheik Yusuf al-Qaradawi is an unlikely revolutionary.
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.
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.
Toronto star: Kitchen appliances help observant Jews keep kosher
A $50 kitchen appliance feature has become the answer to a millennia-old challenge for observant Jews.
Salt Lake Tribune: Book: Fears of anti-Mormon backlash haunt Romney aides
Mitt Romney’s aides were so worried about an anti-Mormon backlash against their candidate in Iowa that they may have missed a more immediate threat: Rick Santorum.
South China Morning Post: Minorities tested to the limit
Eltilib Saga says she is facing an uphill battle to enter university.
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.
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