Religion News on the Web
Selected religion-related news from around the Web
March 28, 2012
- The New York Times
NYT: Malaysian mosque Is also a methadone clinic
Every Monday and Thursday morning, the slightly built man rides the bus for an hour and a half from his home on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur to the Ar-Rahman mosque.
March 28, 2012
- The Associated Press
AP: Pope preaches more freedom in Cuba
Pope Benedict XVI demanded more freedom for the Catholic Church in communist-run Cuba and preached against "fanaticism" in an unusually political sermon Wednesday before hundreds of thousands at Revolution Plaza, with President Raul Castro in the front row.
March 26, 2012
- The Associated Press
AP: Israel to bar UN fact-finding team from entering
Israel cut working relations with the United Nations Human Rights
Council on Monday and will bar a U.N. team from entering Israel or the
West Bank for a planned investigation of Jewish settlements, the Foreign
Ministry said.
March 26, 2012
- The New York Times
NYT: Santorum fails to capture Catholic vote
Cathy Willauer, who is Roman Catholic and a mother of four, says that her religion is important to her and that she shares the same values as Rick Santorum.
March 25, 2012
- The New York Times
NYT: Wielding fire, Islamists target Nigeria schools
The teenager in the immaculate white robe stood in the ruins of
what had been his school. There were no classrooms, no desks or chairs,
no intact blackboards — there was, in fact, no longer any reason for him
to be there.
March 25, 2012
- The Christian Science Monitor
C.S. Monitor: A Bush-era victory in culture wars: faith-based initiatives
Federal budget cuts wiped out the $49 million Mentoring Children of Prisoners (MCP) program last September, effectively ending one of the signature domestic social service programs created under the George W. Bush administration's faith-based initiative.
March 23, 2012
- National Post
National Post: 'Destroy all the churches'
Imagine
if television evangelist Pat Robertson called for the demolition of all
the mosques in America. It would be front-page news. It would be on
every network and cable news program.