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April 10, 2012 - The Boston Herald
Boston Herald: Barack Obama faces pressure over same-sex marriage
President Barack Obama, who has fended off questions about his position on same-sex marriage for nearly a year and a half by saying his views are  "evolving," faces increasing pressure within his party as momentum builds to declare support for marriage equality in the party’s official platform.
April 10, 2012 - The Australian
Australian: Opinion: Atheists can't see that faith complements science
THIS week in Melbourne the 2012 Global Atheist Convention celebrates the triumph of reason over faith, of scientific rationalism over religious dogmatism. Or at least that's how participants would portray it.
April 10, 2012 - The Wall Street Journal
WSJ: Opinion: Islamists inside the gates
In one country after another, mass religious-inspired political movements have outmaneuvered weak liberal parties.
April 08, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: As states OK school vouchers, fight over public dollars for private education turns to courts
Students like Delano Coffy are at the heart of brewing political fights and court battles over whether public dollars should go to school vouchers to help make private schools more affordable.
April 08, 2012 - Chattanooga Times Free Press
Times Free Press: Southern Baptists seek fairness in national immigration debate
Twice before, the Southern Baptist Convention has called for the federal government to do something about illegal immigration.
April 08, 2012 - The Wall Street Journal
WSJ: Two deadly attacks hit in Nigeria
A car bomb exploded near a church in the Nigerian town of Kaduna on Sunday in the deadliest attack in months, killing dozens and likely dealing a fresh blow to peace talks between the government and militants.
April 08, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Pope marks Easter with call for Syria violence end
Pope Benedict XVI implored the Syrian regime Sunday to heed international demands to end the bloodshed and expressed hope that the joy of Easter will comfort Christian communities suffering because of their faith.
April 08, 2012 - The Christian Science Monitor
CS Monitor: A northern Iraqi Easter
In the small church of St. Addaie the Messenger, the crucifixion and resurrection, retold in the village for the past 2,000 years, was re-enacted in elaborate Easter celebrations by a community holding fast to its ancient traditions but uneasy about its future.
April 08, 2012 - The Telegraph
Telegraph: France election 2012: Islam takes centre stage in battle for France
Mounia Bassnaoui is living on the edge.
April 07, 2012 - The Economist
Economist: Doing well on parole
TUNISIA’S Islamist-led government boasts an unusual qualification. No fewer than ten cabinet members are former political prisoners.
April 07, 2012 - Los Angeles Times
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.
April 07, 2012 - The Guardian
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.
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 Times
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.
April 06, 2012 - The Guardian
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.
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 Washington Post
Wash. Post: Romney finally puts it all together
For the first time in a competitive primary, Mitt Romney won some elusive demographics.
April 04, 2012 - The Guardian
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.
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