Religion News on the Web
Selected religion-related news from around the Web
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.
April 02, 2012
- The New York Times
NYT: Czech Government's plan to return Church lands stirs resistance
A blockbuster bill wending its way through the Czech Parliament would, if passed as envisioned this spring, transact one of the biggest property deals in any former Soviet bloc country by restoring more than half of church property nationalized after the Communists seized power in 1948.
March 31, 2012
- The Associated Press
AP: Cuba declares Good Friday a holiday this year after Pope Benedict appeal
The Associated Press
AP: Cuba declares Good Friday a holiday this year after Pope Benedict appeal
Paul Haven
2012-03-31
HAVANA — Cuba has honored an appeal by Pope Benedict XVI and declared
next week’s Good Friday a holiday for the first time since the early
days following the island’s 1959 Revolutio
March 31, 2012
- The Associated Press
AP: Bosnian minorities push for right to be prez
Dervo Sejdic never wanted to be president. But angered that he was barred from running because he's a gypsy, he decided to fight for the right "as a matter of principle."