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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 28, 2012 - The Washington Times
Wash. Times: Churches step up environmental activism
God is going green.
March 27, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Forced conversions hike Pakistan minorities' fears
It was barely 4 a.m. when 19-year-old Rinkal Kumari disappeared from her home in a small village in Pakistan's southern Sindh province.
March 27, 2012 - Minneapolis Star Tribune
Star Tribune: ELCA church in St. Paul picks openly gay pastor
An Atlanta pastor once ousted from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America for being in an openly gay relationship will now lead the biggest Lutheran church in St. Paul.
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 Washington Post
Wash. Post: Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood faces sharp internal divisions over presidential race
With presidential elections set to begin in May, Egypt’s most powerful Islamist party is sharply divided over whether the group should field a candidate.
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 26, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: Raul Castro greets pope at start of closely watched Cuba visit
Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Cuba on Monday, declaring himself a “pilgrim of charity” and urging the island to move toward greater openness, freedom and religious devotion.
March 26, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Pope Benedict wins over Mexico; next stop Cuba
He donned a sombrero and was serenaded by mariachi bands, embraced by Mexicans who called him their brother.
March 25, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: Catholic church deals with a diminished role in Cuban life
At an evangelical church booming with pounding drums, crashing cymbals and a throaty bass, members of an overflow crowd danced in the aisles, sang over a soaring trumpet and swept their arms in prayer.
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 New York Times
NYT: In Pakistan, Hindus say woman’s conversion to Islam was coerced
Banditry is an old scourge in this impoverished district of southern Pakistan, on the plains between the mighty river Indus and a sprawling desert, where roving gangs rob and kidnap with abandon.
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 24, 2012 - The Economist
The Economist: Autumn of another patriarch
If Egyptians in general are frazzled by a year of revolution, the country’s Coptic Christian minority is doubly disturbed.
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.
March 23, 2012 - The Guardian
Guardian: Anti-abortionists grow bold after making friends in high places
A leading abortion provider and pro-choice campaigners have said they feel "under siege" and at the mercy of a political "witch-hunt" after the government ordered an unannounced inspection of more than 250 clinics in England and claimed that as many as a fifth of them were pre-signing consent forms for terminations.

 

March 22, 2012 - The Australian
Australian: O'Farrell government freezes Islamic school's funding
THE NSW government has frozen funding to Sydney's largest Islamic school after an Education Department audit found the school's owners were charging the school millions of dollars in improper fees.
March 22, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Extremist suspect in French killings profits far right in presidential race; Muslims afraid
French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen says her anti-Islam agenda has been vindicated: A French Muslim claiming ties to al-Qaida has taken responsibility for the country's worst killing spree in years.
March 22, 2012 - The Tennessean
Tennessean: Bill purports to protect schools when students pray, express faith
In the wake of a number of lawsuits over keeping religion out of school, a Tennessee representative is advancing a bill that seeks to protect districts when students pray openly or make other expressions of faith.
March 22, 2012 - The Miami Herald
Miami Herald: US panel on religious freedom reports Cuban violations
A week before Pope Benedict XVI visits Cuba, a U.S. government panel on religious freedom has alleged “serious” violations on the island, including arrests of pastors and “pressure to prohibit democracy and human rights activists” from church activities.
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