Latest 10 Religion News Headlines
March 15, 2010 - Newsweek
When Bishops Play Politics
They see themselves as crusaders for human rights—protectors of the innocent, the voiceless, and the powerless.
March 12, 2010 - Los Angeles Times
Iraq releases early election results
As the first, incomplete results from Iraq's weekend elections trickled in Thursday, a prominent opposition group supported mostly by Sunni Arabs made fraud allegations that could taint the legitimacy of the outcome.
March 12, 2010 - The New York Times
Clearer Limits Sought in Malaysia for Shariah Courts' Role
Lawyers and religious minorities in Malaysia, encouraged by a civil court’s overruling a Shariah court’s decision in a child custody case, have called for a clearer divide between Malaysian secular and religious courts.
March 12, 2010 - The Times
Cardinal Schönborn says celibacy partly to blame for clerical sex abuse
A senior cardinal has called for priestly celibacy to be re-examined in the light of sex scandals sweeping the Roman Catholic Church.
March 12, 2010 - The San Francisco Chronicle
Appeals Court says 'Under God' not a prayer
The federal court that touched off a furor in 2002 by declaring the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance to be an unconstitutional endorsement of religion took another look at the issue Thursday and said the phrase invokes patriotism, not religious faith.
March 12, 2010 - The Washington Post
Gay rights and pro-life: Two divergent movements
Just 20 years ago, opposition to abortion and opposition to homosexual rights seemed to overlap entirely.
March 12, 2010 - The Economist
Barack Obama's abortion drama
It could all come down to abortion.
March 11, 2010 - The Economist
The Israeli-Palestine peace talks: more than just a charade?
It was a wretched beginning to what had been hailed as the hopeful resumption of peace talks, albeit indirect ones, between the Israelis and Palestinians under the aegis of an American mediator.
March 11, 2010 - The New York Times
Outraged by Glenn Beck’s salvo, Christians fire back
Last week, the conservative broadcaster Glenn Beck called on Christians to leave their churches if they hear preaching about social or economic justice, saying they were code words for Communism and Nazism.
March 11, 2010 - Religion News Service
Lutheran bishops prepare to welcome gay clergy
Bishops in the nation's largest Lutheran denomination have approved preliminary steps to welcome a group of openly gay and lesbian ministers as official clergy with new liturgical rites.
