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May 14, 2013 - The Philadelphia Inquirer
Philadelphia Inquirer: Both sides on abortion applaud verdict
No one on either side of the intractable abortion debate was sorry Monday to learn that Kermit Gosnell was found guilty of first-degree murder.
May 14, 2013 - Reuters
Reuters: Christian churches back Jews facing anti-Semitism in Hungary
When Hungarian radical right-wingers rallied against a Jewish conference in Budapest in early May, a well-known Protestant pastor hid behind the stage while his wife stepped up to the podium to denounce Jews and Israel.
May 13, 2013 - The Associated Press
AP: Politics and the pulpit: Black churches at heart of gay marriage debate in Illinois
When a proposal to legalize gay marriage started gaining momentum in the home state of President Barack Obama, it seemed a quick and easy deal: The pastor of his former megachurch endorsed it with powerful testimony at the Capitol and Democrats control Illinois' government.
May 13, 2013 - Religion News Service
RNS: Church-based scouting alternatives attract interest
They have pledges. They have merit badges. And they may go camping.
May 13, 2013 - The Korea Herald
Korea Herald: Missionaries urge Korea to lift travel ban
Kim Jin-dae hoped he could persuade the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to lift its ban on travel to countries it deemed as too dangerous for Korean passport holders, but he knew better.
May 13, 2013 - The Associated Press
AP: Africa, Asia See Boom in Priests as Europe Withers
The number of Catholic priests in Africa and Asia has shot up over the past decade while decreasing in Europe, mirroring trends in the numbers of Catholic faithful that helped lead to the election of Pope Francis as the first non-European pope in over a millennium.
May 09, 2013 - The Wall Street Journal
WSJ: The Pentagon's problem with Proselytizing
In early April, Army Reserve soldiers in Pennsylvania were told in a redeployment briefing that evangelical Christians and Roman Catholics were "extremists," the same category as al Qaeda.
May 08, 2013 - The Associated Press
AP: Minnesota, Illinois poised to join coastal states that have adopted gay marriage legislation
Just six months after Minnesota voters turned back an effort to ban gay weddings, lawmakers are poised to make the state the first in the Midwest to pass a law allowing them.
May 08, 2013 - The Associated Press
AP: Religious leaders: Including gay rights proposal could cost their support for immigration bill
Religious leaders said Wednesday that adding a gay rights proposal to immigration legislation could risk their support for the bill, setting up a potential Senate showdown.
May 08, 2013 - The Globe and Mail
Globe and Mail: A leap for some faiths, but many Canadians are losing their religion
Mariam Butt was raised by Muslim parents in Brampton, Ont., but only started truly practising the faith a little over a year ago, when she was 17. There was no self-consciousness about wearing the hijab or ducking away to pray five times a day where she lives.
May 08, 2013 - The Wall Street Journal
WSJ: Islamists rely on TV sheiks to woo the masses in Egypt
Secular youth used Facebook and Twitter two years ago to help topple President Hosni Mubarak from power, but now Salafi Islamists are gaining sway in Egypt because of TV sheiks like Khaled Abdullah.
May 08, 2013 - The Christian Science Monitor
CS Monitor: Is there a God? The Vatican invites Mexicans to discuss.
A Vatican envoy has arrived in Mexico with a message: God is not dead.
May 07, 2013 - Associated Press
AP: Pakistan's minorities have no faith in democracy
In majority Muslim Pakistan, religious minorities say democracy is killing them.
May 07, 2013 - The Associated Press
AP: Same-sex couples welcome Delaware gay marriage law
Mikki Snyder-Hall married her partner, Claire, in California in 2008, and moved two years ago to Rehoboth, a gay-friendly Delaware beach town.
May 07, 2013 - Reuters
Reuters: France struggles to fight radical Islam in its jails
In France, the path to radical Islam often begins with a minor offence that throws a young man into an overcrowded, violent jail and produces a hardened convert ready for jihad.
May 06, 2013 - The New York Times
NYT: Iran warns Syrian rebels after report of shrine desecration
Iran’s Shiite leaders warned of regional sectarian conflict after reports that Syrian rebels raided a Shiite shrine in a suburb of Damascus last week, destroying the site and making off with the remains of the revered Shiite figure buried there.
May 06, 2013 - The New York Times
NYT: Anti-blasphemy protests in Bangladesh turn violent
Violence erupted across Bangladesh on Monday as Islamist fundamentalists demanding passage of an anti-blasphemy law clashed with security forces, leaving a trail of property damage and at least 22 people dead after a second day of unrest.
May 06, 2013 - The Christian Science Monitor
CS Monitor: Obama administration backs out of appeal over new contraceptive mandate
A federal appeals court in Washington has granted a request by the Obama administration to back out of an appeal involving a publisher of Bibles who is refusing for religious reasons to provide contraceptives to his employees under the president’s new health-care mandate.
May 05, 2013 - The Miami Herald
Miami Herald: For some Baptists, the name of the church is hindrance to saving souls
After 87 years, the University Baptist Church of Coral Gables recently shed its name for something it felt was more forward looking — Christ Journey.
May 03, 2013 - The Boston Globe
Boston Globe: Same-sex marriage approved in Rhode Island
As more than 1,000 ecstatic supporters looked on, Governor Lincoln Chafee on Thursday signed legislation making Rhode Island the 10th state in the nation to permit gays and lesbians to wed, and establishing gay marriage as the law of the land throughout all of New England.
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