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March 04, 2013 - The New York Times
NYT: Cardinals start to ponder subtleties of a big task
Like first-year seminarians, they walked through the glass doors on Monday carrying briefcases.
March 03, 2013 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Post-Dispatch: Illinois gay marriage debate is splitting parties, churches
As Illinois edges toward legalizing same-sex marriage, the debate is dividing partisan, religious and even racial allies.
March 03, 2013 - The Associated Press
AP: Catholics ponder future with new pope
Faithful attending Sunday Mass on five continents for the first time since Pope Benedict XVI's retirement had different ideas about who should next lead the Roman Catholic Church, with people suggesting everything from a Latin American pope to one more like the conservative, Polish-born John Paul II.
March 03, 2013 - The Toronto Star
Toronto Star: Politics, secrecy play role in selection of religious leaders around world
Roman Catholic cardinals will soon gather beneath Michelangelo’s frescoes in the Sistine Chapel to elect a new pope to succeed Benedict XVI, who retired in February.
March 01, 2013 - Reuters
Reuters: “Believing without belonging” challenges Catholicism – NY Cardinal Dolan
Roman Catholicism faces a serious challenge from the rising number of people who believe in God but no longer see any need for a church, according to New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan.
March 01, 2013 - The Miami Herald
Miami Herald: Pastors across county unite to fight black-on-black crime
Before families in Miami’s black communities bury loved ones killed by violent shootings, they call a pastor.
February 28, 2013 - The Associated Press
AP: Thailand, Muslim militants agree to peace talks
Thailand's government signed a breakthrough deal with Muslim insurgents for the first time ever Thursday, agreeing to hold talks to ease nearly a decade of violence in the country's southern provinces that has killed more than 5,000 people.
February 28, 2013 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Obama urges Supreme Court to overturn California same-sex marriage ban
The Obama administration told the Supreme Court on Thursday that California’s ban on same-sex marriage violates the Constitution’s guarantee of equal protection, a position that could also cast doubt on prohibitions in other states.
February 28, 2013 - The Houston Chronicle
Houston Chronicle: Bahá'ís to begin fast ahead of new year
The Bahá'í community - known for its outward focus on interfaith relations and community service - turns inward for its annual month of fasting and spiritual devotion, beginning Saturday.
February 27, 2013 - The Christian Science Monitor
CS Monitor: Israel wields Bible's soft power as far afield as Brazil
On a crisp winter morning in Jerusalem, a group of American Christian leaders with Bibles under their arms walk the hilltop where many believe King David first established the Jewish capital some 3,000 years ago.
February 27, 2013 - The New York Times
NYT: Danish opponent of Islam is attacked, and Muslims defend his right to speak
When a would-be assassin disguised as a postman shot at — and just missed — the head of Lars Hedegaard, an anti-Islam polemicist and former newspaper editor, this month, a cloud of suspicion immediately fell on Denmark’s Muslim minority.
February 27, 2013 - The New York Times
NYT: Interest rises in Islamic bonds
Islamic bonds, or sukuk, have long been popular with investors in the Middle East. Now they are being discovered in Europe and the United States.
February 27, 2013 - The Associated Press
AP: Critics: NY gov's abortion bill would hurt women
A coalition of doctors said Wednesday that Gov. Andrew Cuomo's abortion rights bill would hurt women, force many into lifetime bouts of depression and guilt and make late-term abortions more common and more dangerous.
February 27, 2013 - The Christian Science Monitor
CS Monitor: Gay marriage: why corporations are coming out against DOMA
Wading into the highly emotional but quickly shifting national debate over gay marriage, 278 companies filed an amicus brief Wednesday in support of Edith Windsor, the New York woman whose challenge of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) has been taken up by the United States Supreme Court.
February 26, 2013 - The Globe and Mail
Globe and Mail: Call to help Tibetans puts pressure on Canada’s new religion envoy
The political leader of exiled Tibetans is calling on Canada’s ambassador for religious freedom to investigate religious repression and suicide in his homeland, squeezing the week-old post into a tricky diplomatic position.
February 26, 2013 - The Christian Science Monitor
CS Monitor: Egypt opposition vows to boycott parliamentary elections
Egypt's main opposition coalition announced today it will boycott upcoming parliamentary elections, deepening the political crisis in Egypt and practically ensuring that Egypt's next legislative body will be dominated by Islamists.
February 26, 2013 - USA Today
USA Today: Brazil turns to Catholic Church to quash crack epidemic
Wrapped in a Persian rug caked in dirt, a man addicted to crack cocaine listened as Elizeu Dias tried to persuade him to take the last spot available in an old Volkswagen van that is taking addicts to drug treatment.
February 26, 2013 - The Associated Press
AP: Big push to support gay marriage at high court
Prominent Republicans, retired military leaders and U.S. businesses are among the factions ready to ask the Supreme Court to support marriage equality in two cases up for argument next month.
February 26, 2013 - The Associated Press
AP: Arkansas abortion bill vetoed by Governor Mike Beebe
Democratic Gov. Mike Beebe on Tuesday vetoed a ban on most abortions in Arkansas at 20 weeks into a pregnancy, setting up an override fight with a Republican-controlled Legislature that has been pushing for more restrictions on the procedure.
February 26, 2013 - The Washington Times
Wash. Times: Calif. gay-rights bill aims to strip Boy Scouts of tax-exempt status
Scouting organizations in California that bar open homosexuals as leaders and members could lose their state tax-exempt status if a bill is enacted.
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