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May 12, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: Romney tells evangelicals their values are his, too
Mitt Romney traveled to Liberty University, the spiritual heart of the conservative movement, on Saturday, seeking to quell concerns about him among evangelical voters by offering a forceful defense of faith and Christian values in public life.
May 11, 2012 - The New York Tiems
NYT: Iran presses for official to be next leader of Shiites
As the top spiritual leader in the Shiite Muslim world, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani has instructed his followers on what to eat and how to wash, how to marry and to bury their dead.
May 11, 2012 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Culture war looms as Israel pledges to end ultra-Orthodox military exemptions
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dramatically bolstered his ruling coalition this week with a unity deal meant to help him thwart challenges from fringe factions.
May 11, 2012 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Is Mitt Romney’s love for America a Mormon thing?
When it comes to American exceptionalism, Mitt Romney is going all in.
May 10, 2012 - The Salt Lake Tribune
Salt Lake Tribune: New guide advises Evangelicals on how to talk to Mormons
Richard Mouw never intended to start a riot within the Evangelical community by saying his fellow believers had "sinned against Mormonism."
May 07, 2012 - The Times of India
Times of India: Cong leaders pitch for reservations for Muslims
In a bid to win the confidence of the state's Muslim community, senior state and national Congress leaders participated in a two-day conference on education organized by the All India Muslim Educational Society here.
May 07, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Chavez’s cross: Venezuelan leader increasingly turns to Christianity during cancer struggle
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has spent much of his career praising the socialist ideas of famed atheists such as Karl Marx and Fidel Castro.
May 06, 2012 - The Korea Herald
Korea Herald: Buddhist order protests state ownership of relic
The Jogye Order, Korea’s largest Buddhist sect, on Friday protested the planned donation of a missing relic to the government.
May 04, 2012 - The Daily Star
Daily Star: Christians, Muslims affirm common values
Muslims and Christian leaders from across the Middle East and Denmark wrapped up a three-day conference on religious understanding Thursday in Beirut by highlighting values, such as mercy, respect and caring for the weak, which both faiths share.
May 01, 2012 - The Irish Times
Irish Times: Bill proposes full legal status for humanist weddings
THE GOVERNMENT is expected to agree today to back legislation giving humanists the same status as organised religions and civil registrars in conducting marriage ceremonies.
April 30, 2012 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Post-Gazette: Reform Judaism focuses on youth
Rabbi Jonah Pesner, who helped to lead a grass-roots revolution in the Union for Reform Judaism, visited Pittsburgh last week promoting plans to engage young families in synagogue life.
April 30, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Sikh group launches phone app to report unfair airport screeners, 2 complaints already made
A Sikh advocacy group has launched a free mobile application that allows travellers to complain immediately to the government about unfair treatment by airport security screeners.
April 28, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: Montague and Capulet as Shiite and Sunni
It is not poison or a dagger that takes the lives of the young lovers, but a suicide bomb.
April 27, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: With prison ministry, Colson linked religion and reform
“Since the 1960s, prison reform has been seen as a leftist cause,” Robert Perkinson, a historian and the author of “Texas Tough: The Rise of America’s Prison Empire,” said this week.
April 23, 2012 - The Korea Herald
Korea Herald: ‘Islam is calling for peace’
Islamic culture is not calling for violence, said Abdulla Al-Mulla, Director of the Qatar Islamic Cultural Center.
April 23, 2012 - Los Angeles Times
LA Times: Russians show support for Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill
Tens of thousands of people came to the square in front of a Moscow cathedral Sunday in a show of support for the Russian Orthodox Church, which is facing criticism for its close ties to the Kremlin and the wealth of its leaders.
April 23, 2012 - NPR
NPR: Vatican reprimand of U.S. nuns divides faithful
The Vatican reprimanded America's largest organization of Catholic nuns, the Leadership Conference of Women Religious.
April 22, 2012 - Los Angeles Times
LA Times: Russian Orthodox Church is in spiritual crisis, critics say
His unruly mane of white hair giving him the look of Moses, Father Georgy Edelstein struggled over the grayish snow that is the late-spring landscape of this barren village, heading to his church for Good Friday services.
April 19, 2012 - National Post
National Post: Presbyterians to probe maternity homes in wake of Post forced adoption revelations
The Presbyterian Church in Canada has launched an internal review of its historic maternity home practices, becoming the third church to do so since the National Post last month began an investigation into coerced and forced adoptions targeting unmarried mothers between the 1940s and 1980s.
April 18, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Top Egyptian Islamic cleric visits Jerusalem
A top Egyptian Islamic cleric paid a rare visit to Jerusalem Wednesday, breaking with decades of opposition by Muslim leaders on traveling to areas under Israeli control.
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