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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 24, 2012 - The Toronto Star
Toronto Star: Little Mosque on the Prairie: concept was bigger than the show
Before Little Mosque on the Prairie premiered on CBC in 2007, there were strategic meetings to discuss marketing and promotion.
March 24, 2012 - Agence France-Presse
AFP: Thousands of U.S. atheists turn out for 'Reason Rally'
Thousands of atheists, agnostics and other non-believers turned out in the US capital on Saturday to celebrate their rejection of the idea of God and to claim a bigger place in public life.
March 24, 2012 - The Economist
Economist: Where angels fear to tread: evangelicals are swooping on long-ignored regions in Mexico
POPE BENEDICT XVI will arrive in Mexico on March 23rd to spend three days preaching mainly to the converted.
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 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 Associated Press
AP: Allegations of opulence refocus attention on TBN, world's largest Christian broadcaster
Televangelists Paul and Jan Crouch have faced plenty of mountains building their religious broadcast empire — among them allegations of a homosexual tryst and a prolonged battle with the Federal Communications Commission — but the most recent attack on the founders of Trinity Broadcasting Network comes from their own flesh and blood.
March 22, 2012 - The Moscow Times
Moscow Times: Madonna vows to defy anti-gay law at St. Petersburg concert
Wherever Madonna goes, controversy follows.
March 20, 2012 - The Korea Herald
Korea Herald: Expat atheists, like believers, seek fellowship
Non-believers tend to agree that losing one’s religion is a long process, not an overnight event.
March 20, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: Dutch church is accused of castrating young men
A young man in the care of the Roman Catholic Church in the Netherlands was surgically castrated decades ago after complaining about sexual abuse, according to new evidence that only adds to the scandal engulfing the church there.
March 19, 2012 - The Miami Herald
Miami Herald: Many hope Pope Benedict will address tough issues in Cuba
For centuries, pilgrims have come to the Our Lady of Charity shrine with wishes for a cure for ill health, a better economy, and improved relationships.
March 19, 2012 - The Wall Street Journal
WSJ: The Pope's Cuba gamble
With only a week to go until Pope Benedict XVI is scheduled to make the second papal visit to Cuba in 14 years, joyful anticipation ought to be buoying the island's Christians.
March 19, 2012 - Newsweek
Newsweek: Cardinal Dolan's contraception fight with Obama
Just inside the heavy front door of the 19th-century neo-Gothic mansion at 452 Madison Avenue, the official residence of Timothy M. Dolan, archbishop of New York, rests a telling clue about the resident’s personality.
March 18, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: On maiden visit to Cuba and Mexico, Pope Benedict can't escape predecessor's outsize shadow
For his first visit to Spanish-speaking Latin America, Pope Benedict XVI has chosen the region's most Roman Catholic country -- and its least.
March 18, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Egyptians pay final respects to their Pope
Tens of thousands of Coptic Christians lined up outside a cathedral in the Egyptian capital on Sunday to pay their final respects to the spiritual leader of their ancient church, whose body was seated inside on an ornate throne.
March 17, 2012 - The Economist
Economist: No sheikh-up here
BOOSTERS of the United Arab Emirates describe its political system as a rare success story in the Arab world.
March 17, 2012 - The Telegraph
Telegraph: Senior Jew and Sikh fight gay marriage
A Sikh peer and a senior rabbi added their voices to protests by Anglican and Catholic bishops against the Coalition’s plans to allow homosexuals to marry.
March 15, 2012 - The Wall Street Journal
WSJ: Can Britain tolerate Christians?
Fifteen years ago, hoteliers Peter and Hazelmary Bull made some mocking headlines when reporters noticed their stodgy guest policy: No double rooms for unmarried couples.
March 15, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Amish bring religious freedom argument to Supreme Court, say buggy sign violates their faith
A group of Amish men who have spent time in jail for refusing to use a reflective symbol on their horse-drawn buggies asked the Kentucky Supreme Court on Thursday to grant them a religious exemption from using the orange triangles.
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