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April 06, 2012 - The Wall Street Journal
WSJ: Cuban dissenters find a niche in church
Last year, as Libyan rebels fought Moammar Gadhafi, Fidel Castro took to his state-run newspaper Granma to defend the dictator as a revolutionary hero.
April 05, 2012 - The Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune: 'Personhood' becomes ground for debate in Naperville
When Katie O'Connor and her husband thought about having a child through in vitro fertilization two years ago, they knew that the technique — which often results in the destruction of surplus embryos — went against the teachings of the Catholic Church in which they had been raised.
April 05, 2012 - The Tennessean
Tennessean: Richard Land's rant on Trayvon Martin case stings some Southern Baptists
The Southern Baptist Convention has spent more than a decade trying to leave behind the racially divided past that created it.
April 05, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: Catholic fund cuts off aid over groups’ affiliations
For three years now, Compañeros, a small nonprofit organization in rural southwestern Colorado, has received thousands of dollars from the Roman Catholic Church to help poor Hispanic immigrants with basic needs including access to health care and guidance on local laws.
April 05, 2012 - The Globe and Mail
Globe and Mail: Outremont Easter procession cancelled due to district’s conflict with Hasidic Jews
The half-century-old Easter procession at St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral in Montreal’s Outremont district has been cancelled, caught in the crosswinds of a conflict over faith and public space.
April 04, 2012 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Romney finally puts it all together
For the first time in a competitive primary, Mitt Romney won some elusive demographics.
April 03, 2012 - The Boston Globe
Boston Globe: Massachusetts leads fight on right to marry
Massachusetts will once again take center stage in the national debate over same-sex marriage as the state becomes the first to go before a United States appeals court to challenge a federal law that defines marriage as a union only of a man and a woman.
April 03, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Clergy group to air ad against AL immigration law
Ahead of Easter and Passover, faith leaders across Alabama have asked state lawmakers to hear "the cries of their people", reflect and revise what they deem the toughest-in-the-nation immigration law.
April 03, 2012 - The Toronto Star
Toronto star: Kitchen appliances help observant Jews keep kosher
A $50 kitchen appliance feature has become the answer to a millennia-old challenge for observant Jews.
April 03, 2012 - The Salt Lake Tribune
Salt Lake Tribune: Book: Fears of anti-Mormon backlash haunt Romney aides
Mitt Romney’s aides were so worried about an anti-Mormon backlash against their candidate in Iowa that they may have missed a more immediate threat: Rick Santorum.
April 02, 2012 - Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune: Balancing medicine, faith
As a medical student, Dr. Julie Oyler was told to remove the cross she wore on the lapel of her white coat.
April 01, 2012 - The Christian Science Monitor
CS Monitor: The faith factor: Religion's new prominence in campaign 2012
God hit the campaign trail way back in the summer of this election cycle.
April 01, 2012 - McClatchy Newspapers
McClatchy: Despite papal visits, ministering to Cuba's Catholics still difficult
After two papal visits, the Roman Catholic Church enjoys growing support from long-suffering Cubans yet support from the Communist Party that rules this island nation can be described as reluctant at best.
March 31, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Cuba declares Good Friday a holiday this year after Pope Benedict appeal

The Associated Press AP: Cuba declares Good Friday a holiday this year after Pope Benedict appeal Paul Haven 2012-03-31 HAVANA — Cuba has honored an appeal by Pope Benedict XVI and declared next week’s Good Friday a holiday for the first time since the early days following the island’s 1959 Revolutio

March 31, 2012 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Fort Bragg to host US military’s first-ever event geared toward atheist and agnostic soldiers
For the first time in history, the U.S. military hosted an event expressly for soldiers and others who don’t believe in God, with a gathering sort of like a county fair Saturday on the main parade ground at one of the world’s largest Army bases.
March 31, 2012 - Los Angeles Times
LA Times: Romney, Santorum court religious conservatives in Wisconsin
Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum each sought to shore up their standing with religious conservatives on Saturday as the two leading rivals for the Republican presidential nomination battled for support in the Wisconsin primary.
March 31, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: Building a business on churches for sale
In better economic times, workers in this dusty inland town east of Los Angeles built motor homes in the low-slung complex at 975 West First Street.
March 29, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Okla. court strikes down ultrasound abortion law
An Oklahoma judge on Wednesday struck down the state's law requiring women seeking abortions to have an ultrasound image placed in front of them and to listen to a detailed description of the fetus before the procedure.
March 28, 2012 - The Wichita Eagle
Wichita Eagle: Kansas House OKs prayer room at state Capitol
Whether a representation of Kansas heritage, or an erosion of the separation of church and state, the Capitol Prayer and Meditation Room moved one step closer to fruition Wednesday.
March 28, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Pope preaches more freedom in Cuba
Pope Benedict XVI demanded more freedom for the Catholic Church in communist-run Cuba and preached against "fanaticism" in an unusually political sermon Wednesday before hundreds of thousands at Revolution Plaza, with President Raul Castro in the front row.
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