pewforum.org Religion News on the Web

Religion News on the Web

Selected religion-related news from around the Web

Filters

reset filters
March 10, 2012 - The Irish Times
Irish Times: Ireland rejects UN call to end schools discriminating on religious grounds
THE GOVERNMENT has rejected recommendations from UN member states that it should eliminate religious discrimination in access to education.
March 10, 2012 - The Guardian
Guardian: France's Muslims hit back at Nicolas Sarkozy's policy on halal meat
Les Enfants Terribles, a chic restaurant in Paris's 12th arrondissement, was packed.
March 08, 2012 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: In secular Britain, a clash over public prayer
Perhaps the locals should have anticipated sparks on a town council stocked not only with a practicing pagan, a staunch atheist and an agnostic former stripper but also two evangelical Christians and a Methodist church organist.
March 08, 2012 - The Guardian
Guardian: Far right hardcore 'willing to prepare for armed conflict'
A hardcore of far-right supporters in the UK appears to believe violent conflict between different ethnic, racial and religious groups is inevitable, and that it is legitimate to prepare even for armed conflict, according to a new report.
March 07, 2012 - The Mail
The Mail: We're still seen as the nasty party, says Tory minister
The Tory Party will always be seen as the nasty party unless it backs gay marriage, supports unmarried couples and does more to attract ethnic minority supporters, a Cabinet minister warns today.
March 06, 2012 - The Irish Times
Irish Times: Uproar over Catholic cardinal's comments on radio opposing gay marriage
RADIO 4’S Today programme was once described as the British at prayer. Within minutes of Cardinal Keith O’Brien’s appearance on yesterday‘s programme, speaking about gay marriage, much of the congregation was in uproar.
March 06, 2012 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: In France, halal meat drama enters election campaign
In a bitterly divisive presidential election campaign, France is once again torn by an uncomfortable struggle over the place of Muslims in a society pledged to secularism but deeply rooted in Christianity.
March 03, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Sarkozy nixes halal meat in schools for Muslims
The issue of France's Muslims moved front and center into the presidential campaign with the incumbent, Nicolas Sarkozy, excluding on Saturday any special indulgences for halal meat or separate swimming hours for Muslim women in public pools.
March 02, 2012 - The Straits Times
Straits Times: Same-sex unions: UK in the grip of gay rights debate
A prominent member of Britain's ruling Conservatives has challenged Prime Minister David Cameron to hold a national referendum over plans to allow homosexuals to marry amid a renewed tug of war here on gay rights.
March 01, 2012 - The Guardian
The Guardian: Accusations of witchcraft are part of growing pattern of child abuse in UK
When 15-year-old Kristy Bamu left his parents in Paris on 16 December 2010, he was looking forward to spending the Christmas holidays with his siblings, visiting their sister and her boyfriend in London.
February 29, 2012 - BBC
BBC: Catholic midwives lose abortion 'conscientious objection' case
TWO Catholic midwives have lost a legal bid to be classed as conscientious objectors and avoid any involvement in abortions.
February 27, 2012 - The Guardian
Guardian: The women who oppose female bishops
The Church of England is, in its own confounding and impenetrable way, preparing to welcome women as bishops.
February 25, 2012 - Irish Times
Irish Times: Doctors warned against carrying out abortions based on gender of foetus
IN 2007, an Oxford University study found clear evidence that women of Indian background living in Britain were having abortions because the foetus was not a boy.
February 24, 2012 - The Guardian
Guardian: Opinion: Schools should teach morality for the here and now – not for any life to come
Against faith schools, against worship in schools, against confessional RE in schools – sometimes humanist views on education are portrayed in entirely negative terms.
February 19, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Vatican’s envoy to Ireland: Pope ‘relentless and consistent’ in tackling child abuse in church
Pope Benedict XVI has been “relentless and consistent” in seeking to oust child abusers from the priesthood worldwide, the pontiff’s new American envoy to Ireland said Sunday in his first homily here.
February 18, 2012 - The Globe and Mail
Globe and Mail: The problem in public life isn’t Islam, but religion itself
We always knew it could happen: A devout Muslim heads a conservative political party that takes office in a multicultural Western country, then leads a campaign to enforce mandatory prayer and to lobby for religious-based values and laws. How will people react?
February 17, 2012 - The Wall Street Journal
WSJ: When religion restricts lending
This Saturday, synagogues will chant the Torah portion of Mishpatim, from the book of Exodus, which is the source for the injunction against charging interest to a fellow Jew: "When you lend money to my people, to the poor among you, do not act toward them as a creditor; exact no interest from them."
February 17, 2012 - The Guardian
Guardian: Bideford council to appeal against ban on prayers during meetings
Until this week, perhaps, Bideford owed its greatest claim to fame to its 1682 witch trials when three women were sent to the gallows in the reputed last hangings for witchcraft in England.
February 16, 2012 - The Times
The Times: Queen rides to the rescue of beleaguered Church
The Queen delivered her strongest defence of the Church of England yesterday, describing its role in society as under-appreciated, after a week in which religion has come under intense attack.
February 14, 2012 - The Guardian
Guardian: Lady Warsi gets rapturous reception at Vatican for speech on faith
Lady Warsi's call to fight "intolerant secularism" and "give faith a seat at the table" in the UK was given a rapturous reception at the Vatican on Tuesday when she spoke to an audience of trainee Catholic diplomats.
Page 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15