Religion News on the Web
Selected religion-related news from around the Web
December 06, 2011
- The Associated Press
AP: Vatican university hosts unusual tattoo conference
Tattooed mummies in ancient Egypt, Crusaders who branded
their foreheads with crosses, and New Zealand's inked Maori warriors
were fodder for an unusual conference at a Vatican university Tuesday on the role of tattoos in shaping identity.
November 29, 2011
- The New York Times
NYT: Iranian protesters attack British embassy
Iranian protesters shouting “Death to England” stormed the
British Embassy compound and a diplomatic residence in Tehran on
Tuesday, tearing down the British flag, smashing windows, defacing walls
and briefly detaining six staff members in what appeared to be a
state-sponsored protest against Britain’s tough new economic sanctions against Iran.
November 28, 2011
- The Guardian
Guardian: Islamic schools flourish to meet demand
At about eight o'clock on a dull autumnal morning, a mother is
preparing breakfast for her young son in the kitchen of an unassuming
private house on a little modern estate in Leicester.
November 26, 2011
- The Associated Press
AP: Pope: Child sex abuse is 'scourge' for all society
Pope
Benedict XVI insisted on Saturday that all of society's institutions
and not just the Catholic church must be held to "exacting" standards in
their response to sex abuse of children, and defended the church's
efforts to confront the problem.
November 26, 2011
- The Economist
Economist: Two mullahs went into a bar…
It is Friday night at the O2 arena in London and the crowd is hearing
a confession from Preacher Moss, a black American convert to Islam:
“I’m not going to lie about the things I did before I became a Muslim,”
he tells the audience.
November 19, 2011
- The Guardian
Guardian: Teenage football fan stands up to Scotland's sectarian thugs
John Hynd has received death threats simply for joining a website campaigning against the sectarian divide in the west of Scotland.
"I used to be a bigot," he says. "I'd go to the game – I'm a Rangers
fan – and happily be singing Billy Boys along with my dad and his
friends.
November 08, 2011
- Reuters
Reuters: Mitt Romney's French education
To understand why Mitt Romney persists in the face of rejection, opposition and indifference from his own party, look no further than the two and a half years he spent in France, getting up at 6:30 a.m. every day to venture forth and have doors slammed in his face for 10 hours.
November 02, 2011
- The Associated Press
AP: Fire at French newspaper after Muhammad issue
France's prime minister condemned an apparent arson
attack early on Wednesday that destroyed the offices of a satirical
French newspaper that had "invited" the Prophet Muhammad as a guest
editor this week.
November 01, 2011
- The Associated Press
AP: Poland has largest gathering of rabbis since WWII
Dozens of rabbis from across Europe have gathered in Warsaw
for the largest meeting of Jewish religious leaders in Poland since the
community was virtually wiped out during World War II.
October 29, 2011
- The Economist
Economist: Holy relevance
As Protestant Europe, in its own eyes virtuous and thrifty, wrestles
with the debt problems of the continent’s Catholic and Orthodox
countries, the idea that religious affiliation may influence the way
people save, work and spend is more appealing than ever.