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April 07, 2013 - The Associated Press
AP: Israeli researchers see surge in anti-Semitic incidents worldwide in 2012 after 2-year decline
Israeli researchers warned Sunday of a sudden upsurge in anti-Semitic attacks, topped by a deadly school shooting in France, noting a link to the rise of extremist parties in Europe.
April 06, 2013 - Reuters
Reuters: Kosovo too high a price to pay for EU, Serbian church says
Serbia's Orthodox Church warned on Saturday against a 'betrayal' of Kosovo, piling pressure on the ruling coalition as it weighs whether to cede the country's last foothold in its former province in exchange for talks on joining the European Union.
March 30, 2013 - Reuters
Reuters: Ex-Anglican leader says Britain's PM alienating Christians
British Prime Minister David Cameron is alienating Christians by promoting gay marriage, an influential former leader of the world's 80 million Anglicans said on Saturday.
March 29, 2013 - The Associated Press
AP: Pope extends hand of friendship to “Muslim brothers and sisters” during Good Friday rite
Pope Francis reached out in friendship to “so many Muslim brothers and sisters” during a Good Friday procession dedicated to the suffering of Christians from terrorism, war and religious fanaticism in the Middle East.
March 25, 2013 - The Times
The Times: Cyprus ‘must quit the euro’, says Archbishop
The future of Cyprus belongs outside the euro, its spiritual leader said yesterday, as its President returned to Brussels for last-ditch talks on a bailout to save the economy from meltdown.
March 24, 2013 - The Associated Press
AP: Protesters clash with police at last-ditch demonstration against French gay marriage law
Paris police used tear gas and batons to fight crowds who pushed their way onto the landmark Champs-Elysees avenue and toward the presidential palace as part of a huge protest against a draft law allowing same-sex couples to marry and adopt children.
March 21, 2013 - The New York Times
NYT: Setting themes of humility, a new archbishop of Canterbury is installed
At his installation as archbishop of Canterbury on Thursday, Justin Welby, a former oil executive who made an unusually rapid rise to the leadership of the Anglican Church, used the ceremony in Canterbury’s nine-century-old cathedral to set themes of simplicity, modesty and innovation that echoed the tone Pope Francis has set for his week-old papacy.
March 18, 2013 - The New York Times
NYT: Vatican's bureaucracy tests even the infallible
An Italian industrialist tried to curry favor by donating $100,000 worth of truffles.
March 18, 2013 - The Associated Press
AP: Orthodox patriarch attends pope’s installation in Rome, other faiths hopeful for improved ties
Bartholomew I, the spiritual leader of the world’s Orthodox Christians, will attend Pope Francis’ installation Mass — the first time a patriarch from the Istanbul-based church has attended a papal investiture since the two branches of Christianity split nearly 1,000 years ago.
March 17, 2013 - The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pitt. Post-Gazette: Pope Francis has good record with other faiths
As Pope Francis begins to lead the worldwide Catholic Church, accolades are pouring in from people of other traditions who knew him as Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Argentina.
March 17, 2013 - The Telegraph
Telegraph: Why the new Archbishop needs more than prayers to unite his flock
She couldn’t help herself. “Oh my God!” said a shopper at Borough Market as a short, neat man in spectacles approached through the throng. “It’s the Archbishop of Canterbury!”
March 14, 2013 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Pope Francis slips into basilica for private prayer on first full day as pontiff
In his first morning as supreme pontiff and leader of the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics, Pope Francis visited the Roman basilica dedicated to the Virgin Mary, slipping in a side entrance for a few moments of private prayer.
March 14, 2013 - The Christian Science Monitor
CS Monitor: Pope Francis signals core mission – returning Catholics to the church
As Pope Francis appeared on the Vatican balcony Wednesday night and prepared to offer his first blessing as pope, he signaled a priority for his pontificate: renewing Catholic faith in places where it’s lost much of its luster.
March 11, 2013 - The Times
The Times: Ministers angry at Archbishop’s intervention on benefits cap
Ministers attacked bishops for being out of touch yesterday after the new Archbishop of Canterbury led stinging Church criticism of the Government’s benefit cuts.
March 08, 2013 - Reuters
Reuters: The impossible job: God's CEO on Earth

For several days after being elected in 2005, Pope Benedict - as he chose to be called - spoke as if in shock. At his first public Mass, he asked: "I must assume this enormous task, which truly exceeds all human capacity. How can I do this?"

March 06, 2013 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: College of Cardinals imposes media blackout
The College of Cardinals that will elect the next pope cut off formal communications with the news media on Wednesday after their private deliberations emerged in the Italian press, raising the specter of a leaking scandal that cast a pall over the last year in office of Pope Benedict XVI.
March 05, 2013 - The Associated Press
AP: Americans control conclave message just by talking
The two American cardinals sat on the stage, microphones in hand, fielding questions from the world's news media on everything from the delayed arrival of some of their colleagues to their own wardrobe choices if elected pope.
March 04, 2013 - The New York Times
NYT: Cardinals start to ponder subtleties of a big task
Like first-year seminarians, they walked through the glass doors on Monday carrying briefcases.
March 03, 2013 - The Associated Press
AP: Catholics ponder future with new pope
Faithful attending Sunday Mass on five continents for the first time since Pope Benedict XVI's retirement had different ideas about who should next lead the Roman Catholic Church, with people suggesting everything from a Latin American pope to one more like the conservative, Polish-born John Paul II.
March 03, 2013 - The Toronto Star
Toronto Star: Politics, secrecy play role in selection of religious leaders around world
Roman Catholic cardinals will soon gather beneath Michelangelo’s frescoes in the Sistine Chapel to elect a new pope to succeed Benedict XVI, who retired in February.
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