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April 27, 2013 - The Times
The Times: The book everyone talked about
On Monday St Martin-in-the-Fields church in Trafalgar Square hosts a theological colloquium to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the publication of John Robinson's Honest to God and to ponder its message for today.
April 25, 2013 - The Globe and Mail
Globe and Mail: Right-to-die debate resurfaces as Canadian ends her life in Zurich
Behind every death there’s the narrative of a life – its hopes and fears, joys and sorrows – and how it ended.
April 24, 2013 - The New York Times
NYT: Boston attack spotlights struggle half a world away
With an automatic weapon at his side and a black flag behind him, the Islamic rebel explained in a video why he had gone to war with his government. As is often the case in the broiling Muslim insurgency here in the North Caucasus, his complaints were intensely local: a police commander had announced a policy of harassing and threatening family members of suspected militants.
April 22, 2013 - The New York Times
NYT: Protests against same-sex marriage bill intensify in France
On Tuesday afternoon, France is expected to become the 14th country to legalize marriage for all couples, regardless of gender or sexual orientation.
April 21, 2013 - The New York Times
NYT: Search for home led suspect to land marred by strife
Tamerlan Tsarnaev had already found religion by the time he landed in Dagestan, a combustible region in the North Caucasus that has become the epicenter of a violent Islamic insurgency in Russia and a hub of jihadist recruitment. What he seemed to be yearning for was a home.
April 16, 2013 - The Christian Science Monitor
CS Monitor: Ireland takes step toward gay marriage rights
Ireland, a famously conservative country with a government dominated by the center-right, has taken a step toward legalizing same-sex marriage, following several other Catholic nations into what some say is belated equality – and others claim is murky legal and moral territory.
April 13, 2013 - The Associated Press
AP: Pope names cardinals to advise him on running the church and reforming the Vatican bureaucracy
Pope Francis named eight cardinals from around the globe Saturday to advise him on running the Catholic Church and reforming the Vatican bureaucracy, marking his first month as pope with a major initiative to reflect the universal nature of the church in key governing decisions.
April 11, 2013 - The Economist
Economist: High office, low church
It is hard to imagine a prime minister doing such a thing now, and even then it seemed rather surprising. In May 1988 Margaret Thatcher went to the General Assembly of the (Presbyterian) Church of Scotland and gave what would soon be called the Sermon on the Mound.
April 09, 2013 - The Moscow Times
Moscow Times: Duma approves 'blasphemy bill' in first reading
The State Duma on Tuesday overwhelmingly passed in a first reading a contentious bill that would radically toughen penalties for those who offend believers' feelings or desecrate relics and places of worship.
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!”
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