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April 02, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: Czech Government's plan to return Church lands stirs resistance
A blockbuster bill wending its way through the Czech Parliament would, if passed as envisioned this spring, transact one of the biggest property deals in any former Soviet bloc country by restoring more than half of church property nationalized after the Communists seized power in 1948.
April 02, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: Push for the right to die grows in the Netherlands
It was 1989, and Dr. Petra de Jong, a Dutch pulmonologist, was asked for help by a terminally ill patient, a man in great pain with a large cancerous tumor in his trachea.
March 31, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Bosnian minorities push for right to be prez
Dervo Sejdic never wanted to be president. But angered that he was barred from running because he's a gypsy, he decided to fight for the right "as a matter of principle."
March 31, 2012 - The Guardian
Guardian: Far right militants fail to strike blow against Islam on their Danish awayday
It was heralded as the start of something big: the opening salvo in the formation of a pan-European coalition of anti-Islamic groups that opponents feared might replicate a network of street armies similar to those that undermined European democracies in the 1930s.
March 29, 2012 - The Globe and Mail
Globe and Mail: French election plunges into ‘obsession with immigrants’
Samia Ghali has spent her whole political career waiting for a French election to turn its attention to the lives of her 100,000 poor, mainly Arab constituents.
March 29, 2012 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: British Conservatives lead charge for gay marriage
Americans watching the latest push for social change in Britain might feel as if they had stepped into an alternate political universe: Here, the Conservatives are leading the charge for same-sex marriage.
March 27, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: After killings in France, Muslims fear a culture of diversity is at risk
As near to the Spanish border as it is to the Mediterranean, this sunny red-brick city has long been known as a place of welcome and diversity, far removed from the divisive politics of Paris.
March 26, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: Raul Castro greets pope at start of closely watched Cuba visit
Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Cuba on Monday, declaring himself a “pilgrim of charity” and urging the island to move toward greater openness, freedom and religious devotion.
March 26, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Pope Benedict wins over Mexico; next stop Cuba
He donned a sombrero and was serenaded by mariachi bands, embraced by Mexicans who called him their brother.
March 23, 2012 - The Guardian
Guardian: Anti-abortionists grow bold after making friends in high places
A leading abortion provider and pro-choice campaigners have said they feel "under siege" and at the mercy of a political "witch-hunt" after the government ordered an unannounced inspection of more than 250 clinics in England and claimed that as many as a fifth of them were pre-signing consent forms for terminations.

 

March 22, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Extremist suspect in French killings profits far right in presidential race; Muslims afraid
French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen says her anti-Islam agenda has been vindicated: A French Muslim claiming ties to al-Qaida has taken responsibility for the country's worst killing spree in years.
March 22, 2012 - The Moscow Times
Moscow Times: Madonna vows to defy anti-gay law at St. Petersburg concert
Wherever Madonna goes, controversy follows.
March 20, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: Dutch church is accused of castrating young men
A young man in the care of the Roman Catholic Church in the Netherlands was surgically castrated decades ago after complaining about sexual abuse, according to new evidence that only adds to the scandal engulfing the church there.
March 20, 2012 - The Globe and Mail
Globe and Mail: Violent rampages during culture war set to shift French politics
It is as if France has been frozen in horror, its institutions paralyzed, its politics halted, its leaders unable to respond.
March 19, 2012 - The Times
The Times: Pope Shenouda III
As the pope of the largest and oldest Christian community in the Middle East, Shenouda III belonged to a Coptic tradition that can be traced back to when St Mark introduced Christianity to Egypt in the 1st century AD.
March 19, 2012 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Rabbi, three children shot dead outside Jewish school in France
France was plunged into mourning and national outrage Monday by the terrorist-style killings of three young children and a rabbi as they gathered for classes at a Jewish school in a quiet residential neighborhood of Toulouse.
March 18, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Butchers beef up French Presidential campaign
The French butcher who cuts and tresses your meat with care, and serves as city dwellers' link to the land, is falling on hard times, unable to find new blood to keep his iconic image alive — as supermarkets and Arab butchers selling halal meat at cheaper prices thrive.
March 17, 2012 - The Times
The Times: Poisoned chalice: Williams leaves a divided Church to his successor
The next Archbishop of Canterbury will face labyrinthine difficulties of Church, State and sexuality as he tries to get to grips with issues that have defeated one of the top brains in the country.
March 15, 2012 - The Wall Street Journal
WSJ: Can Britain tolerate Christians?
Fifteen years ago, hoteliers Peter and Hazelmary Bull made some mocking headlines when reporters noticed their stodgy guest policy: No double rooms for unmarried couples.
March 13, 2012 - South China Morning Post
Morning Post: Beijing hopes Tong can boost Vatican ties
A top Catholic leader in Beijing hopes Hong Kong's Vatican-anointed cardinal, John Tong Hon, will improve the mainland's often fraught relationship with the Holy See....
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