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May 22, 2012 - National Post
National Post: Attending religious services linked to better health
People who attend religious services regularly are less likely than others in this country to develop diabetes or high blood pressure, a new study suggests, adding a Canadian dimension to the growing but contentious body of research linking faith and good health.
May 21, 2012 - The Christian Science Monitor
CS Monitor: Mixed reactions over Malawi's plan to repeal anti-gay law
Malawi's President Joyce Banda has announced her intention to repeal a number of laws that have made Malawi into a pariah state, from its ban on homosexuality to broad police powers of search and arrest, to a law that allows cabinet ministers to shut down newspapers.
May 19, 2012 - The Scotsman
Scotsman: General Assembly: Church accused of facilitating worship of ‘false idols’
The church at the centre of the threatened schism in the Kirk over gay clergy was accused of encouraging the worship of ‘false idols’ on church property on the opening day of the General Assembly.
May 16, 2012 - The Irish Times
Irish Times: Opinion: Bible not the rule book on gay marriage
Diarmuid Martin, Catholic Archbishop of Dublin, was asked last week for his views on same-sex marriage. The question arose in the aftermath of the support Barack Obama voiced for same-sex marriage.
May 16, 2012 - The Guardian
Guardian: Money becomes new church battleground
The Rev Paul Perkin seemed bewildered by the question: what was his take on the latest scheme for conservative evangelical churches to withhold money from the rest of the Church of England in order to keep it out of the hands of liberals, gay people or women priests?
May 15, 2012 - The Times of India
Times of India: Hospitals eye 'halal' certification to attract patients from Middle East
There are two things that worry almost every patient from Islamic countries who come to Indian hospitals: the meat they eat and the direction of Mecca. With more than 75% of the medical tourists being from the Middle East, hospitals are eyeing 'halal' certification to make them feel at home.
May 10, 2012 - The Times of India
Times of India: Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments, Srirangam mutt spar over burial spot of dead seer
The body of Lakhsmana Narayana seer of Srirangam Balahari Purushothama Ramanuja mutt, who passed away in Kolkata on May 6, created a flutter in Srirangam on Wednesday over a dispute whether the mortal remains could be buried inside the mutt.
May 06, 2012 - The Boston Globe
Boston Globe: Growing demand for spiritual directors
Natalie Weaver, a 25-year-old musician who lives in Roxbury, does not go to church.
May 02, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: In N. Mali, Islamists flex muscles, banning booze, uncovered women and whipping violators
In one town in northern Mali a man has been whipped for drinking alcohol.
May 01, 2012 - The Times
The Times: Why more women are becoming nuns
Until recently, nuns in Britain had fallen out of the habit. In parts of the country, years went by without any women seeking to get themselves to a nunnery.
April 30, 2012 - The Independent
Independent: Vatican 'accepted one billion lire' to bury crime boss in basilica next to former popes
The Vatican is facing a deepening controversy over the burial 22 years ago of a notorious crime boss, with reports emerging that the church accepted a one billion lire (£407,000) payment from the mobster's widow to allow his interment in a basilica.
April 27, 2012 - National Post
National Post: Book of Revelation, Bible’s nightmarish finale, put in scriptures by mistake: author
The Book of Revelation, the last book of the Christian Bible and therefore the final word to the followers of Jesus, is like a cinematic explosion of blood, violence and redemption.
April 24, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Laws against veils, mosques fuel anti-Muslim prejudice, says Amnesty
European laws on what girls and women wear on their heads are encouraging discrimination against Muslims and against a religion that has been part of Europe’s fabric for centuries, Amnesty International says in a new report.
April 21, 2012 - The Economist
Economist: Koran study
THE Gideons in Germany give away 2,000 Bibles a day and nobody complains.
April 17, 2012 - The Straits Times
Straits Times: Megachurches 'conservative but tolerant'
Protestants who worship at megachurches in Singapore have more conservative views than Christians from other denominations, a survey has found.
April 09, 2012 - The Guardian
Guardian: New wave of well-off Pakistani women drawn to conservative Islam
All the women working in the information technology division of the Bank of Punjab's headquarters in the western Pakistani city of Lahore wear headscarves tightly wound around their cheeks and chin, framing their faces as they tap at their keyboards.
April 08, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: Seeking to clear a path between yoga and Islam
As a community activist in Queens, Muhammad Rashid has fought for the rights of immigrants held in detention, sought the preservation of local movie theaters and held a street fair to promote diversity.
April 08, 2012 - The Guardian
Guardian: Atheism v religion debate moving on from stalemate, says archbishop
The high tide of "new atheism" may have passed, the archbishop of Canterbury has said in his Easter sermon. Rowan Williams said the atheism v religion debate appeared to be moving on from what he called "a pointless stalemate".
April 08, 2012 - The Christian Science Monitor
CS Monitor: A northern Iraqi Easter
In the small church of St. Addaie the Messenger, the crucifixion and resurrection, retold in the village for the past 2,000 years, was re-enacted in elaborate Easter celebrations by a community holding fast to its ancient traditions but uneasy about its future.
April 07, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: NKorea's Bethlehem is birthplace of Kim religion
As the snow drifts through the towering evergreen trees, silence enshrouds this remote pilgrimage site, a place some here consider the Bethlehem of North Korea.
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