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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.
April 06, 2012 - The Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune: A spirited topic: Money and religion
When you need financial advice, your first instinct may be to turn to a professional money adviser, financial how-to book or family member.
April 05, 2012 - The Irish Times
Irish Times: Opinion: Unchristian acts distort message of Jesus Christ
THIS WEEKEND, Christians around the world will mark the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth. But what has been the legacy of the man with a simple message of love and peace, who sacrificed himself for humankind more than 2,000 years ago?
March 31, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: Building a business on churches for sale
In better economic times, workers in this dusty inland town east of Los Angeles built motor homes in the low-slung complex at 975 West First Street.
March 29, 2012 - Los Angeles Times
LA Times: In Pakistan, faith healers have no shortage of believers
Villagers in this small textile town thought Saeed Mehmood ul Hasan had a pipeline to God.
March 27, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Forced conversions hike Pakistan minorities' fears
It was barely 4 a.m. when 19-year-old Rinkal Kumari disappeared from her home in a small village in Pakistan's southern Sindh province.
March 27, 2012 - Minneapolis Star Tribune
Star Tribune: ELCA church in St. Paul picks openly gay pastor
An Atlanta pastor once ousted from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America for being in an openly gay relationship will now lead the biggest Lutheran church in St. Paul.
March 25, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: In Pakistan, Hindus say woman’s conversion to Islam was coerced
Banditry is an old scourge in this impoverished district of southern Pakistan, on the plains between the mighty river Indus and a sprawling desert, where roving gangs rob and kidnap with abandon.
March 24, 2012 - Agence France-Presse
AFP: Thousands of U.S. atheists turn out for 'Reason Rally'
Thousands of atheists, agnostics and other non-believers turned out in the US capital on Saturday to celebrate their rejection of the idea of God and to claim a bigger place in public life.
March 23, 2012 - National Post
National Post: 'Destroy all the churches'
Imagine if television evangelist Pat Robertson called for the demolition of all the mosques in America. It would be front-page news. It would be on every network and cable news program.
March 18, 2012 - The Washington Times
Wash. Times: Historic black church faces foreclosure from minority-owned bank
In a dispute that some are calling a modern-day updating of the biblical Parable of the Ungrateful Servant, a minority-owned bank that benefited from federal bailout funds is threatening to foreclose on one of the nation’s oldest black churches.
March 16, 2012 - The Boston Globe
Boston Globe: Clergy calling for boycott of OneUnited Bank
Local religious leaders gathered Thursday outside the OneUnited Bank branch in Grove Hall to urge customers to withdraw their funds because the bank is planning to foreclose on nearby Charles Street African Methodist Episcopal Church in Roxbury.
March 16, 2012 - USA Today
USA Today: Distinct paths to missionary service
Jake Pulsipher's first day as a working missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints began at 6:30 a.m. on a recent Tuesday with prayer and exercise, followed by breakfast and study.
March 12, 2012 - The Scotsman
Scotsman: Outrage at move towards banning Christian crosses from workplace
RELIGIOUS groups have hit out at the UK government after a leaked document suggested it was moving to deny Christians the right to wear crosses at their place of work.
March 12, 2012 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Fired NASA computer specialist alleges discrimination over his belief in intelligent design
A computer specialist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is going to court over allegations that he was wrongfully terminated because of his belief in intelligent design.
March 10, 2012 - The Economist
Economist: Burma’s bimah
AMID the bustle and crumbling masonry of downtown Yangon, there is one building that likes to keep up appearances: Myanmar’s only synagogue.
March 10, 2012 - The Guardian
Guardian: France's Muslims hit back at Nicolas Sarkozy's policy on halal meat
Les Enfants Terribles, a chic restaurant in Paris's 12th arrondissement, was packed.
March 08, 2012 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: In secular Britain, a clash over public prayer
Perhaps the locals should have anticipated sparks on a town council stocked not only with a practicing pagan, a staunch atheist and an agnostic former stripper but also two evangelical Christians and a Methodist church organist.
March 08, 2012 - The Guardian
Guardian: Far right hardcore 'willing to prepare for armed conflict'
A hardcore of far-right supporters in the UK appears to believe violent conflict between different ethnic, racial and religious groups is inevitable, and that it is legitimate to prepare even for armed conflict, according to a new report.
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