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November 24, 2011 - The Associated Press
AP: Pope’s envoy for cult-like group linked to disgraced Legion of Christ says rules invalid
The pope’s envoy running the disgraced Legion of Christ religious order says the 1,000-plus rules governing the cult-like life of some of its members are invalid and will be whittled down to a core set of norms.
November 24, 2011 - Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Democrat-Gazette: Author studies why young Christians leave church
David Kinnaman knows statistics. As president of the research company the Barna Group he tracks trends in matters of faith.
November 23, 2011 - The New York Times
NYT: In Russian chill, waiting hours for touch of the holy: Virgin Mary belt relic draws crowds in Moscow
From morning all through the night, tens of thousands of Russians have been lining up since Saturday in the cold with just one aim: to kiss a glass-covered reliquary that they believe holds the Virgin Mary’s belt.
November 21, 2011 - The Korea Herald
Korea Herald: Islam offers a third way in Pakistan, Tunisia
During the worldwide depression of the mid-1930s, the poet and Islamic modernist Muhammad Iqbal, often called Pakistan’s spiritual founder, wrote a poem dramatizing the inadequacies of Western political and economic systems.
November 20, 2011 - The Tennessean
Tennessean: Some fear megachurch bubble may soon burst
The finest church that Rolus Smith ever knew was the Lord’s Chapel.
November 20, 2011 - The Associated Press
AP: From Pakistani slum, 5,000 seat church rises, showing resilience of community under fire
Pakistan's tiny and downtrodden Christian community thought big when constructing its latest church — a domed, three-story building that towers over the sprawling slum it serves and is the largest yet in the violent, Muslim country.
November 19, 2011 - The Economist
Economist: The right to be hidden
SOON after the liberation of Tripoli, the Libyan capital, this correspondent met a woman sporting a niqab, or face veil, along with a floor-length black dress and black gloves.
November 18, 2011 - Los Angeles Times
LA Times: O.C. Catholic diocese to buy bankrupt Crystal Cathedral
In the end, 2,000 years of tradition carried the day.
November 16, 2011 - The Wall Street Journal
WSJ: Church turns to higher authority in zoning battle
Sundays at Faith Fellowship Church, Pastor Gary Mortara calls on God's help to heal the sick, repair torn marriages and rescue lost souls.
November 15, 2011 - The Guardian
Guardian: Jerusalem mayor battles ultra-orthodox groups over women-free billboards
Jerusalem's secular mayor, Nir Barkat, has pitted himself against the city's swelling ranks of ultra-orthodox extremists by demanding that local police enable women to reclaim their position in the public domain.
November 14, 2011 - The Globe and Mail
Globe and Mail: Opinion: The renunciation of theocratic force
In the catacombs of Rome in the third century, Christians sculpted statues and frescoes that depicted Jesus as a young man carrying a lamb around his neck – expressing in art the parable told in the Gospel of John: “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.”
November 14, 2011 - The Associated Press
AP: Amish man says buggy signs conflict with religion
Amish men facing jail time in western Kentucky for failing to display orange triangles on their horse-drawn buggies say they have "a conscientious objection" to using the required signs.
November 14, 2011 - The Associated Press
AP: NJ nurses say suit hasn't halted abortion duties
A group of nurses who objected to helping abortion patients on religious grounds said Monday they were still being compelled to assist with the procedures, despite having filed a federal lawsuit against the New Jersey hospital where they work.
November 14, 2011 - Newsweek
Newsweek: Dueling manifestos
As most Taliban begin to hunker down in far-flung villages or pull back to safe havens inside Pakistan, preparing for another brutal Afghan winter, insurgent leaders are thinking further ahead—and their individual takes are strikingly divergent.
November 13, 2011 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Journal-Constitution: On alcohol sales, religion gives way to economics
Ray Newman has been studying a state map since last week's Sunday alcohol sales referendums.
November 12, 2011 - The Courier-Mail
Courier-Mail: Christmas is never going away
It is told that many generations ago, a great man, who was said to be the son of God, was born of a virgin.
November 11, 2011 - The Associated Press
AP: Detroit prayer event puts Muslim community on edge
An area with one of the largest Muslim communities in the United States is bracing itself for a 24-hour prayer rally by a group that counts Islam among the ills facing the nation.
November 09, 2011 - The Daily Star
Daily Star: Pilgrims perform final rituals as hajj winds down
Nearly 3 million Muslim pilgrims were performing the final rituals of the hajj Tuesday as the world’s largest annual gathering neared its close without major incident.
November 08, 2011 - The Toronto Star
Toronto Star: Editorial: Waiting for the hangman in Pakistan
In the west-wing of the Sheikhupura prison, just outside of the bustle of Lahore, Pakistan, there’s a woman who has been confined to a tiny cell waiting to be hanged.
November 07, 2011 - The Associated Press
AP: Iranian influence seeping into Iraq
Iran's presence is already visible in Iraq, from the droves of pilgrims at Shiite holy sites to the brands of yoghurt and jams on grocery shelves. But now Iraqis are bracing for a potential escalation of Persian influence as the U.S. military leaves at the end of the year.
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