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In Quiverfull Movement, Birth Control Is Shunned
Barbara Bradley Hagerty
March 31, 2009
NPR
In Quiverfull Movement, Birth Control Is Shunned
The Quiverfull movement: creating children to be soldiers of Christ
Pamela Dolan
March 31, 2009
STL Today
The Quiverfull movement: creating children to be soldiers of Christ
Gay clergy’s hopes dashed by Presbyterian decision
Times Staff And Wire Reports
March 29, 2009
Los Angeles Times
The church uses a technical ruling to block a lesbian deacon’s longtime attempt to become a priest. She might appeal.
Pope distorts evidence about condoms, claims Lancet
Stephen Bates
March 27, 2009
Guardian.co.uk
Medical journal calls for pope’s ‘outrageous and wildly inaccurate’ claims over HIV/Aids to be retracted
Condom flap highlights pope’s message mess
Associated Press
March 26, 2009
msnbc
Despite YouTube, Pope Benedict is struggling with his message
Creationism in the classroom
Jerry Coyne
March 26, 2009
Guardian.co.uk
Evolution is a scientific fact – except, perhaps, in Texas, where the school board is trying to cast doubt on it
Religious education in Germany: God and Berlin
March 26, 2009
Economist
A referendum next month may import religious teaching into Berlin’s schools
Muslim education: A long, long lesson
March 26, 2009
Economist
For Muslim youngsters, studying their faith is a time-consuming business
A consistent but harsh Catholic Church
March 24, 2009
Lost Angeles Times
A Brazilian excommunication case stirs worldwide indignation.
Israeli army rabbis criticized for stance on Gaza assault
Richard Boudreaux
March 24, 2009
Los Angeles Times
Some Israeli soldiers say military rabbis cast the offensive against Hamas rockets as a fight to expel non-Jews.
What do you get if you divide science by God?
Mark Vernon
March 23, 2009
BBC News
A prize-winning quantum physicist says a spiritual reality is veiled from us, and science offers a glimpse behind that veil. So how do scientists investigating the fundamental nature of the universe assess any role of God, asks Mark Vernon.
Health surgeries and post offices to be put in churches
March 23, 2009
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/5041516/Health-surgeries-and-post-offices-to-be-put-in-churches.html
Health surgeries post offices and day care centres should be put in churches under plans published in a report backed by Culture Secretary Andy Burnham. /// post offices
Pope to Muslims: Religion rejects violence
By The Associated Press
March 19, 2009
MSNBC
Praises coexistence between Islam, Christianity to huge crowd in Cameroon
Atheist nurse tries to get himself ‘debaptised’ from Church of England
Martin Beckford
March 18, 2009
Telegraph.co.uk
An atheist is trying to get himself “de-baptised” from the Church of England because he believes he was accepted into the religion without his consent.
Aligning a medical treatment plan with God’s plan
Karen Kaplan
March 17, 2009
Los Angeles Times
Faith drives some patients to fight, and suffer more at the end.
Spain’s abortion reform riles church
Associated Press
March 17, 2009
msnbc
Bishops launch advertising campaign against plans to loosen laws
Role of religion evident among ‘Idol’ finalists
Associated Press
March 17, 2009
msnbc
Christian contestants like Danny Gokey attract a faithful voting bloc
Cardinal Mahony is expected to testify in a clergy abuse lawsuit in Fresno
Victoria Kim and Duke Helfand
March 16, 2009
Los Angeles Times
Two brothers say they were molested by a priest for 14 years at a church in a small town north of Bakersfield. For part of that time, Mahony served as an administrator in the Fresno Diocese.
Jurassic sea monster surfaces in Norway
Ian Sample
March 16, 2009
Guardian.co.uk
The giant meat-eating reptile, known as a pliosaur, had a bite four times as powerful as T. rex. The second creature, on the other hand, may be the least scary dinosaur ever discovered
Physicist wins $1.4 million religion prize
Associated Press
March 16, 2009
msnbc
D’Espagnat: ‘Mystery ... is one of the constitutive elements of being’
