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2012-04
2012-04-06	Assailing 'Disobedience,' Pope Says Women Will Not Be Ordained the ban on women priests was part of the Church's 'divine constitution,' because Jesus chose only men to be his apostles during the Last Supper.
2012-04-05	'Disgust' over Muslim wife-beating book a husband shouldn't beat his wife too hard, but pulling her ears and hitting her with a hand or a stick is all right for discipline. The 160-page book also offers tips on how to confine a wife to the home and withhold cash if she acts up.
2012-04-05	Hatch: Obama might attack Romney on Mormon faith Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida, described that suggestion as "preposterous" and "utter nonsense." During an interview with MSNBC, she said the party wouldn't stoop to the same levels as Republicans.
2012-04-05	VOICES OF FAITH: ARE DIFFERENT FAITHS THAT SAY THEY WORSHIP GOD WORSHIPPING THE SAME GOD? This ideal of a universal God has taught us to respect all divine incarnations as they are the manifestations of the same ultimate reality.
2012-04-04	David Cameron 'does God' at No 10 Easter event David Cameron has ventured into territory avoided even by Tony Blair, the most devout prime minister in living memory, during his time in Downing Stree
2012-04-01	Some Christians see contraception mandate as attack on religious freedom religious people often have to pay for government programs that they find morally troublesome. Pacifists, for example, have to pay taxes that fund the military.

2012-03
2012-03-31	Children 'should learn Lord's Prayer', says Archbishop "I'd like to see schools introducing children to the Lord's Prayer, so that they know that it's there, they know what it means and know why it matters.
2012-03-29	Priest: Found Porn, Lewd Letter to Boy in Rectory Prosecutors want to make the point that dozens of abusive priests were, at best, transferred if they got in trouble, and left in jobs involving children.
2012-03-25	Pakistan supreme court to decide fate of Hindu woman in Muslim marriage row "These people want to stoke a war between the Hindus and Muslims so that we leave the country," said Amarlal, chairman of the Progressive Minorities Commission, who uses only one name. "Local mullahs and fundamentalist people think that if they leave they can take their properties."
2012-03-25	Staged abduction at youth group meeting leaves teen scared, horrified A seventh grader is still traumatized, emotionally and physically, by a church youth group meeting Wednesday night at Glad Tidings Assembly of God in Lower Swatara Township.
2012-03-24	Girl dies after exorcism attempt Sinethemba died after her intestines were pulled out through her vagina, the source said.
2012-03-24	Woman died after Muslim nurse refused to help as he was praying "It took between five and ten minutes because he was praying upstairs in the office on his prayer mat. A staff member told me we had to wait for him to finish."
2012-03-24	Atheists Seek Acceptance Following Hearts, Not Faith "We want people to know," he says, "that you don't have to believe in God to care about others."
2012-03-23	'Woodstock For Atheists': A Moment For Nonbelievers People have this notion that atheists are immoral, not trustworthy, unelectable," Mehta says. "How do you change that at such a huge level? It starts by people everywhere just coming out of the closet as atheists.
2012-03-23	World's largest Christian TV channel 'funds owners' exorbitant lifestyle' exorbitant spending on mansions in California, Tennessee and Florida, private jets and even a $100,000 (£63,000) mobile home to house the dogs of Crouch's flamboyant wife, Janice.
2012-03-22	ABUSE OUTRAGE! Lawyers for Priest Abusers Force Victims’ Private Emails into Court Donohue, a staunch defender of Roman Catholic principles and organization, believes the church is the actual victim of its enemies. “What accounts for the relentless attacks on the Church?
2012-03-21	Pew: More Americans See 'Too Much' Religious Talk In Politics "Since 2010, there have been sizable increases in the percentages of white mainline Protestants, white Catholics and the religiously unaffiliated saying that there has been too much discussion of religion by political leaders."
2012-03-21	Dutch Church Is Accused of Castrating Young Men “In one stroke, his scrotum was cut out. Then he was taken to an infirmary to rest and recover. Then the other boys received the same treatment. He could hear them screaming.”
2012-03-20	Supreme Court refuses church-state case involving child sex abuse by clergy Hamilton said there is no threat to the First Amendment by subjecting the archdiocese to neutral principles of tort law in a negligence lawsuit.
2012-03-18	Why American Atheists is advertising to Jews and Muslims An intellectually suffocating culture in many religious communities is designed to keep dissidents from knowing about rival ideas
2012-03-18	Destroy all churches in the Arabian Peninsula – Saudi Grand Mufti The Grand Mufti, who is the highest official of religious law in Saudi Arabia, as well as the head of the Supreme Council of Islamic Scholars, cited the Prophet Mohammed, who said the Arabian Peninsula is to exist under only one religion. The Sheikh went on to conclude that it was therefore necessary for Kuwait, being a part of the Arabian Peninsula, to destroy all churches on its territory.
2012-03-18	Without Gods Alain de Botton’s ‘Religion for Atheists’ De Botton believes that secular people should create communal restaurants that mimic the Passover Seder. Atheists would sit at big, communal tables.
2012-03-17	In GOP race, voters divided over religion’s place in politics About six in 10 white Catholics believe abortion should be legal, and a similar proportion supports same-sex marriage, despite their church’s teachings to the contrary.
2012-03-17	Vatican Updates Webpage For Church Teaching The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (ie. Spanish Inquisition), which safeguards orthodoxy of Catholic teaching, has created a new domain, supplementing existing access from the Holy See's official website.
2012-03-17	Separation of church and state, back by popular demand John Kennedy affirmed American values: “I believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute … where no religious body seeks to impose its will directly or indirectly upon the general populace or the public acts of its officials.”
2012-03-15	Abortion foes to say exorcism prayers in Ohio the chancellor of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati has given permission for priests to read an exorcism prayer at a rally Sunday outside the Women's Med Center.
2012-03-15	Priest Defends Denying Communion To Lesbian Mourner "The communion incident and the allegations of intimidating behavior are both currently under review as a personnel issue so the archdiocese can't say anything more about Fr. Guarnizo,"
2012-03-15	The New York Times Has Refused To Run An Anti-Muslim Ad Just Days After Running A Similar Anti-Catholic Ad “the fallout from running this ad now could put U.S. troops and/or civilians in the [Afghan] region in danger.”
2012-03-15	The Gujarat massacre: New India's blood rite In a sting carried out in 2007 by the weekly magazine Tehelka, politicians, businessmen, officials and policemen were caught on tape, delightedly recalling how they murdered and raped Muslims with the full imprimatur of their superiors.
2012-03-15	Tumult at Crystal Cathedral megachurch rooted in perils of succession Perhaps the biggest lesson out of this is that old models, inflexibility, and an unwillingness to change to keep up with a new religious reality ultimately spell the demise of both megachurches and smaller congregations.”
2012-03-14	One rule for Jesus, another for Muhammad? 'I complain in the strongest possible terms', is different from 'I complain in the strongest possible terms and I'm loading my AK47 as I write'.
2012-03-13	Pedophile priests victims group says Catholic church targeting it "It was not a fishing expedition," Clohessy said. "It was a fishing, crabbing, shrimping, trash-collecting, draining the pond expedition. The real motive is to harass and discredit and bankrupt SNAP, while discouraging victims, witnesses, whistle-blowers, police, prosecutors and journalists from seeking our help."
2012-03-12	E.J. Dionne \| Catholicism is not the tea party at prayer “Have the bishops given up on their conviction that there can be disagreement among Catholics on the application of principle to policy? Do they now believe that there must be unanimity even on political strategy?”
2012-03-11	Gay marriage: Roman Catholic archbishops step up fight "We're sure most churchgoers will be as opposed to their leaders on this issue as they are on birth control,"
2012-03-11	Robert Schuller Leaves Crystal Cathedral Board "We cannot continue to serve on the Board in what has become an adversarial and negative atmosphere especially since it now seems that it will not be ending anytime soon,"
2012-03-11	Southern Faith: Why Candidates' Beliefs Matter the religious politics of the South.
2012-03-10	UK churches launch attack on conservative government’s gay-marriage plan Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, has said a new law for gay couples would amount to forcing unwanted change on the rest of the nation.
2012-03-10	Why did Rush Limbaugh defend Joseph Kony and Lord's Resistance Army? On his Oct. 19 Colbert Report, the comedian picked up on the talk show host’s “due diligence” comment, saying, “Of course due diligence always comes after accusing the president of killing Christians.”
2012-03-10	Doomsday Prophet Camping Says Predictions Were 'Incorrect And Sinful' There is 'no new evidence pointing to another date for the end of the world ... and so Family Radio has no interest in even considering another date.'"
2012-03-09	Abuse priest branded 'shameless' Judge Glenn told him: "Shameless accurately describes your attitude to these proceedings, you have shown no remorse at any time.
2012-03-09	The new legal theory that enables homophobic evangelising in US schools Peter Sprigg, a board member of PFOX who doubles as a senior fellow at the Family Research Council, recently told Chris Matthews that he believes "gay behavior" should be "criminalized". PFOX president Greg Quinlan told another talk show host that gays and lesbians practice "sexual cannibalism".
2012-03-09	Pope denounces U.S. political push to legalize gay marriage such a policy could "precipitate a national conflict between Church and state of enormous proportions".
2012-03-09	Gay marriage: torn asunder from reality Traditionally, the church has explained the purpose of marriage in terms of three features: that it's the proper context for raising children, that it promotes monogamy and that it exists for the mutual comfort and society of one person for another.
2012-03-09	Mormon church restricts access to Jewish names "I don't believe for five minutes that they're going to stop baptizing Jewish Holocaust victims," Radkey said.
2012-03-08	Miley Cyrus quotes Einstein during Twitter feud over religion "How can people take the love out of science and bring hate into religion so easily?"
2012-03-08	Science book delayed when someone notices it's written by creationists I think this would have been spotted rather quickly by biologists, so sending the proposal to an engineering/computer science editor makes sense.
2012-03-07	Israeli Postmen Refuse To Deliver Hebrew-Language Bibles Israel's anti-missionary law prohibits offering people monetary incentives in order to convince them to adopt another faith. It also bans proselytizing to minors. It does not prevent the dissemination of written material
2012-03-07	Christians Provide Free Labor On Jewish Settlements Many evangelical Christians believe that the end of days and the coming of the Messiah will center around Israel. And they interpret the foundation of the Jewish state as biblical prophecy becoming reality
2012-03-07	Godsmacked! Atheist billboard blocked in Hasidic Williamsburg “Even if we were to ignore the antagonistic placement of this billboard near the Williamsburg Bridge, the content of the message is conveyed in a disrespectful manner,” said Levin. “This does not appear to be a genuine attempt to engage in a dialogue, but is here merely to insult the beliefs of this community.”
2012-03-06	Archbishop of Westminster: same-sex marriages a 'profoundly radical step' "A change in the law would gradually and inevitably transform society's understanding of the purpose of marriage. It would reduce it just to the commitment of the two people involved. There would be no recognition of the complementarity of male and female or that marriage is intended for the procreation and education of children

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