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last updated: Feb 06 2012 2:01 PM
- Economist: Straight but narrow
ONE leaflet showed a wooden doll hanging from a noose and suggested burning or stoning homosexuals. “God Abhors You” read another.
- Australian: Christians fear being dragged into Syrian violence
WHEN Father Basilious Nasser got an urgent call to say that one of his parishioners had been shot and needed help, the priest went immediately.
- The Times: Fearful Christian leaders keep their faith in Assad
When Father Basilious Nasser got an urgent call to say that one of his parishioners had been shot and needed help, the priest went immediately.
- Post-Dispatch: Plan seeks to fill Catholic schools in St. Louis area
Archbishop Robert Carlson announced a plan Thursday that seeks to fill about 1,800 vacant seats in the region's Catholic schools by channeling more revenue toward scholarships and pushing for state tax credits for tuition-paying parents.
- Irish Times: Court upholds Scientology fraud ruling in France
A FRENCH appeals court has upheld fraud charges and a €600,000 fine against the Church of Scientology for cajoling followers into paying large sums for bogus personality tests and cures.
- Boston Globe: Romney shifted on 'conscience' issue
Mitt Romney accused President Obama this week of ordering “religious organizations to violate their conscience,’’ referring to a White House decision that requires all health plans - even those covering employees at Catholic hospitals, charities, and colleges - to provide free birth control. But a review of Romney’s tenure as Massachusetts governor shows that he once took a similar step.
- CS Monitor: Why many Iranian-Americans are wary of Tehran, and vice versa
When, in early January, Iran sentenced Arizona-born Iranian-American Amir Hekmati to death for allegedly spying for the CIA, the case cast a spotlight on a prosperous American community that had long lived under the radar. Not anymore.
- Wash. Post: At prayer breakfast and with birth-control decision, Obama riles religious conservatives
President Obama drew on the Bible and his interpretation of the Christian faith Thursday to deliver a sharp, if tacit, critique of his chief Republican rival’s economic program, speaking at a forum that in the past has been largely free of electoral politics.
- AP: Turkey’s ties with Hamas deepen amid questions about the influence of sponsors Iran and Syria
Ties between Turkey, NATO's biggest Muslim member, and Hamas, the Islamic militant group that says Israel should not exist, are blossoming.
- AP: Fed judge considers if pharmacies must sell Plan B
A federal judge is considering whether Washington state can require pharmacies to stock and sell Plan B or other emergency contraceptives, even in the face of religious objections by druggists who believe they destroy human life.