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Purported site of Jesus' baptism in danger of being closed
Ynet News (7/22)
Opinion: The irony behind the Ground Zero controversy
The Washington Post (7/22)
Desmond Tutu announces retirement from public life
CNN (7/22)

ACLU, North Little Rock officials reach settlement on prayers
Arkansas Times (7/22)

New poll holds religious surprises on Calif. gay-marriage ban
Religion Dispatches (7/22)
R.I. school district won't fight prayer case
The Providence Journal (7/22)
'Coathanger Christ' statue goes on display in Scotland
BBC News (7/21)

Welsh official faces suspension for calling Scientology 'stupid'
The Telegraph (7/21)

Pakistani city tense after Christians accused of blasphemy shot
BBC News (7/20)
10th Circuit affirms Colorado church's right to expand campus
The Longmont Times-Call (7/20)
Spanish Parliament rejects burqa ban
Beliefnet (7/20)

Lady Gaga latest target for protests by anti-gay Kansas church
Rolling Stone (7/19)

President Obama's in-house pastor
The Los Angeles Times (7/20)
Syria first Muslim country to ban burqa
Daily Star (7/20)
Va. courthouse latest battleground over religious displays
WJLA-TV (7/19)

Brutal Mexican drug gang studies American evangelical's works
The Guardian (7/19)

Harry Reid's Southern Baptist challenger on church-state separation
Las Vegas Sun (7/18)
Proposed Okla. amendment would ban Sharia law
Tulsa World (7/18)
Obama gaining evangelical allies on immigration reform
The New York Times (7/18)

Muslims attack Christian family in central Nigeria
Al Jazeera (7/17)

Appeals court: Church immune from discrimination suit
National Law Journal (7/16)
British Quakers, Anglicans urged to sell shares in BP
Church Times (7/16)
Argentina becomes 1st Latin American nation with gay marriage
The New York Times (7/15)

In farewell, N.T. Wright urges church to pursue both justice, fidelity
Christian Today (7/15)

Poll: 68% of Texans think church-state separation important
Houston Chronicle (7/13)
French Assembly votes overwhelmingly to ban burqas in public
BBC News (7/13)
Lawmakers turn to D.C. clergy for counsel
AP (7/13)

Trip, sermon inspire creation of international wheelchair ministry
The Los Angeles Times (7/11)

In rebranding bid, the 'Y' is dropping the 'MCA'
The Telegraph (7/13)
Williams urges not delaying decision on female bishops
The Guardian (7/13)
'Son of Sam' killer's evangelical makeover
The New York Times (7/12)

Opinion: 'DADT' repeal no threat to chaplains' religious freedom
USA Today (7/11)

Catholics criticize backtracking on monarch-ban repeal
The Scotsman (7/12)
Russian art curators anger Orthodox but escape jail time
Reuters (7/12)
S.C. minister organizing protest of county council's prayers
The Herald-Journal (7/11)

Indian-American angst over Jindal's, Haley's success, conversions
The New York Times (7/10)

BJC, other groups file briefs opposing government prayers
Winston-Salem Journal (7/9)
Kenya's Anglican bishops demand postponing referendum
The Standard (7/9)
Church of England formally begins debate on women bishops
BBC News (7/9)

Censorship trial testing strength of Russian Orthodox Church
The New York Times (7/8)

In Ireland's schools, Catholic church still reigns supreme
Reuters (7/8)
Opinion: Tenn. mosque protest perversion of American values
Knoxville News-Sentinel (7/8)
Kenya vote on new Constitution pits Muslims, Christians
The Washington Post (7/7)

Preaching the gospel with a gangster dialect
The New York Times (7/7)

Indian state officials snub Baptists in talks on alcohol ban
CathNews India (7/7)
Conservative Anglicans warning of split over potential gay bishop
Christian Today (7/7)
Meet Prince, the Jehovah's Witness
The Daily Record (7/6)

Churches, charities angling for share of oil-spill reparations
AP (7/4)

French Parliament debating ban on burqas in public
AP (7/6)
Ethiopian manuscript may be oldest illustrated Christian text
The Telegraph (7/5)
Conservative British premier to back gay Anglican bishop
The Daily Mail (7/5)

Opinion: The rise of the Religious Left
The New York Times (7/2)

Christian music fest draws fire over Jim Wallis invitation
The Christian Post (7/1)
Baptist jailed for refusing to swear military oath
Forum 18 (7/1)
Blasphemy trial shows limits of Russia's cultural freedom
The Economist (7/1)

Scientists discover prehistoric 'Leviathan'
BBC News (6/30)

Jewish family appeals ruling on Christian school-board prayers
The News-Journal (7/1)
British Methodists vote to boycott Israeli goods
The Jerusalem Post (7/1)
Is Kagan's Jewishness being used against her?
The Jewish Week (6/30)

Did Justice Scalia lay his own free-exercise trap in Smith opinion?
The Washington Post (6/29)

Italy appeals European court's crucifix ban
Agence France-Presse (6/30)
In Supreme Court decision, weapon for gay-rights proponents?
Law.com (6/30)
New Australian premier is Baptist-turned-atheist
The Daily Mail (6/30)

Vandalizing God into the Pledge of Allegiance
The Washington Post (6/29)

Pope creating new office to fight secularization
AP (6/29)
ACLU files papers in N.C. county's appeal of prayer ruling
Winston-Salem Journal (6/29)

Kagan an ally of robust religious-freedom protections?
San Francisco Chronicle (6/26)
Message to new pastors: Get skills for a backup job
The Tennessean (6/26)

Analysis: Melissa Rogers on Kagan and religious freedom
The Brookings Institution (6/25)
Archaeologists find evidence of St. Peter's ancient prison
The Telegraph (6/25)

Woman sues Baptist church for performing gay wedding
CNN (6/24)
Kazakh authorities punish Baptist pastor with massive fine
Forum 18 (6/24)

One man's battle for religious freedom in the U.S. military
Colorado Springs Gazette (6/21)
New Agers, neo-Pagans witness summer solstice at Stonehenge
AP (6/21)

New Orleans pastors not keen on guns-in-church bill
The Times-Picayune (6/21)
Opinion: The end of chaplains at Smith?
The New York Times (6/18)

Inside South Africa's most influential church
The Independent (6/21)
Church of England considers divesting its BP stock
The Daily Mail (6/21)

Catholic groups denounce upcoming film about 'Pope Joan'
The Telegraph (6/20)
When it comes to disaster response, little church-state separation
AP (6/20)

British soccer star prevented from discussing his faith
Sydney Morning Herald (6/18)
Can a church run a secular charter school?
The Wall Street Journal (6/17)

Attorneys wind up arguments in same-sex marriage case
The Washington Post (6/17)
Abortion debate strains government-religious aid coalition
RNS (6/16)

Did Michelangelo's masterpiece conceal protest against Church?
The Telegraph (6/17)
Would-be Osama Bin Laden assassin cites Christian faith
The Independent (6/17)

Battle escalates over hiring rights of religious government contractors
Christianity Today (6/16)
Lacking a state budget, Californians ask God to guide negotiations
The New York Times (6/16)

Baptist megachurch kicks softball team out for gay coach
The Commercial Appeal (6/16)
Protestant leaders meet with 'Bloody Sunday' families in N. Ireland
BBC News (6/16)

Pilgrims throng Argentine church to witness bleeding Jesus
The Daily Mail (6/15)
Evangelical group to sit out Iowa gubernatorial race in protest
AP (6/14)

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