March 24, 2014 - Daily Religion Headlines

March 24, 2014

Daily Religion Headlines

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U.S. HEADLINES

The Catholic roots of Obama's activism
THE NEW YORK TIMES*

Legal questions abound over same-sex marriages in Michigan
DETROIT FREE PRESS*

High court with vocally devout justices set to hear religious objections to health-care law
THE WASHINGTON POST*

Religious case at Supreme Court could affect Obamacare and much more
LOS ANGELES TIMES*

Millions spent on Catholic clergy anger parishioners in Atlanta
THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION*

Taxpayers fund creationism in the classroom
POLITICO

For anti-gay church, losing its cause before its founder
THE NEW YORK TIMES*

Philadelphia leaders embark on a Vatican mission
THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER*

 

INTERNATIONAL HEADLINES

Egyptian court sentences 529 Muslim Brotherhood members to death
REUTERS

Pope taps women, victims for sex abuse commission
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Government intervenes at UK school 'taken over' by Muslim radicals
THE TELEGRAPH

Montreal Catholic school fighting for the right to teach ethics and religious culture in its own Jesuit style
NATIONAL POST

Forgotten boys are forged into suicide bombers in 'Horses of God'
LOS ANGELES TIMES*

War is over – now Serbs and Bosniaks fight to win control of a brutal history
THE GUARDIAN

Countries divided on future of ancient Buddhas in Afghanistan
THE NEW YORK TIMES*

Thousands of Hamas supporters rally in Gaza
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Pope Francis denounces 'evil, blood-stained' mafia
BBC NEWS

 

ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY

Francis shows political instincts in naming anti-abuse panel
THE BOSTON GLOBE*

Young advocate seeks pope's aid on immigration
LOS ANGELES TIMES*

Wrongly convicted Ohio man is focus of TV documentary
THE PLAIN DEALER

The evolution of the death penalty in one map
THE NEW REPUBLIC

Dying churches, revived in a flash
THE NEW YORK TIMES*