Daily Religion Headlines - April 29, 2014

April 29, 2014

Daily Religion Headlines

U.S. HEADLINES

North Carolina's gay marriage ban is challenged by church
THE NEW YORK TIMES*
Embryonic cloning shows promise in diabetes treatment
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL*
Kerry backs off Israel 'apartheid' remarks amid firestorm on Hill
FOX NEWS
Echoes of past may not carry as court weighs 2nd abortion law
THE NEW YORK TIMES*
A Holocaust survivor's passion for civil rights
THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER*
Historic Riverside Church recommends first woman as senior minister
RELIGION NEWS SERVICE
Obamacare religious exemption hard to get
THE STAR-LEDGER
A deal that collapsed leaves a Manhattan synagogue in shambles
THE NEW YORK TIMES*
 

INTERNATIONAL HEADLINES

Islam, scripted: Egypt reins in Friday sermons at mosque
THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
Israeli forces demolish West Bank mosque as peace talks deadline passes
REUTERS
Conservative Anglican leaders back Uganda anti-gay law
RELIGION NEWS SERVICE
Muslim leaders denounce police over raids in Czech capital
THE NEW YORK TIMES*
Israel's Jerusalem wall splits Palestinian family
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Amid crisis, Ukraine's Jews say 'leave us out of it'
THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
Catholic bishops oppose Sinn Féin move on gay marriage
THE IRISH TIMES
Gunmen ambush Muslim convoy in Central African Republic, two killed
REUTERS
 

ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY

How to sell Pope Francis
THE ATLANTIC
Dwindling witnesses of the Holocaust
CNN
Who wrote the Serenity Prayer?
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION