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White House proposal gives religious groups more say in birth control mandate
(RNS) The Obama administration is offering to expand the number of faith-based groups that can be exempt from the controversial contraception mandate, and proposing that third-party companies administer coverage for self-insured faith-based groups at no cost. By David Gibson.
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Quebec parties challenge halal meat laws
TORONTO (RNS) Two political parties in Quebec are speaking out about the ritual slaughter of meat, saying the practice runs counter to the province's secular "values." By Ron Csillag.
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Poll: Catholics don’t see contraception mandate as threat to religious freedom
Even though Catholic bishops are leading the charge that the new White House contraception mandate is a threat to religious liberty, Catholics reject -- by a 57 to 38 percent margin -- the idea that religious liberty is under siege, according to a new poll from the Public Religion Research Institute and Religion News Service.
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So does God need our help or not?
Oklahoma Republican Sen. Jim Inhofe says God doesn't need human help on climate change but does need human help on Israeli security: Politicized theology or theologized politics?
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Bishop hopes to restart White House contraception talks
(RNS) The Catholic bishop leading the hierarchy's push against the White House's contraception mandate says the bishops hope to re-start contentious talks with the Obama administration but says church leaders "have gotten mixed signals from the administration" and the situation "is very fluid." By David Gibson.
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Mormons, GOP didn’t always get along so well
WASHINGTON (RNS) As Mitt Romney presses his White House bid, many Americans don't realize that his Mormon faith played an important role as foil in the early days of the GOP, and how its first candidates won by whipping up anti-Mormon sentiments. By Thomas Burr.
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After months of wrangling, occupiers evicted from St. Paul’s Cathedral
LONDON (RNS) Police on Tuesday (Feb. 28) evicted scores of demonstrators from a makeshift tent city they had erected outside historic St. Paul's Cathedral more than four months ago as part of a global protest against capitalism.
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Experts say Quran burning ‘tailor-made’ for Taliban
WASHINGTON (RNS) The Taliban is attempting to capitalize on the outbreak of violence that followed the inadvertent burning of a Quran by NATO troops by characterizing the war as a conflict between infidels and Islam, analysts said.
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President Obama’s five most personal religious statements
In recent days, GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum has criticized President Obama for having a ``phony theology'' not based on the Bible. Here's a sample of five of Obama's most personal statements on Christianity since becoming president. By Daniel Burke.
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Thursday’s Religion Roundup: A bishop walks into a bar…
No joke, he was asked to leave. And he was sober. But a nun is going to the Oscars. Jesuits want bishops to tone down the "war on religion" chatter. China may invite religious freedom envoy. And Richard Dawkins needs to Google Darwin.
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