Sex-abuse scandal: How one archbishop responded to the Catholic sex-abuse crisis
The New York Times examines how Archbishop Timothy Dolan, formerly of Wisconsin and now of New York, handled the crisis involving the sexual abuse of minors by Catholic priests. In the piece, Dolan...
View ArticleDoes opposition to the Islamic center play into the hands of al-Qaeda?
New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof argued in a recent column that people who oppose building the Islamic center planned for two blocks from the site of the Sept. 11, 2001, World Trade Center...
View ArticleWiesenthal Center calls for release of Nazi war criminal report
Following a story by The New York Times about the harboring of Nazi war criminals by the U.S. government during the Cold War, the Simon Wiesenthal Center is urging the full release of a 2006 U.S....
View ArticleHarvard, humanists and military chaplains
National military humanist leader Jason Torpy, national chaplain leader Dave Plummer, and national humanist leader Greg Epstein meet today at Harvard Divinity School to discuss humanist chaplains and...
View ArticleVillage Voice to religious leaders: hell no, we won’t close
Village Voice Media responded to a full-page ad in the New York Times from clergy demanding that it stop running adult ads that contribute to sex trafficking of children. “The religious coalition...
View ArticleTebow, the Times, sports and religion
The New York Times has a story on the role religion plays in the polarized views of Tim Tebow’s performance as quarterback. “At the intersection of faith and football, the fervor that surrounds both...
View ArticleThe man behind the “All-American Muslim” boycott
New York Times writer Samuel Freedman has a profile on David Canton, the founder of the Tampa-based fundamentalist group Florida Family Association which has convinced a couple of companies to drop...
View ArticleAmerican nuns meet to discuss Vatican’s rebuke
New York Times reporter Laurie Goodstein writes about the American nuns chastised by the Vatican for disobedience. The group meets this week in St. Louis: American nuns are preparing to assemble in St....
View ArticleChinese exports: young professionals seeking religious freedom
New York Times reporter Ian Johnson writes about the exodus of young Chinese professionals seeking greater religious freedom, including 87,000 who have moved to the U.S. in 2011: BEIJING — At 30, Chen...
View ArticleNo pope, but here’s the dope on the smoke
After three votes, the Catholic cardinals have not yet picked the man to replace Pope Benedict XVI. They’ll give it a couple of more tries later on today. But the New York Times has the secret Vatican...
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