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Paris mayor slams Russian church due near Eiffel Tower
Feb 29, 2012 13:13 EST
PARIS (Reuters) - Paris Mayor Bernard Delanoe has described a Russian Orthodox church to be built along the River Seine as an example of "hodgepodge architecture" not worthy to be on display near the Eiffel Tower.
Archbishop of Canterbury steps into U.N. gays row
Feb 28, 2012 17:04 EST
GENEVA (Reuters) - Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, spiritual head of the global Anglican communion, stepped on Tuesday into a row which is flaring at the U.N. Human Rights Council over the persecution of gays and lesbians.
High noon in Oxford: Dawkins vs the archbishop
Feb 23, 2012 15:55 EST
OXFORD, England (Reuters) - In the blue corner, the leader of the Church of England. In the red corner, the world's most prominent critic of religion.
Tunisia, Egypt Islamists signal bigger religion role
Feb 23, 2012 03:12 EST
PARIS (Reuters)- After months of reassuring secularist critics, Islamist politicians in Tunisia and Egypt have begun to lay down markers about how Muslim their states should be - and first signs show they want more religion than previously admitted.
Tunisia, Egypt Islamists signal bigger religion role
Feb 22, 2012 11:58 EST
PARIS (Reuters)- After months of reassuring secularist critics, Islamist politicians in Tunisia and Egypt have begun to lay down markers about how Muslim their states should be -- and first signs show they want more religion than previously admitted.
Analysis:Catholics, Muslims pursue dialogue amid Mideast tension
Nov 25, 2011 13:36 EST
BETHANY BEYOND THE JORDAN, Jordan (Reuters) - Only five years ago, critical remarks by Pope Benedict about Islam sparked off violent protests in several Muslim countries.
Ex-banker turned Hindu monk urges Wall Street to meditate
Nov 17, 2011 10:55 EST
(Reuters) - Rasanath Das, an ex-investment banker turned Hindu monk, was spending recent Sunday afternoons leading Occupy Wall Street protesters in meditation until police cleared their camp at New York's Zuccotti Park this week.
Ex-banker turned Hindu monk urges Wall St to meditate
Nov 17, 2011 03:43 EST
(Reuters) - Rasanath Das, an ex-investment banker turned Hindu monk, was spending recent Sunday afternoons leading Occupy Wall Street protesters in meditation until police cleared their camp at New York's Zuccotti Park this week.
Religious minorities put faith in Tunisia's democracy
Nov 09, 2011 06:28 EST
TUNIS (Reuters) - Minority Jews and Christians are putting their faith in Tunisia's nascent democracy to ensure its new Islamist-led leadership respects their rights in this traditionally secular state.
Radical Islamists seize control of Tunisia mosques
Nov 02, 2011 11:25 EDT
TUNIS (Reuters) - Radical Islamists have seized control of 150 to 200 mosques and prayer halls around Tunisia this year, a senior religious official said Wednesday.
Arab Spring boosts political Islam, but which kind?
Oct 26, 2011 07:52 EDT
(Reuters) - More democracy is bringing more political Islam in the countries of the Arab Spring, but Islamist statements about sharia or religion in politics are only rough indicators of what the real effect might be.
Analysis: Arab Spring boosts political Islam, but which kind?
Oct 25, 2011 14:59 EDT
(Reuters) - More democracy is bringing more political Islam in the countries of the Arab Spring, but Islamist statements about sharia or religion in politics are only rough indicators of what the real effect might be.
Shock image threshold falls under internet pressure
Oct 21, 2011 15:41 EDT
PARIS (Reuters) - The threshold for publishing gruesome images like those of Muammar Gaddafi's death is falling as the internet and social media make many of the editorial decisions that used to be left to a small group of professional journalists.
European rabbis urge Vatican to fight anti-Semitic rebels
Oct 19, 2011 13:41 EDT
PARIS (Reuters) - European rabbis and Holocaust survivors in the United States urged the Vatican Wednesday to suspend unity talks with ultra-traditionalist Catholics until their movement pledged to renounce anti-Semitic members in its ranks.
European rabbis urge Vatican to renounce rebels
Oct 19, 2011 10:16 EDT
PARIS (Reuters) - European rabbis urged the Vatican Wednesday to suspend unity talks with an ultra-traditionalist Catholic rebel society until the movement pledged to fight what they called anti-Semitism in its ranks.
Analysis: Pope disappoints hopes of Catholics and Protestants
Sep 26, 2011 04:54 EDT
BERLIN (Reuters) - Pope Benedict's visit to his German homeland was bound to provoke harsh words from his critics. The surprise of the event was how bluntly he took his own Church to task and disappointed Protestants ready to work with him.
Pope in Germany calls for unity, some frustrated
Sep 25, 2011 14:07 EDT
FREIBURG, Germany (Reuters) - Pope Benedict urged Catholics in his native Germany on Sunday to close ranks behind him rather than demand reforms or leave the Church, a staunchly conservative message that some who came to hear him found frustrating.
Pope in Germany calls for unity
Sep 25, 2011 08:29 EDT
FREIBURG, Germany (Reuters) - Pope Benedict appealed for unity on Sunday from Catholics in his native Germany who have been leaving the Church in record numbers, but many who came to hear him said they were frustrated by his staunchly conservative message.
Catholics cannot accept gay marriage, pope says
Sep 24, 2011 15:10 EDT
FREIBURG, Germany (Reuters) - Pope Benedict said on Saturday the Catholic Church could not accept gay marriage and urged young people to root out evil in society and shun a "lukewarm" faith that damages their Church.
Catholics cannot accept gay marriage, pope says
Sep 24, 2011 15:10 EDT
FREIBURG, Germany (Reuters) - Pope Benedict said on Saturday the Catholic Church could not accept gay marriage and urged young people to root out evil in society and shun a "lukewarm" faith that damages their Church.
