- Pope makes first big decision naming advisory board—"Pope Francis, in his first major decision, ... set up an advisory board of cardinals from around the world to help him govern the Catholic Church and reform its troubled central administration."
- Pope Francis hits out at global 'cult of money'
- Church must help the poorest, not dissect theology, pope says
- Pope Francis calls for action on clerical sex abuse—Total opposite of his predecessor espoused.
- Cardinal who covered up pedophilia says he forgives those who are mad at him—Probably has also forgiven all the little boys and girls who seduced those poor oh-so-susceptible priests.
- $3 billion and counting: the sex-abuse scandal continues
- Outrage in Spain over video game that depicts Pope Benedict XVI as pimp for pedophile cardinals
- Australia: 'Catholic mafia' covered up Hunter abuse
- Bangladesh protesters demand blasphemy law—"Hundreds of thousands of marchers call for law that would include death penalty for bloggers who insult Islam." The PM has so far rejected the notion.
- Russian MPs back harsher anti-blasphemy law—Church and State colluding to espouse censorship.
- Russian court denies punk band convict Tolokonnikova parole
- Qatar jails a Nepali teacher on charges of insulting Islam—Thankfully, he's been freed and back home in Nepal.
- Turkish pianist sentenced to jail for criticizing Islam on Twitter Salon
- Egyptian Activists: Our Religion Is None Of Your Business
- Morocco's High Council of Ulemas's Death Sentence Fatwa on Apostates Sparks Controversy
- Gaza police shaving heads of long-haired youths—"Police in Hamas-ruled Gaza have started grabbing young men with long or gel-styled spiky hair off the streets, bundling them into jeeps, mocking them and shaving their heads."
- 'Modesty police' arrests ratchet fears of radicalized Islam in Gaza
- Indonesia teens accused of blasphemy over Maroon 5 dance
- No 'Happy Easter': The Muslim Brotherhood's Bizarre Religious Intolerance
- They're taking our children—'West Papua's youth are being removed to Islamic religious schools in Java for 're-education...'"
- Ultra-Orthodox Jews protest over Israeli army enlistment
- Orthodox men hurl stinkbombs at women praying at Jerusalem's Western Wall
- No More Play Dates? Sex-Segregated Park Opens in New York
- Culture war erupts in Israel over attempts to end preferential budgets for ultra-Orthodox
- Them and Them—"Up in Ramapo, the immigrant community and the growing population of Hasidim had eyed each other with increasing wariness. Then the Orthodox took over the public schools and proceeded to gut them."
- In Israel, new modesty glasses for Orthodox Jewish men blur women out of their line of sight
- Orthodox Jewish Man Covers Himself In Plastic Bag On Plane
- North Carolina Republican Equates Praying to Allah with Terrorism
- Detroit: Christian Extemists Force Cancellation Of Annual Dearborn Arab Fest
- Mississippi high school forces students to attend Christian lectures: lawsuit
- Some Don't Like BioShock's Forced Baptism. Enough To Ask For A Refund
- The Quiverfull: The evangelical Christians opposed to contraception
- snopes.com: 4th Grade Science Quiz—The South Carolinian school administrator "was shocked at the level of hate that the atheists poured down upon her, the teacher, and the school in general."
- Senators again reject repeal of Louisiana Science Education Act
- Why Americans Love Creationism
- 2nd Child of Pa. Couple Dies After Only Praying—The other children have been getting court-ordered medical care.
- Opinion: Faith healing is criminal in modern society
- Doctors win right to save Jehovah's Witness boy's life
- Christianity declining 50pc faster than thought – as one in 10 under-25s is a Muslim
- Belief in Angry God Associated with Poor Mental Health
- Man Sues Bishop for Failing to Exorcise Flatulent Demons
- Papua New Guinea Considers Repealing Sorcery Law—"The prime minister has vowed to repeal a controversial sorcery act after the latest in a string of brutal public killings of people accused of practicing black magic." NYT
- 10 Faked Historical Miracles
- A Feud Between Biblical Archaeologists Goes to Court—"Jacobovici has claimed to have some of the bones of Jesus and his family, their DNA from ossuaries. 'If the remains were reburied, then there could not have been any true resurrection.'"
- The Three Christs of Ypsilanti—A psychiatric case that "details the interactions of the three patients... who each believed himself to be Jesus Christ."
- Shape-Shifting Jesus Described in Ancient Egyptian Text
