Media Round-up
Media Round-up is a daily collation of news and opinion relevant to secularism. Links may be provided to articles peripheral to secularism when we think they are likely to be of particular interest to secularists. Links are provided to external websites for information and in the interests of free exchange. We do not accept any responsibility for the content of those sites, nor does a link indicate approval or imply endorsement of those sites.
Fri, 15 Feb 2013
Pope Benedict is lovely and (almost) beyond reproach
Washington Post, 15 February 2013
Topless protestors storm Notre Dame inParisto celebrate resignation of Pope
Perez Hilton, 15 February 2013
Catholics and evangelical Protestants slug it out to control in Brazil
NY Times, 15 February 2013
Rape case calls Saudi legal system into question
Today 15 February 2013
Applauding the pope is questionable - NSS letter
Belfast Telegraph, 15 February 2013
Thu, 14 Feb 2013
Against all the evidence, Baroness Warsi clings to her fantasy that Britain "does do God"
Telegraph, 14 February 2013
Sharia law: the extremism the Government ignores
Huffington Post, 14 February 2013
Eliminating the scourge of FGM
EurasiaReview, 14 February 2013
The Danish free speech advocate who the Islamists tried to murder
Spectator, 14 February 2013
Muslim leader regrets role in Danish cartoon crisis
CPH Post, 14 February 2013
Methodists selling off their churches in Sussex
Argus, 14 February 2013
Will Ratzinger’s resignation clean a corrupt syndicate?
OpEd News, 14 February 2013
Pat Robertson insists Islam is not a religion
HuffPost, 14 February 2013
Will the real reason for the Pope’s resignation be revealed tomorrow in a Rhode Island court?
Americablog, 14 February 2013
Bye, bye Ratzi
Machines Like Us,14 February 2013
The chart that shows Catholic Church’s looming identity crisis
Washington Post, 14 February 2013
Prince’s charity lobbied Government to water down homeopathy criticism
Guardian, 14 February 2013
Non-Muslim staff told to wear headscarves in Adelaide
SBS, 14 February 2013
Canberra bans religious services in the legislative Assembly
Canberra Times, 14 February 2013
The sins of Cardinal Mahony – who will soon help choose the new pope
Washington Post, 14 February 2013
The Catholic Church can’t change
Washington Post, 14 February 2013
The Catholic Church must change
Washington Post, 14 February 2013
Atataturk’s secular vision is still thriving
Irish Times, 14 February 2013
Poll:Mississippi most religious state, Vermont least religious
Gallup, 14 February 2013
5.8 million American women have used “morning after pill”
Tucson Citizen, 14 February 2013
Judge orders confidential Catholic child abuse files to be opened
Vatileaks, 14 February 2013
Wed, 13 Feb 2013
A black Pope would be the liberal left’s worst nightmare
Telegraph, 13 February 2013
French MPs approve gay marriage bill
Guardian, 13 February 2013
Sinead O’Connor congratulates pope on getting out “before the worst is discovered”
NME, 13 February 2013
Charles Darwin: the man who had history’s best idea
Telegraph, 13 February 2013
Catholic school assistant principal fired for pro-gay marriage blog
NY Daily News, 13 February 2013
Church of England continues to issue apocalyptic warnings about gay marriage
Telegraph, 13 February 2013
Senior Australian clergy to testify over child abuse
WA Today, 13 February 2013
Catholic Church should not overrule the Government
Greenville, 13 February 2012
Egypt and Tunisia on the brink
MENAFN, 13 February 2013
Egypt and Tunisia on the brink
MENAFN, 13 February 2013
Costa Rica to compensate for IVF ban
Courier Mail, 13 February 2013
Pope resigns - no longer has strength to lead the Church backwards
The Onion, 13 February 2013
Tue, 12 Feb 2013
The pope can quit, but it doesn’t erase his complicity in his Church’s crimes
Independent, 12 February 2013
Many will be glad to see the back of Benedict
Independent. 12 February 2013
Reigate junior school admission procedure unfair, say parents
This is Surrey, 12 February 2013
Benedict was "complicit in child sex abuse scandals" say victims
Guardian, 12 February 2013
Benedict’s papacy was one of failure
Telegraph, 12 February 2013
Do American Catholics care about the Pope any more?
Economist, 12 February 2013
A long overdue counterblast the Left’s thinking on Islamists
Spectator, 12 February 2013
New Zealand lawmaker calls for Muslim flight ban
Channel News, 12 February 2013
Voyeuristic vicar faces jail for spying on women and children
Telegraph, 12 February 2013
Tunisia’s Islamist-secularist rift
Al Jazeera, 12 February 2013
Catholic Church of film: when priests became the bad guys
Independent, 12 February 2013
