Monday’s Religion News Roundup: Contraception change; Santorum’s prayers; Pope Shenouda III

The Obama administration made another adjustment to its contraception mandate late Friday afternoon, issuing plans to expand the number of faith-based groups that can be exempted and proposing that third-party companies administer birth-control coverage. At an evangelical church in Puerto Rico, Rick Santorum said prayers are helping his campaign. It probably doesn't hurt that religious […]

The Obama administration made another adjustment to its contraception mandate late Friday afternoon, issuing plans to expand the number of faith-based groups that can be exempted and proposing that third-party companies administer birth-control coverage.

At an evangelical church in Puerto Rico, Rick Santorum said prayers are helping his campaign. It probably doesn't hurt that religious right bigwigs like Tony Perkins are rolling out the red carpet and evangelicals are voting in record numbers.

Still, Santorum lost P.R. (and its 20 delegates) to Mitt Romney.


President Obama and the first family went to St. John's Episcopal Church on Lafayette Square yesterday. The Obamas knelt at the altar and received Communion, according to the pool report. 

Cuban authorities detained dozens of activists in preparation for this week's visit by Pope Benedict XVI.

Evangelical pastor John Hagee of Christians United For Israel half jokingly compared Benjamin Netanyahu to the Messiah on Sunday night at a rally in Jerusalem. 

The French Jewish community is in shock after an attack Monday on a Jewish school that killed four and left one seriously wounded.

Thousands of Tibetans took to the streets in China on Saturday after the death of a farmer who set himself on fire at a Buddhist religious site. 

WaPo traces the paths that led a lesbian Buddhist and a well-connected Catholic priest to a controversial Communion standoff in a suburban DC parish. 

The long-time head of the Coptic Orthodox Church in Egypt, Pope Shenouda III, died Saturday after a long illness.


The search is on for Archbishop Rowan Williams' successor.

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Daniel Burke

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