Author: Robert D. McFadden

Source: The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/02/us/02gomes.html?ref=religionandbelief

The Rev. Peter J. Gomes, a Harvard minister, theologian and author who announced that he was gay a generation ago and became one of America’s most prominent spiritual voices against intolerance, died on Monday in Boston. He was 68.

Author: Paul Vitello

Source: The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/23/nyregion/23objector.html?_r=1&ref=nyregion

The question that changed Michael Izbicki’s life appeared on a psychological exam he took not long after graduating in 2008 near the top of his class at the United States Naval Academy: If given the order, would he launch a missile carrying a nuclear warhead?

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Indian Country Today Media Network

http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2011/02/united-methodist-church-donates-to-sand-creek-massacre-learning-center/

To recognize how the United Methodist Church (UMC) played a role in the Sand Creek Massacre, it has donated $50,000 to the National Park Service for the development of the Sand Creek Massacre...

Author: Michelle Boorstein

Source: The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/20/AR2011022004136.html?nav=rss_religion

A tiny, 133-year-old conservative Anglican parish near Leesburg has agreed to settle its part of a bitter, costly land dispute with the Episcopal Church. The case drew national attention in 2006 when a cluster of like-minded parishes in Virginia...

Author: Duncan Kennedy

Source: BBC News

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12518714

After centuries of mistrust between religion and science, a new website has been set up by the Vatican and Italy's scientific community.

The website has information on everything from astronomy to theology, from space missions to philosophy and art.

It is being run jointly by the Vatican and the Italian Space...