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The Dalai Lama turned 75 today, celebrating with hundreds of cheering followers in Dharmsala, India, where they have lived in exile since fleeing Tibet after the failed 1959 uprising against China. His fans, Buddhist and otherwise, around the world are also wishing him a happy birthday. It’s a bittersweet milestone, however, given that the aging…

It’s been less than a week since President Obama took the podium at American University to make the case for comprehensive immigration reform — a speech that resonated with Catholics, Jews, evangelicals and mainline Protestants — and the clergy involved in the interfaith movement for new legislation used the July 4 holiday to preach on this issue to…

Here’s my pick for the top five religion news links related to America’s Independence Day: Nation’s founders: How religious were they? (Salt Lake Tribune) If government picked who can worship here, what would your faith be ‘in’? (USA Today) Happy Atheist — I Mean Independence — Day (GetReligion)  Culture Wars in School: A July 4…

Updated at 2:45 p.m. EST with more links. The New York Times has a big story today that looks into how Pope Benedict, when he was still Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, handled clergy abuse claims as head of the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. One problem is that, until Pope John Paul II clarified…
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