Berkley Center

AROUND THE WORLD
The Myth of the Eternal War Between Science and Religion
by Robert Barron
Los Angeles Times op-ed
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-1112-barron-religion-scientism-20151112-story.html
Thoughtful people — Christians and atheists alike — must battle the myth of the eternal warfare of science and religion. We must continually preach, as St. John Paul II did, that faith and reason are complementary and compatible paths toward the knowledge of truth. 

Yes, the Islamic State’s Attacks on the Yazidis Constitute Genocide, New Report Says
by Adam Taylor
Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/11/12/yes-the-islamic-states-attacks-on-the-yazidis-are-a-genocide-new-report-says/
The Islamic State has been and is continuing to perpetrate a genocide against the Yazidi minority in northern Iraq, a new U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum report says, citing a "preponderance of the evidence" found during a recent trip to the region.

Not All Gay Catholics Are Pleased About How Vatican Priest Came Out of the Closet
by Anthony Faiola
Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/not-all-gay-catholics-are-pleased-about-vatican-priests-coming-out/2015/11/11/50888b78-7c06-11e5-bfb6-65300a5ff562_story.html
Two days before a longtime Vatican official burst from his stained-glass closet last month, he was dining with an Italian media consultant inside an elegant restaurant on the right bank of Rome’s Tiber River. The topic of conversation: How should the official come out? 

Communist Party Warns Secret Dalai Lama Followers in Its Ranks
by Edward Wong
New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/12/world/asia/communist-party-in-tibet-aims-to-punish-dalai-lama-followers.html?ref=todayspaper&_r=0
The Chinese Communist Party in central Tibet is aiming to peer into the hearts of its members to hunt down secret worshipers of the Dalai Lama or people who secretly hold religious beliefs. 

DOMESTIC
The Republican Party’s Religion Problem, In 2 Charts
by Aaron Blake
Washington Post