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Wednesday, 25 May 2022

Texas elementary school shooting: US Catholic bishops lament ‘epidemic of evil and violence’
(Catholic News Agency)

19 children and 2 adults killed in Texas shooting at elementary school
(Catholic News Agency)

Nicaraguan bishop charges police, government persecution
(David Ramos, Catholic News Agency)

Central American bishops support Nicaraguan clergy in face of persecution
(Diego Lopez Marina, Catholic News Agency)

Oklahoma passes extensive abortion ban bill, as country awaits Supreme Court ruling
(Kevin J. Jones, Catholic News Agency)

Here are two basic requirements Catholics must meet to receive Holy Communion
(Catholic News Agency)

Who is Pauline Jaricot, the Catholic Church’s next blessed?
(Jean-Marie Dumont, Catholic News Agency)

Egypt: 2,000 years of persecution: Egypt’s Christians
(International Christian Concern)

Egypt's National Dialogue unlikely to include Muslim Brotherhood
(Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

Egyptian-German archaeologists unveil inscriptions, reliefs of Esna Temple
(Hagar Hosny, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

Turkey's foreign policy reset sign of Brotherhood's dwindling influence
(Pinar Tremblay, Al-Monitor: Turkey Press)

UK: Assisted dying
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

UK: NSS criticises move to entrench faith school protections in law
(National Secular Society)

Church of Scotland votes to allow ministers to marry same-sex couples
(Nicole Alcindor, The Christian Post)

Northern Ireland abortion: No assurances that UN sex education won’t be imposed on Catholic schools by Brandon Lewis
(Philip Bradfield, News Letter)

Christian leaders press lawmakers to extend child tax credit for poor families
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)

Canada: Devon and the Divine
(James Christie, G20 Interfaith Forum Blog)

Canada: Feds ready to get involved in Quebec's Bill 21, are closely watching Bill 96
(Selena Ross, CTV News)

Vatican legal expert says the Vatican ‘is learning’ when it comes to penal trials
(Claire Giangravé, Religion News Service)

Weekly Highlight #206: COVID-19: Exploring faith dimensions: One million deaths and counting: covid-19's impact on religious communities, global vaccine inequities, digital technologies
(Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)

CEC Ukraine Seminar: Introduction by CEC President Rev. Christian Krieger
(YouTube Video, Conference of European Churches)

Pope greets Russian patriarch, criticized for ‘naive’ policy
(Nicole Winfield and Monika Scislowska, Associated Press)

Head of the UGCC urges scholars to condemn the Russian World ideology that supports genocide of Ukrainian people
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))

Council of the OCU proposes that the UOC MP separates from Russian Patriarch and unites to develop local UOC
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))

CEC Governing Board endorses call for peace with justice in Ukraine
(Conference of European Churches)

Belgium: Statistics in Brussels show: 53 churches vandalized and 1 mosque
(Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe)

Austria: Vienna: Historic Karlskirche smeared with graffiti (again)
(Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe)

Austria: Theft of sacred objects from church in Innsbruck
(Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe)

Germany: Arson and vandalism at church in Henstedt-Ulzburg
(Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe)

Poland: Anti-clerical activists disrupt mass in Wadowice
(Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe)

Churches diaconal work in Italy an essential tool in upholding human dignity of refugees
(World Council of Churches)

New Italian church head faces demands for abuse inquiry
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)

Italy: Congratulations to Cardinal Matteo Zuppi
(DiReSoM: Diritto e Religione nelle Società Multiculturali/ Law and Religion in Multicultural Societies)

Why peacemakers in the Holy Land are called to disturb the peace
(Anita Delhass, Premier Christianity)

India: In the world’s largest democracy, ‘looking Muslim’ could cost your life
(Akanksha Singh and Roshan Abbas, CNN)

Asia/India- Appeal from the Catholic laity: Stop hatred and violence against Christians
(Agenzia Fides)

India: The mosque at the center of India’s battle over religious identity
(Niha Masih, The Washington Post)

Released from Russia, Jehovah’s Witness returns to Denmark
(Jan M. Olsen, Associated Press)

Pelosi pushes back on archbishop who denies her Communion
(Associated Press)

Churches of Serbia, North Macedonia, end decades-old dispute
(Konstantin Testorides, Associated Press)

Court can't resolve dispute stemming from rabbis' condemning use of competing kosher certifier
(Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy)

Dispute over kosher certification agencies dismissed on ecclesiastical abstention grounds
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

University's vaccine mandate did not violate free exercise rights of students
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Anti-SLAPP motion denied in suit against Archdiocese over priest's molestation of children
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Three Chabad rabbis are on Russia's list of those banned from travel to Russia
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

The case for enhancing U.S. engagement with the Organization of Islamic Cooperation
(Peter Mandaville, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Troubling growth of Christian nationalism on display in the pulpit, on the campaign trail
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

The Southern Baptist and Catholic sexual abuse crises, compared
(Mark Silk, RNS Column: Spiritual Politics)

Hong Kong: Cardinal Zen pleads not guilty, says ‘martyrdom is normal’ in Church
(Elise Ann Allen, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Mexico’s Supreme Court upholds norms on abortion for rape, incest
(David Agren, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Confessions of a convert to religious freedom fandom
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)

China steps up crackdown on followers of folk religion
(Union of Catholic Asian News)

China: The faces from China’s Uyghur detention camps
(John Sudworth, BBC News)

This is the prayer that Catholics are asked to say for the Church in China on May 24
(Catholic News Agency)

Andrew Hartzler wasn’t allowed to be gay on campus. So he’s suing.
(Sarah Posner, Politico)

Global Islamophobia and the Buffalo terrorist
(Ahmed Mitchell and Huzaifa Shahbaz, Muslim Matters)

Plug-In bonus: Southern Baptist sexual-abuse probe uncovers apocalyptic sins and crimes
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)

When reporting about black churches and abortion, why not seek sources on both sides?
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)

Montenegro angers Jewish community by registering second body
(Balkan Insight)

Pakistan’s use of religion to establish legitimacy for state power takes centre stage during webinar
(The Print)

Florida city paying to restore church's public pool is OK under Establishment Clause: religious freedom firm
(Tyler O'Neil, Fox News)

Kazakhstan to discuss women’s role in achieving interfaith harmony
(The Print)

Lecture at Institute of Human Rights, Guangzhou University: Human rights in the world: the role of multilateralism
(Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations)

Bishop in Nigeria suspends priest who's running for governor
(Lucie Sarr, La Croix International)

Nigeria: Christians march for justice for Deborah and urge speedy prosecution of perpetrators
(Catholic Information Service for Africa)

Open Doors calls on Biden Administration to re-assign Nigeria to notable list of countries violating religious freedoms
(Religion News Service)

CAIR welcomes CBP known importer letters, enforcement guidance on Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act
(Council on American-Islamic Relations)

Advocacy group seeks to elevate profile of Christians in Middle East region
(Mark A. Kellner, The Washington Times)

Lamborn, Rubio among sponsors of bill to protect unvaccinated USAF cadets
(Mark A. Kellner, The Washington Times)

African women church leaders: “Where is there justice today?”
(World Council of Churches)

Islamic democracy a new idea brought to world’s politics by Islamic Revolution: Leader
(International Quran News Agency (IQNA))

Russia: 15 Jehovah’s Witnesses sentenced to prison terms since 1 January
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Russia: A Danish Jehovah’s Witness released after five years in prison
(Willy Fautré, The European Times)

Partisanship in religion and politics: Many lament the obliteration of bipartisan politics: too few acknowledge it as a casualty of the idea that America is a "Christian nation".
(Richard A. Rosengarten, Sightings - The University of Chicago Divinity School)

Monday, 23 May 2022

American Christians “backing the blue”: On faith and policing
(Aaron Griffith, Religion & Politics: Fit for Polite Company)

My synagogue’s ‘anti-Semitism tax’
(Howard Husock, The Wall Street Journal)

‘They don’t care’: Why it’s so hard to take antisemitic websites off the internet
(Arno Rosenfeld, Forward)

Updated thematic factsheet on freedom of religion
(Council of Europe)

The Punta del Este Declaration on Human Dignity for Everyone Everywhere: Creating Communities of Tolerance and Respect
(Brett G. Scharffs, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)

EVENT, 23-25 May 2021: Dare to Overcome: Promoting mutual respect and allyship among diverse communities
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)

EVENT, 23-25 May 2022: Oslo Freedom Forum
(Human Rights Foundation)

VIRTUAL EVENT, 23-24 May: Conference on Freedom of Religion or Belief and Gender Equality in Turkey
(Freedom of Religion or Belief Initiative)

SIS alumnus Knox Thames dedicates career to promoting religious freedom
(Emily Tavenner, American University)

Around the web - 23 May 2022
(Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)

Generalizing about all Arabs is as bad as antisemitic generalizations - opinion
(Yedidia Stern, The Jerusalem Post)

New book: After Science and Religion: Fresh Perspectives from Philosophy and Theology
(Edited by Peter Harrison and John Milbank, Cambridge University Press)

American Airlines dubbed most faith-friendly Fortune 500 company
(Kathryn Post, Religion News Service)

Survey: American Airlines most faith-friendly among Fortune 500
(Mark A. Kellner, The Washington Times)

The Children of an “Infinity of Cultures”: A human rights approach to cultural mixing
(Emilie Wilson, Coalition for Religious Equality and Inclusive Development (CREID))

Hong Kong arrests a Catholic priest for siding with democrats
(The Economist)

Eritrea: Christianity still growing in Eritrea despite 20 years of church closures
(Christian Today)

“Shame on you”: MEPs shout as European Parliament "turns blind eye” to murder of teenage Nigerian accused of blasphemy
(ADF International)

Turkey: A “church with open doors” in an Islamic society
(Volker Niggewöhner, Aleteia)

40 years in the making: A timeline of the Southern Baptists’ sexual abuse crisis
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)

Southern Baptists face push for public list of sex abusers
(Deepa Bharath, Holly Meyer and David Crary, Associated Press)

China: What will the UN see as it finally visits China’s Xinjiang?
(Erin Hale, Al Jazeera)

Pope voices hope church in China can operate in freedom
(Frances D'Emilio, Associated Press)

Articles of interest - 23 May 2022
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Anti-trans legislation: New proposals are targeting, not protecting, children
(Isabella Simon, Commonweal)

Nicaragua archdiocese demands Ortega regime ends ‘siege’ of church properties
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

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