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Thursday, 21 November 2019

Democratic candidates: Protecting abortion is ‘what we do and what we stand for’
(Catholic News Agency)

Do more to fight poverty, say European bishops, Caritas
(Jonathan Luxmoore, Catholic News Service)

Wedding photographer sues over city's public accommodation ordinance
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

'Abortion rights are human rights,' Elizabeth Warren says at 5th Democratic debate
(Michael Foust, Christian Headlines)

Chicago school district gives transgender students unrestricted access to locker rooms
(Mikaela Mathews, Christian Headlines)

Suit claiming discriminatory enforcement of codes against Orthodox Jews moves ahead
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Court sets aside new health care conscience rules
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Orthodoxy in Ukraine: Ecumenical and Theological Perspectives
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Blood products and Jehovah’s Witnesses: An NHS Trust v C NHS Trust & Ors
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

New York requires religious schools, churches, hospitals to hire pro-abortion, pro-LGBT employees
(Holly Scheer, The Federalist)

Preeminent? The bishops miss the mark on faithful citizenship
(Matthew Sitman, Commonweal)

Let's make an honest attempt to help Reuters with its biased, one-sided story on abortion and conscience
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)

LA and New York scribes ask: How does Dolly avoid politics while embracing gays and church folks?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Advocacy organization (Becket) releases "Religious Freedom Index" survey
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Guatemalan bishops’ ministry: Bad idea to send asylum-seekers to jungle
(David Agren, Catholic News Service)

BJC urges U.S. Supreme Court to continue distinct treatment of religion in the law
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Commission for Religious Liberty)

God, family, homeland: Brazil's Bolsonaro launches new party
(France 24)

Americans have positive views about religion’s role in society, but want it out of politics
(Pew Research Center Religion & Public Life)

California denied preliminary injunction in license dispute over faith based teen rescue facility
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Hong Kong ablaze as protests intensify: 'We might as well go down fighting'
(Brandon Showalter, The Christian Post)

‘Bombshell testimony’: 5 Important takeaways from the latest impeachment hearings
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)

UP law panel moots legislation to check religious conversions
(The Hindu)

Does religion have a privileged status in the UK?
(Rahila Gupta, CNN International)

Introducing the Religious Freedom Index
(Becket Law)

Judge rejects California’s attempt to shut down Christian boarding school
(Pacific Justice Institute)

Religion no bar to this professor of Urdu in BHU
(Omar Rashid, The Hindu)

New NY law forbids religious employers from firing for abortion
(Wesley J. Smith, National Review)

Pro-life stem cell research finds success—and seeks more support
(Kevin Jones, Catholic News Agency)

A priest at a teen’s funeral said his suicide was ‘against God.’ The mother is suing.
(Marisa Iati, The Washington Post)

USCIRF statement on three key developments in Rohingya justice
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Wednesday, 20 November 2019

Tokyo archbishop: Japanese Shinto celebrations a chance for evangelization
(Timothy Nerozzi, Catholic News Agency)

Archbishop of Tokyo: ‘Collapse of traditional family system’ a challenge for irreligious Japan
(Timothy Nerozzi, Catholic News Agency)

Canadian doctors get ready for child euthanasia
(Wesley J. Smith, National Review)

Four powers the pope needs to grant the new chief of Vatican finances
(Thomas Reese)

Tibetans cast alarm on high-tech persecution of faiths in China
(Marco Respinti, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)

‘Absolutely no mercy’: Leaked files expose how China organized mass detentions of Muslims
(Austin Ramzy and Chris Buckley, The New York Times)

39 Falun Gong practitioners in China sentenced to prison in October 2019 for refusing to renounce their faith
(Minghui.org)

She survived a Chinese internment camp and made it to Virginia. Will the U.S. let her stay?
(Emily Rauhala and Anna Fifield, The Washington Post)

Israel to host largest event ever focused on anti-Semitism
(Aron Heller, Associated Press)

Personal attacks are ‘never acceptable,’ Scottish bishops say in buildup to Dec. 12 UK election
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Putin stresses importance of joint efforts to protect Christians in Middle East
(Interfax-Religion)

Much is legally incorrect about the Sabarimala judgment
(Arghya Sengupta, The Telegraph (India))

Nun loses spot in retirement home for refusing to stop wearing her habit
(James Crowley, Newsweek)

Parents win right to prayer-free alternative to religious assemblies
(Henry McDonald, The Guardian (UK))

Opposition activists hold hunger strikes in Nicaraguan churches
(Catholic News Agency)

Politician of Spain's Vox party offers ultrasounds outside Madrid abortion clinics
(Catholic News Agency)

In West Africa, Church leaders meet to discuss humanitarian crisis
(Catholic News Agency)

The Xinjiang Papers: Either turning or returning point
(Marco Respinti, Bitter Winter)

Siege of Nicaragua’s Catholic cathedral eases as hunger strikers leave
(Ismael Lopez Ocampo and Mary Beth Sheridan, The Washington Post)

The "synodality" masquerade
(George Weigel, First Things)

The Amazon fires: Notre Dame, nostra culpa—our house is burning (Responding to: Religious responses to the Amazon rainforest fires)
(Aaron Perry, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

The Amazon synod: "plus tard sera trop tard" (Responding to: Religious responses to the Amazon rainforest fires)
(Michael Schuck, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

FoRB on the Frontlines: “Everyone’s hatred was ever present”
(FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)

The convergence of religious, economic, and political fundamentalisms undermines God’s creation in the Amazon (Responding to: Religious responses to the Amazon rainforest fires)
(Rudelmar Bueno de Faria, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Religious responses to the Amazon rainforest fires
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Douglas Todd: How Quebec’s religious garb ban compares to harsh regimes
(Douglas Todd, Vancouver Sun)

The fires of Amazonia (Responding to: Religious responses to the Amazon rainforest fires)
(Drew Christiansen, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

In Bolivia, interim leader sets conservative, religious tone
(Anatoly Kurmanaev, The New York Times)

An ecological reading of the synod for the pan-Amazon region (Responding to: Religious responses to the Amazon rainforest fires)
(Guillermo Kerber, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Old religious tensions resurge in Bolivia after ouster of longtime indigenous president
(Religion News Service Opinion (the Conversation))

Articles of Interest - 18 November 2019
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Argument: The hard left is hurting Palestine
(Azeem Ibrahim, Foreign Policy)

Better together: Community is the heart of conservation (Responding to: Religious responses to the Amazon rainforest fires)
(Niyanta Spelman, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Holocaust denial, hyperlinks and YouTube: Chabloz again.
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Modi pushes to grant citizenship to non-Muslim immigrants
(Bibhudatta Pradhan, Bloomberg)

Church and religious communities, together with indigenous people, answer the plea for the protection of the Amazon rainforests (Responding to: Religious responses to the Amazon rainforest fires)
(Blanca Lucía Echeverry Bedoya, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Blessed by Buddhist monks, Sri Lanka's new president prioritises security
(Dinuka Liyanawatte, Reuters)

International and interfaith responses to the Amazon rainforest fires (Responding to: Religious responses to the Amazon rainforest fires)
(Leila Salazar-López, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Human rights rooted in freedom of religion, conscience
(Lord David Alton, Decision: The Evangelical Voice for Today)

Lebanon Beirut Middle East Lebanese protests test Hezbollah’s role as Shiites’ champion
(Bassem Mroue and Mariam Fam, Associated Press)

In a meeting with Thailand's Supreme Buddhist Patriarch, Pope Francis encourages peace
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)

U.S. Senate unanimously passes Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act
(Olivia Miller, International Christian Concern)

Palestine officially recognizes Evangelicals
(Olivia Miller, International Christian Concern)

BJP leader falsely accuses Christian chief minister of forced conversions
(Olivia Miller, International Christian Concern)

USCIRF criticizes action in India that targets Bengali Muslims
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

After U.S. reversal, Vatican reiterates two states needed in Holy Land
(Junno Arocho Esteves, Catholic News Service)

Pastor of vibrant Arkansas parish named Bishop of Shreveport
(Courtney Mares, Catholic News Agency)

USCIRF Commissioner Anurima Bhargava adopts Nguyen Bac Truyen through the Religious Prisoners of Conscience Project
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Legal Spirits Episode 016: The new wedding vendor cases
(Center for Law and Religion Forum at St. John's University School of Law)

Muslims profess more private religious devotion, less public religious assertiveness
(Dalia Mogahed and Azka Mahmood, Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU))

Netanyahu celebrates US settlement decision in West Bank
(Associated Press)

Secular policy, ecclesiastical practice: Church and state in Putin’s Russia
(Jordan Royt, The McGill International Review)

Vatican affirms need for two-state solution after U.S. shift on Israeli settlements
(Catholic News Agency)

College Board to expand testing options for AP exam on Muslim holiday
(Donna St. George, The Washington Post)

Congress may set back religious freedom: A Senate bill would gut a government commission that protects the faithful
(Kristina Arriaga, The Wall Street Journal - Opinion)

Gov. Edwards wins again in Louisiana, for some vague reason (And Trump? 'Bless his heart')
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Jammu and Kashmir in context
(Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, U.S. House of Representatives)

Religious liberty for all is good for Jews
(Josh Hammer, Dallas Jewish Monthly)

From watchdogs to lapdogs? USCIRF commissioner resigns over attempts by Congress to ‘undermine the independence’ of commissioners
(Harvest Prude, World Magazine)

Houston archdiocese, seeking foster care contract, challenges LGBT anti-discrimination protections
(Allie Morris, The Houston Chronicle)

Symposium: So what exactly are the parties still fighting about in NYSRPA v. City of New York? (2nd Amendment case)
(Joe Davis and Nick Reaves, SCOTUS Blog)

The urgency of religious freedom
(Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, Crisis Magazine)

What about those Israeli settlements?
(Jeffrey Salkin, Religion News Service)

4 reactions to US reversal of long-held stance on West Bank settlements
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)

Chick-fil-A is ending donations criticized by LGBTQ activists after years of backlash
(Business Insider)

Photographer who opposes gay marriage sues over Louisville's Fairness Ordinance
(Sarah Ladd, Louisville Courier Journal)

Proclaim Liberty Throughout the Land: The Hebrew Bible in the United States: A Sourcebook
(Stuart W. Halpern , Meir Y. Soloveichik , Matthew Holbreich , Jonathan Silver, The Toby Press)

Why John Bel Edwards wins
(Charles C. Camosy, First Things)

Americans see religion as a force for good despite waning influence
(Janita Kan, The Epoch Times)

Gen Z is the most accommodating generation on religion in the workplace: report
(Caleb Parke, Fox News)

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