Law and Religion Headlines
Tuesday, 29 October 2019
Pope Francis changes name of secret archive to Vatican Apostolic Archive
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)
At Border Mosque, a Muslim prayer is shared across the US-Mexico divide
(Alejandra Molina, Religion News Service)
Archbishop Gomez asks for prayers for those impacted by Calif. fires
(Catholic News Agency)
Australia proposes face-recognition program to fight underage porn access
(Catholic News Agency)
Pope Francis encourages anti-corruption protesters in Lebanon
(Courtney Mares, Catholic News Agency)
Should Biden have been denied the Eucharist?
(John Hirschauer, National Review)
Biden’s communion denial highlights faith-politics conflict
(Meg Kinnard and Elana Schor, Associated Press)
Supreme Court rejects case of Christian student forced to write Islamic prayer
(Michael Foust, Christian Headlines)
Will Democrats veer into a religious freedom minefield on churches and taxes?
(Terry Mattingly, OnReligion)
Israeli PM hopeful Gantz vows mixed Western Wall prayer area
(Associated Press)
New York passes Johnson Amendment barring churches, nonprofits from political endorsements
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Have 1in 5 Americans been in a consendual non-monogamous relationship?
(Charles Fain Lehman, Institute for Family Studies)
Turkey resurrects deadly Article 301 against dissent
(Orhan Kemal Cengiz, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Eight communities of Old Believers granted Russian citizenship, planning to move from Brazil, U.S. to Primorye
(Interfax Religion)
The Russian Church suggests making the Bases of Family principal school subject from 1st to 11th grade
(Interfax-Religion)
Amid Lebanon’s ongoing protests, army finds itself caught in the middle
(Michal Kranz, Al-Monitor: Lebanon Pulse)
Taiwanese authorities to Vatican: China deal not helping Catholics on the ground
(Elise Harris, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Joe Biden reportedly denied communion at a South Carolina church because of his stance on abortion
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, The Washington Post)
A scoop and solid coverage: Joe Biden denied Holy Communion over abortion support, paper reports
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
Biden denied communion at SC parish over abortion stance
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)
Pro-life leaders ask HHS to separate abortion payments in insurance plans
(Catholic News Agency)
ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead
(Napp Nazworth, The Christian Post)
'We are still here': Jewish community, city come together to remember and repair one year after attack
(Peter Smith, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Baby shortage prompts China’s unwed mothers to fight for change
(Bloomberg, The Hindu Businessline)
Indian nun dismissed from religious life for disobedience appeals to Signatura
(Catholic News Agency)
UK: Parents call for right to withdraw their children from LGBT teaching
(The Christian Institute)
Catholic, Jewish, and Muslim leaders sign declaration against euthanasia, physician-assisted suicide
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)
Amazon synod document calls for married priests and increased role for women
(Catholic News Agency)
Opposite sex civil partnerships – a further update …
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Will anyone remember 11 dead Jews?
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)
Northern Ireland, same-sex marriage and opposite-sex civil partnership: update
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Will the US Naval Academy grant the Satanic Temple equal rites?
(Becky Garrison, Religion Dispatches - Rewire.News)
Norway's capital bans goods made in Israeli settlement territories
(Mikaela Mathews, Christian Headlines)
At J Street Conference, presidential candidates say Israel policy is due for a reboot
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
"At no time was celibacy called into question' says Cardinal Pedro Barreto (exclusive interview with the President Delegate of the Synod)
(Rosa Die Alcolea, Zenit: The World Seen from Rome)
Irish light shone in dark times
(Jim Fair, Zenit: The World Seen from Rome)
Holy See asks UN to focus on sustainable development
(Zenit Staff, Zenit: The World Seen from Rome)
What takes Lebanese women to front line in protests?
(Nicholas Frakes, Al-Monitor: Lebanon Pulse)
Why more Israeli-Arabs go to university
(Danny Zaken, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Lebanon's PM Hariri announces resignation amid unprecedented protests against government
(Haaretz)
Everything you always wanted to know about ultra-Orthodox Jews — explained in a couple of hours
(Judy Maltz, Haaretz)
In Israel, a new consensus on what being Jewish really means
(Tomer Persico, Haaretz)
Estonian conservatives urge authorities to deprive LGBT of state financing
(Interfax Religion)
Christian worship service in India broken up by police and radicals
(Olivia Miller, International Christian Concern)
Burkina Faso suffers another attack
(Olivia Miller, International Christian Concern)
Lawsuit: Muslim boy questioned at Ohio school about religion
(Mark Gillispie, Associated Press)
Steelers moment of silence commemorates synagogue shooting
(Associated Press)
Two Jehovah's Witnesses placed on international wanted list
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Another Khabarovsk Jehovah's Witness goes on trial
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Northern Ireland, same-sex marriage and opposite-sex civil partnership: update
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Opposite sex civil partnerships – a further update …
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Hong Kong bishop reminds people that all involved in protests are human
(Catholic News Service)
Liberty without morality and religious freedom is but ‘window dressing’
(Boyd Matheson, Deseret News)
University of Illinois student government passes resolution saying anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism are different
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
How the Trump Cabinet’s Bible teacher became a shadow diplomat
(The New York Times)
Respect for human dignity a foundation for religious liberty
(Ken Camp, Baptist Standard)
Liberal Christian group files ethics complaint against Attorney General Barr
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)
Italian evangelicals denounce lack of religious freedom
(Evangelical Focus)
Italian city signs agreement with church to help migrants get documents
(Paulina Guzik, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Rep. Banks introduces resolution protecting freedom of conscience
(WBIW)
Taiwan: Parents, politicians call for action on religion in schools
(Peng Wan-hsin and Sherry Hsiao, Taipei Times)
Singapore: High awareness of race and religion sensitivities but fault lines on class, immigration and LGBTQ issues: IPS study
(Grace Ho, Straits Times)
Singapore: Religious reactions on LGBT could cause discomfort
(Rei Kurohi, Straits Times)
Badruddin Ajmal is using religion to further his political business: BJP
(Bikash Singh, The Economic Times India)
After Baghdadi death, Southeast Asia expects long fight against Islamic State's influence
(Martin Petty, Rozanna Latiff, Reuters)
UK High Court to hear challenge to ‘unfair’ doctors assisted suicide poll
(The Christian Institute)
Scots face ‘baffling’ list of 21 sexualities to choose from in 2021 census including gynephilic and skoliosexual
(Chris Musson | Ben Archibald, The Scottish Sun)
No, polygamy is not a 'rght’
(John Hirschauer, National Review)
Not just "one big orgy": Fighting the stigma of consensual non-monogamy
(Jessica Kegu, Jason Silverstein, CBSN Originals)
French Senate debates Muslim headscarf bill
(Associated Press)
French president inaugurates Jewish center in Paris
(Associated Press)
Monday, 28 October 2019
'Antisemitic' Belgian carnival continues to rouse Jewish anger
(JTA Staff, The Jerusalem Post)
Kanye West's conversion could be a cultural wrecking ball
(Andrew T. Walker, National Review)
Mormons to the rescue: The reddest faith in America is also the one most skeptical of Donald Trump
(Timothy Egan, The New York Times Opinion)
Populism and human rights in sharp focus at CEC conference
(Press Release, Conference of European Churches)
Christians, Muslims, Jews unite against assisted suicide
(Associated Press)
Priest faces government inquiry over ‘homophobic’ remarks
(Eduardo Campos Lima, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
A 'cry of hope' for the Amazon
(Nicolas Senèze, La Croix International)
Top US diplomat on religious freedom in India, meets Dalai Lama
(Outlook India)
Synod of Bishops: The paradigm shift is accelerating
(Robert Mickens, La Croix International)
U.S. Government supports the Dalai Lama and people of Tibet: Top US Diplomat
(Jane Cook, Tibet Post International)
Free to Believe: The Battle Over Religious Liberty in America (new book)
(Luke Goodrich, Multnomah, Penguin Random House)
Inculturation: Critics of Amazon synod ignore facts of history
(Robert Mickens, La Croix International)
Religious freedom in Israel
(Paul Shindman, Honest Reporting)
Let's steer M'sia towards peaceful religious co-existence
(Kasthuri Patto, Malaysiakini)
Catholic Diocese of SLC urges people to call lawmakers against raising the food tax
(Ben Winslow, Fox News 13)
Why economic freedom is just as important as religious freedom
(Kevin Baldeosingh, The Foundation for Economic Education)
Saudi Arabia working for promotion of ‘true image of Islam’
(SPA, Arab News)
Exhumation and reburial of Captain Matthew Flinders
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
What does faith have to do with it? Romney is on a moral crusade, for some vague reason
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Two Jehovah's Witnesses arrested in Bryansk Region - police
(Interfax-Religion)
Georgian Metropolitan dismissed following statement on country's administration's wish to displace patriarch
(Interfax-Religion)
Judge reconsiders treatment of Jehovah's Witness
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
An American Muslim imam’s letter to the American Sikh community
(Omar Suleiman, Religion News Service)
Belgium’s first female prime minister is Jewish
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Advocate: Turkish forces doing ‘soft’ ethnic cleansing in northeast Syria
(Dale Gavlak, Catholic News Service)
Morocco wants women, minors held in Iraq, Syria to come home
(Associated Press, Arab News)
Scope of judge’s ruling on marriage licenses questioned
(Matthew Barakat, Associated Press)
Iranian authorities break up mixed-gender party, arrest 15
(Associated Press)
Timeline of the rise and fall of the Islamic State group
(Associated Press)
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