Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 6 February 2019
Cardinal DiNardo speaks on ‘healing breach of trust’ caused by sex abuse crisis
(Christopher White, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Vatican clarifies pope on issue of ‘sexual slavery’ of nuns
(Associated Press, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Towards the new EU – ACP partnership: Leaving no one behind through sustainable investments and decent jobs
(Conference of European Churches)
Charter aims to promote First Amendment unity among faith groups
(Clyde Hughes, UPI)
What's the difference between abortion and infanticide?
(Justin Dyer, Public Discourse: The Journal of the Witherspoon Institute)
Tuesday, 5 February 2019
End Iranian and American garment coercion in sports and games
(Jennifer S. Bryson, Public Discourse: The Journal of the Witherspoon Institute)
Sanctity of life at issue in state legislatures
(TAB - The Alabama Baptist)
Why does the world hate Haredi Jews?
(Avi Shafran, Forward Opinion)
GDPR and the Church Electoral Roll – Update
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Mirror of Justice — 15th Anniversary: The More Things Change, the More They Remain the Same
(Greg Sisk, Mirror of Justice blog)
FGM 'increasingly performed on UK babies'
(Anna Collinson and Jessica Furst, BBC News)
The UNDP working to empowering women in Jordan
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)
As Episcopal Church pushes to end mass incarceration, New York church takes up bail reform
(David Paulsen, Episcopal News Service)
Russian Orthodoxy, a security issue in Ukraine
(Willy Fautré, Euractiv)
Wunderlich v. Germany: enforcing compulsory home-schooling
(Daniel Monk, Guest Blogger, Strasbourg Observers)
Iraq’s Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi visits St George’s Anglican Church in Baghdad
(Anglican Communion News Service)
Presiding Bishop urges clergy to talk with Florida bishop about same-sex marriage disagreements
(Mary Frances Schjonberg, Episcopal News Service)
Fiji school waives government funds to keep Adventist identity
(Jarrod Stackelroth, Adventist Record)
Religious symbols survey existed under Liberals, CAQ says
(Philip Authier & Linda Gyulai, Montreal Gazette)
China to reorient the Bible to promote socialism, create a new Christianity
(Olivia Enos, CNS News)
NCPCR warns religion cannot be factor for assigning child to specific care homes
(Ambika Pandit, Times of India)
New Jersey becomes second state mandating middle schoolers learn about LGBTQ achievements
(Neetu Chandak, The Daily Signal)
Five things to know about religious freedom in the United Arab Emirates
(Tamer El-Ghobashy, The Washington Post)
Religion and politics: Should Catholic bishops deny Communion to pro-choice politicians?
(The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Catholic bishop condemns Northam's infanticide comments
(Rachel del Guidice, The Daily Signal)
Geneva to vote on divisive secularism law
(Simon Bradley, Swiss Info)
Reclaiming religious freedom
(Emily London and Maggie Siddiqi, American Progress)
Want to get beyond culture war stories? Try digging into religion's aspirational building blocks
(Ira Rifkin, Get Religion)
Big theology news: Pope Francis agrees that various world religions were 'willed' by God
(Terry Mattingly, Get Religion)
Turkmenistan: 24 hours in airport, travel ban for Korans
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Putin congratulates Russian Buddhists on Lunar New Year
(Interfax-Religion)
From Hanukkah in Saddam’s palace to prosecuting gangs, new anti-Semitism monitor comes with diverse skills
(Ron Kampeas, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Muslims say Germany should provide Bundeswehr with imams
(Deger Akal, Deutsche Welle)
Q&A: Why the Senate chaplain calls spirituality a 'national security issue'
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News Faith)
Archbishop Kurtz calls for end to ‘religious test’ for judicial nominees
(Catholic News Service)
BJC joins coalition of religious and civil liberty organizations opposing “project blitz”
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Pope tamps down Maduro’s hopes for Vatican intervention
(Associated Press)
Supreme Court candidate Brian Hagedorn defends blog posts, says religious views under attack
(Molly Beck, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate says calls for recusal promise are attacks on his religious beliefs
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Victims of mass church shooting can sue seller of weapon
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Texas judge lets church shooting victims sue gun retailer
(Associated Press)
Indonesia becoming increasingly difficult for Christians to live
(Beth Stolicker, Mission Network News)
England: Call to register home-schooled children
(BBC News)
New CDC report shows staggering increase in ‘trans’-identifying youth
(Jonathon Van Maren, LifeSite News)
Experimental puberty blockers investigated in BBC documentary
(The Christian Institute)
India's child sex ratio to dip further in 2021 census
(Shailvee Sharda, The Times of India)
Abortions based on likelihood of disability banned by international treaty, court told
(Alan Erwin, Belfast Telegraph)
FOI request puts spotlight on sex-selection abortion in Scotland
(Socieity for the Protection of Unborn Children)
Some midwives withholding unborn baby's gender over abortion fears
(Christian Today)
Egypt denies Human Rights Watch report
(Claire Evans, International Christian Concern)
Christian leaders in India demand justice for Kandhamal victims
(Olivia Miller, International Christian Concern)
What, me worry? Surprising findings about belief in Hell
(David Briggs, Assocation of Religion Data Archives (the ARDA) - Ahead of the Trend)
Philippines arrests main suspect of Jolo Cathedral bombing
(Gina Goh, International Christian Concern)
ICC provides persecution preparedness training in India
(Olivia Miller, International Christian Concern)
Did historic Papal visit to UAE widen door to religious freedom?
(Claire Evans, International Christian Concern)
Pentecostal church torched in India’s Telangana state
(Olivia Miller, International Christian Concern)
Kidnapped Pastor killed in Myanmar’s Rakhine state
(Gina Goh, International Christian Concern)
CAR signs peace agreement with rebel militias
(Nathan Johnson, International Christian Concern)
North Korean Christians preserve their faith by staying low profile
(Gina Goh, International Christian Concern)
Raising expectations for the Vatican’s abuse summit
(Mark Silk, RNS Column: Spiritual Politics)
Trump administration moves to fill long-vacant post of anti-Semitism envoy
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
Most evangelical college students appreciate LGBT people even if trustees don’t
(Kevin Singer, Alyssa Rockenbach, Laura Dahl and Matthew J. Mayhew, Religion News Service)
Search for undiscovered Dead Sea Scrolls reveals dispute over West Bank artifacts
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)
EVENT, 5 Feburary 2019: Conversation on the Omar Ibn Said Collection
(African American History Month, Library of Congress - Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington DC)
EVENT, 5 February 2019: "Out of Many Faiths: Religious Diversity & the Promise of America," Keynote by Eboo Patel, World Interfaith Harmony Week Lecture
(Kennedy Center, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah)
Al-Shabaab secretly recruiting using jobs and scholarships
(Nathan Johnson, International Christian Concern)
Canada: Researchers call for better federal tracking of marriage, divorce stats
(CBC News)
Monday, 4 February 2019
The crumbling anti-politics of constitutional patriotism
(Samuel Gregg, Law & Liberty)
Bringing natural law to the nations
(Samuel Gregg, Law & Liberty)
Ottawa drops appeal in political activity case, ending charities' 7-year audit nightmare
(Dean Beeby, CBC News)
Don’t stigmatize religious lawyers
(Paul Paton, Canadian Lawyer)
Law and religion round-up – 3rd February
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Avoidance of simony and income tax
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Faith in girls: How religious leaders can help end child marriage
(Julie Rialet-Cislaghi, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Yes, there are strange religion stories out there: Here's a brief reminder of what GetReligion does
(Terry Mattingly, Get Religion)
Pope Francis signs peace declaration on ‘Human Fraternity’ with Grand Imam
(Mary Rezac, Catholic News Agency)
Why we invited the Pope to the Arabian peninsula
(Yousef Al Otaiba, Politico)
Pope in historic UAE visit urges faith leaders to reject war
(Nicole Winfield and Jon Gambrell, Associated Press)
In heart of Muslim world, Pope calls for true religious freedom
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Pope Francis arrives on historic visit to UAE for interfaith meeting in Abu-Dhabi
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Pope Francis makes ‘historic’ Gulf tour amid Yemen crisis and Christian repression
(Jason Horowitz, The New York Times)
Jews, evangelicals reach out to Sunni Gulf Arab leaders
(Aya Batrawy, Associated Press)
Evangelizing Arabia: Parish life in Abu Dhabi
(Courtney Grogan, Catholic News Agency)
Venezuelan bishops meet with Guaidó
(Catholic News Agency)
South Africa opposes any ‘undue’ change in Venezuela
(Anadolu Agency, YeniSafak)
Open letter to Cardinal Marx urges changes to Church teaching on sexual morality
(Anian Christoph Wimmer, Catholic News Agency)
Catholic school students, diocese sue over exclusion from Vermont college program
(Catholic News Agency)
Ethical concerns raised as human embryonic gene editing continues in US
(Catholic News Agency)
500 inmates are saved after Texas Megachurch opens campus in maximum security prison
(Kayla Koslosky, Christian Headlines)
Disney to hold first official LGBT pride event
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)
Mali: independent expert to assess the human rights situation
(Report from the Human Rights Council, Relief Web)
DRC's new president to focus on human rights
(African News Network)
CRS steps up as millions in Ethiopia displaced by flooding, ethnic violence
(Catholic News Agency)
Cathedral bombing appears to make terrorist statement after referendum in Philippines
(Christian Headlines)
Students at Sundance explore film through the eyes of faith
(Steve Rabey, Religion News)
4 facts every American should know about third-trimester abortions
(Joe Carter, The Gospel Coalition)
Medical care for abortion survivors blocked by Senate Democrat
(Christine Rousselle, Catholic News Agency)
Religion, violence and extremism in the United Kingdom: Why free speech, hate speech and radicalisation are hard to define
(The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Battle over Virginia abortion measure roils multistate plans by advocates to lock in rights protections
(Annie Linskey and Ariana Eunjung Cha, The Washington Post)
Rhode Island proposes act that repeals restrictions on partial-birth abortions
(Kayla Koslosky, Christian Headlines)
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