Pew Research Center

Religion & Public Life

May 01, 2020
Daily Religion Headlines
U.S. Headlines
NYPD cracks down on another big funeral, stoking tensions ([link removed])
The Associated Press

Cruz urges DOJ to watch for religious discrimination in NYC ([link removed])
The Associated Press

After decades of service, five nuns die as virus sweeps through convent ([link removed])
The New York Times *

Rural Illinois church files lawsuit accusing Illinois governor of relegating people of faith to ‘second-class citizenship’ by shuttering churches ([link removed])
Chicago Tribune *

Pass the plate? Not yet, as churches rethink their routines ([link removed])
The Associated Press

Black churches, via phones and Facebook, bridging digital divide amid COVID-19 ([link removed])
Religion News Service

Women leaders condemn threat against Muslim congressional candidate ([link removed])
The Associated Press

Meet Muslim, a new online publication for the Gen Z ummah ([link removed])
Religion News Service


International Headlines
Hundreds of Rohingya Muslims stuck at sea in refugee crisis with ‘zero hope’ ([link removed])
The New York Times *

Coronavirus is ‘emboldening’ Myanmar military to carry out ‘war crimes’ says UN human rights expert ([link removed])
CNN

Sudan makes female genital cutting a crime in ‘new era’ for women’s rights ([link removed])
Reuters

Mosaic glorifying Crimea annexation ditched from new Russian cathedral ([link removed])
The Guardian

Germany lifts coronavirus ban on religious services ([link removed])
Deutsche Welle

Ramadan is the key fundraising time for Toronto mosques. Some may not survive COVID-19 ([link removed])
Toronto Star *


Analysis & Commentary
The Trump campaign makes its pitch to Catholic voters ([link removed])
The Economist *

Religious liberty and the common good ([link removed])
National Affairs *

Coronavirus and ‘vindication of God’ ([link removed])
The Wall Street Journal *

Promise and peril: The history of American religiosity and its recent decline ([link removed])
American Enterprise Institute

Feeling pandemic guilt? This Buddhist teaching might help ([link removed])
Vox


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