NYPD cracks down on another big funeral, stoking tensions
The Associated Press
Cruz urges DOJ to watch for religious discrimination in NYC
The Associated Press
After decades of service, five nuns die as virus sweeps through convent
The New York Times *
Rural Illinois church files lawsuit accusing Illinois governor of relegating people of faith to ‘second-class citizenship’ by shuttering churches
Chicago Tribune *
Pass the plate? Not yet, as churches rethink their routines
The Associated Press
Black churches, via phones and Facebook, bridging digital divide amid COVID-19
Religion News Service
Women leaders condemn threat against Muslim congressional candidate
The Associated Press
Meet Muslim, a new online publication for the Gen Z ummah
Religion News Service
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Hundreds of Rohingya Muslims stuck at sea in refugee crisis with ‘zero hope’
The New York Times *
Coronavirus is ‘emboldening’ Myanmar military to carry out ‘war crimes’ says UN human rights expert
CNN
Sudan makes female genital cutting a crime in ‘new era’ for women’s rights
Reuters
Mosaic glorifying Crimea annexation ditched from new Russian cathedral
The Guardian
Germany lifts coronavirus ban on religious services
Deutsche Welle
Ramadan is the key fundraising time for Toronto mosques. Some may not survive COVID-19
Toronto Star *
The New York Times *
Coronavirus is ‘emboldening’ Myanmar military to carry out ‘war crimes’ says UN human rights expert
CNN
Sudan makes female genital cutting a crime in ‘new era’ for women’s rights
Reuters
Mosaic glorifying Crimea annexation ditched from new Russian cathedral
The Guardian
Germany lifts coronavirus ban on religious services
Deutsche Welle
Ramadan is the key fundraising time for Toronto mosques. Some may not survive COVID-19
Toronto Star *
Analysis & Commentary
The Trump campaign makes its pitch to Catholic voters
The Economist *
Religious liberty and the common good
National Affairs *
Coronavirus and ‘vindication of God’
The Wall Street Journal *
Promise and peril: The history of American religiosity and its recent decline
American Enterprise Institute
Feeling pandemic guilt? This Buddhist teaching might help
Vox
The Economist *
Religious liberty and the common good
National Affairs *
Coronavirus and ‘vindication of God’
The Wall Street Journal *
Promise and peril: The history of American religiosity and its recent decline
American Enterprise Institute
Feeling pandemic guilt? This Buddhist teaching might help
Vox
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