Pew Research Center

Religion & Public Life

May 18, 2020
Daily Religion Headlines
U.S. Headlines
United Methodists would’ve met this week to consider a split. What are they doing instead? ([link removed])
RELIGION NEWS SERVICE

On the first Sunday congregations could reopen, a church called Hopeful Baptist lived up to its name ([link removed])
THE WASHINGTON POST*

Michigan priest who used holy water squirt gun becomes social media sensation ([link removed])
MLIVE*

For some, Zoom bar and bat mitzvahs highlight ‘most meaningful and memorable moments’ ([link removed])
NPR

Charges dropped against Florida pastor who held church services despite stay-at-home orders ([link removed])
CNN

Coronavirus may have spread at a church service. Now the pastor is speaking out ([link removed])
LOS ANGELES TIMES*

Two Sikh doctors shaved their beards, a pillar of their religion, to treat COVID-19 patients. But community groups say there are alternatives ([link removed])
CNN

In Detroit, NYC, kindness comes one slice of pizza at a time ([link removed])
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS


International Headlines
As mosques reopen in West Africa, COVID-19 fears grow ([link removed])
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Vatican, Italy resume public church services as lockdown eases ([link removed])
REUTERS

Houses of worship gain audience by going online during virus ([link removed])
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Polish archbishop refers child sex abuse case to Vatican ([link removed])
BBC NEWS

‘GOD TV’ spat exposes tensions between Israel, evangelicals ([link removed])
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Gedhun Choekyi Niyima: Tibetan Buddhism’s ‘reincarnated’ leader who disappeared aged 6 ([link removed])
BBC NEWS

In Jerusalem, Ramadan restrictions last seen during the Crusades return ([link removed])
THE NEW YORK TIMES*


Analysis & Commentary
When religion sided with science: Medieval lessons for surviving COVID-19 ([link removed])
THE CONVERSATION

Too many evangelical Christians fall for conspiracy theories online, and gullibility is not a virtue ([link removed])
THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS*

Al Mohler, Southern Baptist leader, says he was ‘stupid’ to defend slavery in 1998 CNN interview ([link removed])
RELIGION NEWS SERVICE

The science of prayer ([link removed])
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL*

The twilight of the Iranian revolution ([link removed])
THE NEW YORKER*

Kentucky Gov. Beshear inspires revival of civil religion ([link removed])
RELIGION & POLITICS


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