Pew Research Center

Religion & Public Life

May 27, 2020
Daily Religion Headlines
U.S. Headlines
DOJ warns Nevada its plan to reopen discriminates against religious groups ([link removed])
USA Today

Orange County deems in-person church ‘essential,’ says rules too restrictive for megachurches ([link removed])
Los Angeles Times *

As coronavirus ‘storm cloud’ gathers, black church in Missouri braces for mourning ([link removed])
Reuters

Breakaway Anglican group that left Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth wins property fight ([link removed])
Religion News Service

Abortion rights groups drop Texas suit over abortion ordinances ([link removed])
The Associated Press

Uighur activists celebrate religious freedom agency’s first Uighur commissioner ([link removed])
Religion News Service


International Headlines
In Mideast, religion looms large in corona ‘infodemic’ ([link removed])
Agence France-Presse

Coronavirus: German Ikea car park used for mass Eid prayer ([link removed])
BBC News

Italian cardinal calls for better spiritual guidance for gays, lesbians ([link removed])
Religion News Service

‘We were so ready’: LGBT refugees in Kenya live in fear as global resettlement is put on hold ([link removed])
The Washington Post *

Costa Rica celebrates first same-sex weddings ([link removed])
BBC News

How the Taliban outlasted a superpower: tenacity and carnage ([link removed])
The New York Times *

Iran’s president pushes for harsher laws on honor killings ([link removed])
The Associated Press

Steve Bannon wins battle to set up Catholic political academy in Italy ([link removed])
Reuters


Analysis & Commentary
Americans fight over everything else — why not add religious services to the list? ([link removed])
The Miami Herald *

Mississippi pastor: My church was burned down because we want to worship in person ([link removed])
USA Today

Meet eight pastors who pushed to keep their churches open ([link removed])
Religion News Service

Muslim comics gather over Zoom to celebrate Eid with jokes and joy ([link removed])
NPR

New USAID religious-freedom adviser has history of anti-Islam comments ([link removed])
The Washington Post *

How a Haredi community in London is coping with coronavirus ([link removed])
The Guardian


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