Pew Research Center

Religion & Public Life

June 01, 2020
Daily Religion Headlines
U.S. Headlines
Supreme Court rejects church’s challenge to California’s coronavirus rules ([link removed])
NPR

U.S. faith leaders lead congregations through tumultuous time ([link removed])
The Associated Press

Fire set at historic St. John’s church during protests of George Floyd’s death ([link removed])
The Washington Post *

Biden meets with black leaders at local church amid unrest ([link removed])
The Associated Press

Faith leaders in dual roles guiding congregations and police ([link removed])
The Associated Press

Trump is pushing churches to open. Black pastors in hard-hit St. Louis are preaching caution ([link removed])
The Washington Post *

Some Old Order Mennonites feel called to return to church ([link removed])
The Associated Press

Gay spouses entitled to Social Security survivors benefits, court rules ([link removed])
NBC News

Pence joins others in paying tribute to evangelist Ravi Zacharias ([link removed])
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution *

Norman Lamm, 92, dies; Rescued Yeshiva U. from brink of bankruptcy ([link removed])
The New York Times *


International Headlines
Strict measures for Saudi worshippers as mosques reopen ([link removed])
Al Jazeera

Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque compound reopens after more than two months ([link removed])
Reuters

UK clergy up in arms as pressure mounts on bishops to reopen churches ([link removed])
The Guardian

People more important than the economy, pope say about COVID crisis ([link removed])
Reuters

Pope Francis tightens Vatican spending rules to fight corruption ([link removed])
THe Wall Street Journal *

Munich bans use of Nazi ‘Jewish star’ at coronavirus protests ([link removed])
Deutsche Welle

Polish priests defy bishop amid pedophilia scandal ([link removed])
Deutsche Welle

Church of England welcomes back Rwandan bishop accused of defending genocide ([link removed])
The Guardian

Where Jesus was baptized, Jordan vies with Israel for tourists ([link removed])
NPR


Analysis & Commentary
The pastors already planning to rebel against future shutdowns ([link removed])
The Atlantic *

The Roberts Rule on churches: The Chief Justice upholds a regulation on houses of worship ([link removed])
The Wall Street Journal *

The Trump administration’s reversal on church choirs turns a blind eye to science ([link removed])
The Washington Post *

Abraham Lincoln and the Shavuot controversy of 1865 ([link removed])
Tablet

Mormonism’s surprising gender fluidity ([link removed])
Religion News Service

How Ravi Zacharias changed the way evangelism is done ([link removed])
Religion News Service


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