Daily Religion Headlines

U.S. Headlines

Trump accuses Jewish Democrats of ‘great disloyalty’ The New York Times * Trump quotes conspiracy theorist claiming Israelis ‘love him like he is the second coming of God’ The Washington Post * Trump steadily fulfills goals on religious right wish list The Associated Press This nonprofit is fighting to give nonreligious couples more choice in who marries them. Texas just dealt them a setback The Washington Post * Former Catholic school teacher in Kansas City says she was fired for being pregnant and unmarried The Kansas City Star * Immigration debate divides Jewish community in metro Detroit Detroit Free Press * Officers went to investigate child sexual abuse. They found human remains used in religious rituals The New York Times * Mormon local leader charged in dressing room camera incident The Associated PRess

International Headlines

Australian court upholds sex abuse verdict of Cardinal Pell The Associated Press Vatican invokes Cardinal George Pell’s ‘right to appeal’ after child sexual abuse conviction upheld The Guardian Israel holds back on Trump’s Democrat Jews ‘disloyalty’ remark Reuters Islamist militants are targeting Christians in Burkina Faso: ‘They are planting seeds of a religious conflict’ The Washington Post * The U.S. is nearing a deal with the Taliban. But another major threat looms in Afghanistan: The Islamic State The Washington Post * Moderate Islamists make new power quest in Tunisia Reuters Young activists push interfaith gathering to act on climate change, justice Religion News Service Notre Dame repair crews are back to work, but Paris’ lead concerns remain NPR

Analysis & Commentary

Donald Trump is bad for the Jews Slate ‘He was a witness of truth’: Why the judges decided Cardinal George Pell was guilty The Guardian If China prevails in Hong Kong, religious freedom could be the first right to disappear USA Today How two Islamic groups fell from power to persecution: Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood and Turkey’s Gulenists The Conversation Planned Parenthood makes a huge bet The Atlantic White evangelicals once admitted they were wrong about Nixon. Will Trump come next? The Washington Post *

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