Pew Research Center

Religion & Public Life

June 29, 2020
Daily Religion Headlines
U.S. Headlines
Supreme Court strikes down Louisiana abortion restrictions ([link removed])
The New York Times *

Supreme Court clears way for federal executions to resume ([link removed])
USA TODAY

State money to religious schools hinges on Supreme Court ruling ([link removed])
Bloomberg News *

Judge blocks New York from enforcing some restrictions on religious gatherings ([link removed])
NBC News

After yearlong fight, Missouri’s lone abortion clinic gets its license renewed ([link removed])
Springfield News-Leader *

Georgia governor signs hate crimes law after outcry over death ([link removed])
The Associated Press

Asian American churches hold march through Chinatown, calling for unity with Black communities ([link removed])
Chicago Sun-Times *

Catholic officials defend statue of St. Louis’ namesake ([link removed])
The Associated Press

After Floyd, raw talk, racial reckoning among U.S. Muslims ([link removed])
The Associated Press

Thomas Blanton, who bombed a Birmingham church, dies at 82 ([link removed])
The New York Times *

In a summer of pandemic, Vacation Bible School programs go online and outside ([link removed])
Religion News Service


International Headlines
China forces birth control on Uighurs to suppress population ([link removed])
The Associated Press

A patron saint of the internet? The pope is on it ([link removed])
Los Angeles Times *

Balcony churches: Kenyans find new ways to worship in lockdown ([link removed])
The Guardian

Pakistani capital to get its first Hindu temple complex ([link removed])
Al Jazeera

Israel orders U.S.-based Christian TV channel off air ([link removed])
The Associated Press

Russian director who mocked state and church gets suspended fraud sentence ([link removed])
Reuters

India seeks extradition from Pakistan of suspected Mumbai attack mastermind ([link removed])
Reuters

In Syrian camp for women and children who left ISIS caliphate, a struggle even to register names ([link removed])
The Washington Post *


Analysis & Commentary
The separation of church and state is breaking down under Trump ([link removed])
The Atlantic *

Religious conservatives have lost LGBTQ rights battle. It’s time to surrender ([link removed])
Religion News Service

Torah is the air we breathe ([link removed])
First Things *

Even the Bible is full of flawed characters ([link removed])
The Wall Street Journal *


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