Daily Religion Headlines

Hospitals’ COVID-19 policies face religious-rights checks by Trump administration
The Wall Street Journal *

Liberty University names acting president after Jerry Falwell Jr. placed on leave of absence
The Washington Post *

Sunday’s Bible reading described a powerful earthquake. Then the ground shook in NC
The Charlotte Observer *

Disgraced West Virginia bishop Michael Bransfield was told a year ago to make restitution. His successor says Bransfield has gone incommunicado
The Washington Post *

How a quarantine matchmaking project for Muslims found itself navigating anti-Blackness
Religion News Service

Ten LDS temples in Utah to expand their operations with COVID-19 precautions in place
The Salt Lake Tribune *

Catholic churches drop hymns after accusations against composer
The New York Times *

LGBT Christians push to overturn Young Life’s ‘sexual conduct’ policy
Religion News Service
 

Nigerian singer sentenced to death for blasphemy
BBC News

Indian temple reports huge coronavirus outbreak as cases surge
Reuters

Witch hunts: A global problem in the 21st century
Deutsche Welle

Former Jehovah’s Witness elders call for mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse
The Guardian

Al-Shabab militants in shoot-out in Somalia prison
BBC News

South Africa: Gabola church ‘connects with God by drinking alcohol’
BBC News
 

Ganges River flows with history and prophecy for India
The Associated Press

Freedom of religion doesn’t mean freedom from mask mandates
The Conversation

Religion has become a powerful hammer driving a wedge between ‘us’ and ‘them’
Miami Herald *

I’m a conservative Christian environmentalist. No, that’s not an oxymoron
The New York Times *

School choice and the value of religious diversity
National Review *

Without traditional faith, spiritual humans go to strange places
The American Conservative