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Wednesday, September 4, 2019

Religion & Public Life


** Daily Religion Headlines
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** U.S. Headlines
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In first interview, ex-cardinal Theodore McCarrick denies charge of sexual abuse in the confessional The Washington Post * ([link removed])
Conversion therapy leader for two decades, McKrae Game disavows movement he helped fuel The Post and Courier * ([link removed])
The gospel according to Marianne Williamson The New York Times Magazine * ([link removed])

Mississippi man says he still struggles after clergy abuse The Associated Press ([link removed])
Get vaccinated or leave school: 26,000 New York children face a choice The New York Times * ([link removed])
Muslim refugee teen previously blocked from US arrives on Harvard campus Religion News Service ([link removed])
‘It’s just not right’: Fired for her gay marriage, Lynn Starkey is looking for justice The Indianapolis Star * ([link removed])
Kenneth Bialkin, lawyer and Jewish leader, dies at 89 The New York Times * ([link removed])




** International Headlines
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At a sprawling tent camp in Syria, ISIS women impose a brutal rule The Washington Post * ([link removed])
Saudi, UAE diplomats arrive in Pakistan to discuss Kashmir The Associated Press ([link removed])
Bangladesh blocks internet services in Rohingya refugee camps Reuters ([link removed])
Pope Francis goes to Africa, with renewed focus on poverty and climate The New York Times * ([link removed])
Religious discrimination bill in Australia could legalize race hate speech, Law Council warns The Guardian ([link removed])
Unknown text by John Locke reveals roots of ‘foundational democratic ideas’ The Guardian ([link removed])
The cello saved her life: Anita Lasker-Wallfisch Deutsche Welle ([link removed])
The bones of an 18th century ‘witch’ vanished decades ago. Now Scottish officials are hunting for them The Washington Post * ([link removed])



** Analysis & Commentary
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Theodore McCarrick still won’t confess Slate ([link removed])
How mocking anti-Semitism got a Trump official falsely accused of actual anti-Semitism Vox ([link removed])

A Muslim Marine’s trauma: I was set up, arrested and acquitted The New York Times * ([link removed]) Pope Francis in Africa: Is the continent the Catholic Church’s great hope? BBC News ([link removed])
How race matters in the physician-assisted suicide debate Religion & Politics ([link removed])
A Catholic school removed Harry Potter from the library. Should Catholics read the books? Catholic News Agency ([link removed])



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