Daily Religion Headlines

Both candidates went to church this weekend. Their experiences were very different
Religion News Service

Biden calls anti-trans violence an ‘epidemic that needs national leadership’
NBC News

Pastor in Michigan leaves church amid political tensions
The Holland Sentinel *

Texas social workers can now turn away LGBTQ, disabled clients
NBC News

Capitol Hill Baptist Church in D.C. holds first outdoor service after court victory
NPR

Thirty-two coronavirus cases now linked to Maine church outbreak
Bangor Daily News *

Hasidic Jews feel like the only minority New York officials feel comfortable targeting
Religion News Service

Brandeis University stands by caste-bias ban despite pushback from Hindu activists
Religion News Service
 

France vows to root out Islamist extremism after beheading of teacher Samuel Paty
The Wall Street Journal *

French imam says beheaded teacher is martyr for freedom of speech
Reuters

Suspected Islamists free 1,300 prisoners from east Congo jail
Reuters

Angels and artillery: A cathedral to Russia’s new national identity
The Guardian

India grapples with legality of same-sex marriage
Deutsche Welle

Italy probes why women’s names mark aborted fetuses’ graves
The Associated Press

Churches knew of allegations against notorious pedophile priests, royal commission says
The Guardian

Polish gym declares itself a church to avoid coronavirus restrictions
New York Post
 

The Guardian view on Samuel Paty: Don’t let the death cult win
The Guardian

Religious identity and Supreme Court justices – a brief history
The Conversation

‘Don’t-know mind’ and the election of our lives
Tricycle *

Life (and death) without God
The New York Times *