Daily Religion Headlines

Biden victory kindles hope for warmer U.S.-Vatican relations
Religion News Service

Muslim voters want more than ‘just a seat’ at the table from President-elect Joe Biden
Los Angeles Times *

Anxiety, loneliness and spiritual isolation characterize life in prison during pandemic
Religion News Service

Louisiana adviser sentenced in fraud with megachurch pastor
The Associated Press

‘Brazen’ shootout at church funeral service leaves 18-year-old dead, NC police say
Charlotte Observer *

Stressed by COVID, online seekers discover Buddhism’s calming practice
Religion News Service
 

After McCarrick report, pope vows to ‘uproot evil’ of clerical sexual abuse
Reuters

Vatican report reveals anonymous letters accusing McCarrick
The Associated Press

Polish cardinal chastised by Vatican unconscious in hospital
The Associated Press

Hungary government proposes same-sex adoption ban
BBC News

Saudi Arabia: Two wounded in bomb blast at WWI memorial in Jeddah
Al Jazeera

UN urges Mozambique to investigate murder, beheadings
Reuters

Proposal to ban circumcision of boys scrapped from Finland bill
Jewwish Telegraphic Agency

‘Mass hoppers’ giving us anxiety, say Irish priests
The Guardian
 

The Catholic sex abuse crisis is far from over
The New York Times *

Theodore McCarrick, not John Paul II, is the story of the McCarrick report
First Things

The McCarrick Report and Pope John Paul II: Confronting a saint’s tarnished legacy
America *

Who are patron saints and why do Catholics venerate them?
The Conversation