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December 8, 2020
** Daily Religion Headlines
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A daily roundup of the latest religion headlines from around the web · Subscribe ↗ ([link removed])
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NEW FROM PEW RESEARCH CENTER
Polygamy is rare in most parts of the world. Every U.S. state has laws against getting married while already being married to someone else, while in swaths of the Middle East and Asia, polygamy is legal but not practiced widely. But in some parts of West and Central Africa, polygamy is frequently legal and widespread. A new Fact Tank post ([link removed]) takes a closer look at this living arrangement and its connections to religion.
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** U.S. headlines
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Nazi atrocities from decades ago occupy the Supreme Court’s attention ([link removed])
The Washington Post *
Philadelphia’s retired archbishop says Biden should be denied communion over his abortion stance ([link removed])
The Philadelphia Inquirer *
Missouri judge: Ashcroft move to squelch bid to overturn abortion law unconstitutional ([link removed])
St. Louis Post-Dispatch *
In an echo of the spring, large crowds gather for Hasidic rabbi’s funeral in Brooklyn ([link removed])
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
COVID-19 ‘doesn’t care about our religion’: Busy Christmas church services at James River spark viral outrage, criticism ([link removed])
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Black pastor leads his white North Carolina church toward a fuller reckoning of race ([link removed])
Religion News Service
Buddhists prepare to observe Bodhi Day, when Siddhartha Gautama became Buddha ([link removed])
NPR
In their closest alignment in 800 years, Jupiter and Saturn will create a wonder: A Christmas Star ([link removed])
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** International headlines
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Christchurch massacre: Inquiry finds failures ahead of attack ([link removed])
BBC News
Officials: French church attack suspect faces terror charges ([link removed])
The Associated Press
U.S. puts Nigeria on religious freedom blacklist with China, Saudi Arabia ([link removed])
Deutsche Welle
Hong Kong police raid church hours after pastor said HSBC froze accounts ([link removed])
The Guardian
Vatican joins Moynihan, Benioff to push for economic equality ([link removed])
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Pope makes surprise early morning prayer visit in rainy Rome ([link removed])
The Associated Press
In Poland, protests over abortion ban could revolutionize politics ([link removed])
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Poetry, the soul of Uighur culture, on verge of extinction in Xinjiang ([link removed])
The Guardian
** Analysis and commentary
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New Zealand must address past failures to restore Muslims’ sense of safety and belonging ([link removed])
The Guardian
The University of Vermont might be done with religion, but religion isn’t done with us ([link removed])
Religion Dispatches
The silence of Pope Francis ([link removed])
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Roald Dahl was anti-Semitic. Do we need his family’s apology now? ([link removed])
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‘It’s not weird or foreign’: the Ugandan monk bringing Buddhism to Africa ([link removed])
The Guardian
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