January 20, 2021
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Biden attends Mass before taking oath of office The Washington Post * What is St. Matthew’s, the church Biden will attend on Inauguration Day? Religion News Service Biden could be sworn in on a Bible that has been in his family since the 1890s The New York Times * In Biden’s cabinet, Catholics and Jews dominate Religion News Service ‘Psychological trauma and stress’: The lasting impact of the ‘Muslim ban’ NBC News Militant Christian nationalists remain a potent force, even after the Capitol riot NPR Biden readies sweeping rollback of Trump-era abortion crackdown NBC News Planned Parenthood fights report that Missouri has become first abortion-free state, but numbers dwindling St. Louis Post-Dispatch * Bills to restrict abortion access considered in Montana The Associated Press Mississippi bill would find anyone who performs an abortion guilty of murder WLOX
U.S. says China’s repression of Uighurs is ‘genocide’ The New York Times * Hungary’s government orders disclaimers on books with gay content Reuters Polish clinic wants to care for man in life-support dispute The Associated Press Intensifying Islamist insurgency in Mozambique drives humanitarian crisis Reuters Makers of Amazon Prime show apologize after outcry by India’s BJP Al Jazeera Stephen Lungu, Africa’s enterprising evangelist, dies of COVID-19 Christianity Today *
The good Catholic Religion & Politics President Biden and a Catholic inflection point First Things * Biden and Kennedy: History does not repeat itself National Catholic Reporter China’s oppression of Muslims in Xinjiang, explained The New York Times * Want your kids to follow in your faith? Take a page from religious conservatives Religion News Service Photos: Marking the Orthodox Epiphany Reuters
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