January 27, 2021

Daily Religion Headlines

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A new analysis of Pew Research Center survey data from the summer of 2020 reveals that more Americans than people in other economically developed countries say the coronavirus outbreak has bolstered their religious faith and the faith of their compatriots. Read the report here.

U.S. headlines

Biden to lift some curbs on abortion funding, reopen ACA enrollment
The Wall Street Journal *

South Carolina GOP infighting over exceptions dominates debate on ‘fetal heartbeat’ abortion bill
The State *

Judge refuses to toss case against defiant Louisiana pastor
The Associated Press

Priest for voter fraud exorcisms leaves Wisconsin diocese
The Associated Press

For many schools, the Master of Divinity degree is moving online for good
Religion News Service

Facebook still has Holocaust denial content three months after Mark Zuckerberg pledged to remove it
USA Today

On eve of Auschwitz anniversary, survivor saddened by U.S. Capitol attack
Reuters

International headlines

Holocaust Remembrance Day: ‘Anti-Semitism starts with conspiracy theories’
Deutsche Welle

On Holocaust Remembrance Day, pope warns against new nationalism
Reuters

Auschwitz marks anniversary virtually as survivors fear end of an era
Reuters

Report: Israeli settler population surged during Trump era
The Associated Press

German woman charged with plotting attack on Muslims, others
The Associated Press

The Indian comic in jail for jokes he didn’t crack
BBC News

Polish man at center of life-support dispute dies in Britain
The Associated Press

Analysis and commentary

The Catholic Church’s moral reckoning on Jews and the Holocaust
Religion News Service

I witnessed the rise of Nazism firsthand. We must act now to protect American democracy
CNN

No more lies. My grandfather was a Nazi
The New York Times *

Was my vote sinful? Wrong question — churches should be uniting, not dividing congregants
USA Today

Harriet Tubman: Biden revives plan to put a Black woman of faith on the $20 bill
The Conversation

Biden kicks off inclusive LGBT agenda
BBC News

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