Daily Religion Headlines

Biden signs executive order reestablishing White House faith office
Religion News Service

Religion and the death penalty collide at the Supreme Court
The Associated Press

On social media, vaccine misinformation mixes with extreme faith
The Washington Post *

Under pressure, California church postpones conference for thousands
The New York Times *

California legislator wants religious services deemed essential during state of emergency
Religion News Service

Religious groups back Montana bill exempting them from campaign disclosure rules
Independent Record *

Ash Wednesday rituals tweaked for coronavirus as Christians are reminded of death
The Washington Post *

Rev. Frederick K.C. Price of Crenshaw Christian Center in South L.A. dies from COVID-19
Los Angeles Times *

The 19th-century church one artist calls home
The New York Times *
 

France votes on anti-radicalism bill that worries Muslims
The Associated Press

France fights hold of Islamist radicals with dragnets, laws
The Associated Press

China’s crackdown on Muslims extends to a resort island
The New York Times *

Bangladesh court sentences five to death for killing U.S. blogger
Reuters

Hamas court says women need guardian’s approval to travel
The Associated Press

NATO faces conundrum as it mulls Afghan pullout
The Associated Press

Cologne Catholic sex abuse probe seen as cover-up
Deutsche Welle

Dream of three faiths worshipping in one building meets reality in Berlin
Religion News Service

Nepalis pray for health and wisdom as coronavirus curtails crowds at festival
Reuters
 

Henry Louis Gates Jr. on African American religion
The New York Times *

The global Christian Right
First Things *

Biden bids to be a peacemaker in Americans’ religious wars
The Washington Post *

Eric Metaxas believes America is creeping toward Nazi Germany
The Atlantic *

Yes, the Catholic Church benefited from federal PPP loans. Good for them
Religion News Service

The world faces new anti-Semitic threats, and Biden must adopt new tools to fight them
Forward *

There’s a reason Muslim women struggle to make their voices heard
The Guardian

The many ways Muslim prisoners are denied religious rights in prison
Vox