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February 23, 2021
** 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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** U.S. headlines
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Supreme Court to hear challenge to Trump-era abortion rules ([link removed])
NPR
SBC President J.D. Greear: ‘God did not call Southern Baptists to save America’ ([link removed])
Religion News Service
Private bill seeks freedom for man living in Missouri church ([link removed])
The Associated Press
Iowa senator receives ‘hateful’ messages after reading opening prayer by Muslim constituent ([link removed])
The Des Moines Register*
Arkansas Senate approves bill banning nearly all abortions ([link removed])
The Associated Press
Author Shauna Niequist apologizes for her silence following allegations against father, Bill Hybels ([link removed])
Religion News Service
SNL’s Michael Che said Israel only vaccinated its ‘Jewish half.’ Critics call the joke ‘an anti-Semitic trope’ ([link removed])
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** International headlines
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Canada’s Trudeau, Cabinet abstain from China genocide vote ([link removed])
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China condemns Canada’s motion calling treatment of Uighurs genocide ([link removed])
Reuters
Pope plans historic visit to Iraq as its Christian populations dwindle ([link removed])
NPR
Palestinian President Abbas gives Christians outsize voice in new legislature ([link removed])
Religion News Service
Do India’s cows have special powers? Government curriculum is ridiculed ([link removed])
The New York Times*
Sri Lankan bishops urge government to release blast inquiry ([link removed])
The Associated Press
Smuggled diary tells how abducted women survived Boko Haram camp ([link removed])
The Guardian
‘Jew cookies’ are a Dutch dessert staple. They’re getting a new name — and Dutch Jews are confused ([link removed])
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Shlomo Hillel, who helped 120,000 Jews flee Iraq, dies at 97 ([link removed])
The New York Times*
** Analysis and commentary
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Clergy on the pandemic front lines: ‘How do we grieve?’ ([link removed])
NPR
End of religious headwear rule says athletes are more than their uniforms ([link removed])
Religion News Service
What are the origins of Lent? ([link removed])
The Conversation
For a Catholic Church that is unafraid to welcome Black people ([link removed])
The Jesuit Post
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