Daily Religion Headlines

Supreme Court to hear challenge to Trump-era abortion rules
NPR

SBC President J.D. Greear: ‘God did not call Southern Baptists to save America’
Religion News Service

Private bill seeks freedom for man living in Missouri church
The Associated Press

Iowa senator receives ‘hateful’ messages after reading opening prayer by Muslim constituent
The Des Moines Register*

Arkansas Senate approves bill banning nearly all abortions
The Associated Press

Author Shauna Niequist apologizes for her silence following allegations against father, Bill Hybels
Religion News Service

SNL’s Michael Che said Israel only vaccinated its ‘Jewish half.’ Critics call the joke ‘an anti-Semitic trope’
The Washington Post*
 

Canada’s Trudeau, Cabinet abstain from China genocide vote
The Associated Press

China condemns Canada’s motion calling treatment of Uighurs genocide
Reuters

Pope plans historic visit to Iraq as its Christian populations dwindle
NPR

Palestinian President Abbas gives Christians outsize voice in new legislature
Religion News Service

Do India’s cows have special powers? Government curriculum is ridiculed
The New York Times*

Sri Lankan bishops urge government to release blast inquiry
The Associated Press

Smuggled diary tells how abducted women survived Boko Haram camp
The Guardian

‘Jew cookies’ are a Dutch dessert staple. They’re getting a new name — and Dutch Jews are confused
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Shlomo Hillel, who helped 120,000 Jews flee Iraq, dies at 97
The New York Times*
 

Clergy on the pandemic front lines: ‘How do we grieve?’
NPR

End of religious headwear rule says athletes are more than their uniforms
Religion News Service

What are the origins of Lent?
The Conversation

For a Catholic Church that is unafraid to welcome Black people
The Jesuit Post