Daily Religion Headlines

Abortion emerges as key division in Becerra’s Finance hearing
Roll Call

More than 500 evangelicals, other faith leaders condemn religion at insurrection as ‘heretical’
Religion News Service

U.S. bishops highlight religious liberty concerns with Equality Act
Crux

CPAC cancels speaker over anti-Semitic social media comments
CNN

Native American group files motion to stop mining at sacred Oak Flat site
Religion News Service

Man exits church after years in sanctuary from deportation
The Associated Press

NBC under fire for portrayal of Orthodox Jews on Canadian series ‘Nurses’
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, newly vaccinated, return to church in Georgia
The New York Times*

John Baker, founder of the Christian support group Celebrate Recovery, has died
Religion News Service
 

Imran Khan invites Sri Lankan Buddhists to visit Pakistan
The Associated Press

Berlin: Salafist group outlawed after police raids
Deutsche Welle

First Jehovah’s Witness woman sentenced in Russia after faith declared ‘extremist’
Religion News Service

Pakistani couple’s appeal of blasphemy sentence postponed
The Associated Press

Polish metal singer accused of blasphemy appeals for legal funds
BBC News

Paul Rusesabagina, ‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero who credited Adventist upbringing, on trial in Kigali
Religion Unplugged

Could a former bar be one of Spain’s lost medieval synagogues?
The Guardian
 

Biden and Democrats in Congress voting for Equality Act are undermining religious rights
NBC News

On Islam, Macron isn’t flirting with the far right
Politico

How New York’s 19th-century Jews turned Purim into an American party
The Conversation

Should the Catholic Church have an African American rite? This Black Catholic convert thinks so
America*

COVID restrictions on religion: I’m still attending Mass from my church parking lot
USA Today