Pew Research Center

Religion & Public Life

October 03, 2019
Daily Religion Headlines
NEW FROM PEW RESEARCH CENTER
A new Pew Research Center survey ([link removed]) of American adolescents ages 13 to 17 finds that religion is a regular part of the school day for a lot of them, though many others rarely observe religious behavior at school and a majority say they rarely or never discuss religion with friends.

The survey also asked teens about what religion-related things they do during the school day and found that about a quarter of teens who identify with a religion and attend public school (26%) say they regularly pray before eating lunch ([link removed]) at school.

The new survey report is accompanied by an essay ([link removed]) that summarizes the history of litigation over religion in schools.
U.S. Headlines
Pompeo meets Pope Francis as impeachment roils Washington ([link removed])
The Associated Press

Trump administration sides with Catholic school that fired gay teacher ([link removed])
The Washington Post *

The Catholic Church and Boy Scouts are lobbying against child abuse statutes. This is their playbook ([link removed])
USA TODAY

Franklin Graham on impeachment: ‘Our country could begin to unravel’ ([link removed])
Religion News Service

Planned Parenthood has been building a secret abortion ‘mega-clinic’ in Illinois ([link removed])
CBS News

In ‘dark day’ for transgender Latter-day Saints, Oaks defines gender as ‘biological sex at birth’ ([link removed])
The Salt Lake Tribune *

Mormon women given increased role in two key ceremonies ([link removed])
The Associated Press

A teacher says he was fired for refusing to use male pronouns for a transgender student ([link removed])
CNN

InterVarsity can require its leaders to be Christian, judge rules ([link removed])
Religion News Service

Deputy mayor in New Jersey steps down after calling Islam ‘a cancer’ ([link removed])
NJ.com

‘Why Is there nothing left?’ Pension funds failing at Catholic hospitals ([link removed])
NPR


International Headlines
Vatican defends married priest proposal on Amazon agenda ([link removed])
The Associated Press

Christchurch shooting suspect drops bid to move trial to Auckland ([link removed])
The New York Times *

Ahead of pilgrimage, Iran border crossing closed due to Iraq unrest ([link removed])
Reuters

Pope moves Polish anti-communist cardinal closer to sainthood ([link removed])
Reuters

A broken Muslim Brotherhood struggles for relevance ([link removed])
Financial Times *


Analysis & Commentary
Master’s Seminary grad takes Kanye’s crowds to church ([link removed])
Christianity Today

All of the six-week abortion bans passed this year have now been blocked in court ([link removed])
Vox

Hero to the world, Gandhi is increasingly controversial in India ([link removed])
The Washington Post *


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