Pew Research Center

Religion & Public Life

December 03, 2019
Daily Religion Headlines
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Many Americans who attend religious services express some degree of confidence in their clergy’s advice on religious, personal and political questions. However, Catholics have considerably less confidence than Protestants – and are less likely to claim a close relationship with their clergy, a new Fact Tank post ([link removed]) finds.
U.S. Headlines
Major medical, legal groups oppose Louisiana abortion law before U.S. Supreme Court ([link removed])
NPR

Lawsuit: Ex-Cardinal McCarrick abused boy in Newark in 1990s ([link removed])
The Associated Press

Former W.Va. bishop Michael Bransfield says charitable donation was a gift ([link removed])
The Washington Post *

Catholic diocese denies gay Michigan judge communion ([link removed])
CNN

After evicting monks, Cambodian temple in California reopens to discord ([link removed])
Los Angeles Times *

Latter-day Saint leaders reaffirm support for refugees ([link removed])
The Salt Lake Tribune *

In a Wisconsin village, the doctor makes house calls — and sees the rarest diseases on Earth ([link removed])
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel *


International Headlines
General election 2019: UK's Jeremy Corbyn apologizes over anti-Semitism row ([link removed])
BBC News

Chief rabbi’s attack on anti-Semitism keys reckoning over faith in UK election ([link removed])
Religion News Service

Police criticized over response to attack on rabbi in north London ([link removed])
The Guardian

Relatives meet with Mexico president after arrests in Mormon family killings ([link removed])
CNN

Jews angered by activists’ use of Holocaust victims’ remains in Germany ([link removed])
The Associated Press

Pope sends aide to Greek island to bring back 33 migrants ([link removed])
The Associated Press

Saudi Arabia embraces Western sports to rehabilitate global image ([link removed])
The New York Times *

Gadhimai: Nepal’s animal sacrifice festival goes ahead despite ‘ban’ ([link removed])
BBC News


Analysis & Commentary
John Boehner has no regrets ([link removed])
America

The priest who channeled Black Power into the Catholic Church ([link removed])
Religion News Service

Faith made Harriet Tubman fearless as she rescued slaves ([link removed])
The Conversation

Blood and soil in Narendra Modi’s India ([link removed])
The New Yorker *

Climbing to Ethiopia’s church in the sky ([link removed])
The Washington Post *


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