Religious-schools case heads to a Supreme Court skeptical of stark lines between church and state
The Washington Post *
LGBT activists say new bills target transgender youth
The Associated Press
Roe v. Wade: Settled law or bad precedent? States prep for an overturn
NPR
Precarious US-Iran relations have Muslim voters eyeing candidates’ records on war
Religion News Service
Martin Luther King Jr. Day: Faith, politics mix on holiday
The Associated Press
Trump’s black voter outreach looks in part to the pews
The Associated Press
Multiracial churches growing, but challenging for clergy of color
Religion News Service
Vatican orders sex abuse investigation of Brooklyn bishop
The Associated Press
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International Headlines
Myanmar government-appointed panel finds ‘war crimes’ but no ‘genocide’ against Rohingya
Reuters
Ten years after Vatican takeover, Legion in new abuse crisis
The Associated Press
Norway government collapses over IS spouse repatriation spat
Deutsche Welle
Bangladesh sentences 10 to death for 2001 political bombings
The Associated Press
French trial exposes how church covered for predator priest
The Associated Press
Pope condemns ‘barbaric resurgence’ of anti-Semitism
Reuters
Seventy-five years on, Holocaust survivors struggle to recover property in Poland
Reuters
Sex and religious education to be made compulsory in Wales
BBC News
Russian Jehovah’s Witness gets suspended sentence for extremism – spokesman
Reuters
Famed Buddhist nun Pema Chodron retires, cites handling of sexual misconduct allegations against her group’s leader
The Washington Post *
Reuters
Ten years after Vatican takeover, Legion in new abuse crisis
The Associated Press
Norway government collapses over IS spouse repatriation spat
Deutsche Welle
Bangladesh sentences 10 to death for 2001 political bombings
The Associated Press
French trial exposes how church covered for predator priest
The Associated Press
Pope condemns ‘barbaric resurgence’ of anti-Semitism
Reuters
Seventy-five years on, Holocaust survivors struggle to recover property in Poland
Reuters
Sex and religious education to be made compulsory in Wales
BBC News
Russian Jehovah’s Witness gets suspended sentence for extremism – spokesman
Reuters
Famed Buddhist nun Pema Chodron retires, cites handling of sexual misconduct allegations against her group’s leader
The Washington Post *
Analysis & Commentary
The Methodist Church will probably split in two over homosexuality, and that’s bad for all of us
CNN
The last gasp of James G. Blaine? The Supreme Court weighs tax credits and a 19th-century bigotry
The Wall Street Journal *
Do you want your tax dollars to fund religious education? You shouldn’t
The Washington Post *
How Martin Luther King Jr. used the pulpit to ‘redeem’ America’s soul
Religion News Service
Europe’s far-right and India’s Hindu nationalists are getting closer
Foreign Policy *
I quit the priesthood
The New York Times *
CNN
The last gasp of James G. Blaine? The Supreme Court weighs tax credits and a 19th-century bigotry
The Wall Street Journal *
Do you want your tax dollars to fund religious education? You shouldn’t
The Washington Post *
How Martin Luther King Jr. used the pulpit to ‘redeem’ America’s soul
Religion News Service
Europe’s far-right and India’s Hindu nationalists are getting closer
Foreign Policy *
I quit the priesthood
The New York Times *
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