Pew Research Center

Religion & Public Life

July 31, 2019
Daily Religion Headlines
U.S. Headlines
Muslim Virginia lawmaker heckles Trump at Jamestown speech ([link removed])
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

National Cathedral leaders: Trump’s racial comments ‘give cover to white supremacists’ ([link removed])
CNN

Buttigieg hits ‘so-called conservative Christian senators’ blocking bill to raise minimum wage ([link removed])
THE HILL

Immigrants taking sanctuary in churches hit with huge fines ([link removed])
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Effort to censure Rep. Denver Riggleman for officiating same-sex marriage fails ([link removed])
THE ROANOKE TIMES*

Planned Parenthood sues Missouri to stop new abortion law from taking effect ([link removed])
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH*

More churches are checking the national sex offender registry. Is it helping? ([link removed])
RELIGION NEWS SERVICE

Amish upset by Pa. township plan to require buggy registration, horse diapers and rubber horseshoes ([link removed])
PENNLIVE


International Headlines
Doubt greets China’s claim that Muslims have been released from camps ([link removed])
THE NEW YORK TIMES*

Sign of the times: China’s capital orders Arabic, Muslim symbols taken down ([link removed])
REUTERS

Shin Ok-ju: South Korean doomsday cult leader jailed for six years ([link removed])
BBC NEWS

Israel announces new homes for settlers, Palestinians in West Bank ahead of Kushner visit ([link removed])
REUTERS

Mauritania releases Facebook blogger convicted of blasphemy ([link removed])
BBC NEWS

Samoa’s ‘third gender’ delicately balances sex and religion ([link removed])
REUTERS

Lebanon festival drops popular band after Christian pressure ([link removed])
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Cyprus criticizes Orthodox bishop for insulting gays ([link removed])
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS


Analysis & Commentary
Study asks if war makes a person more … or less … religious ([link removed])
NPR

The Vatican draws a line on gender, and transgender Catholics push back ([link removed])
RELIGION & POLITICS

The eco-friendly project that provides solar power to Catholic institutions – at no cost ([link removed])
AMERICA

I’ve worked for Marianne Williamson. She is no kook ([link removed])
THE WASHINGTON POST*

The self-styled prophets who are assembling their flocks at the Trump International Hotel ([link removed])
SLATE


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