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International Headlines
Brazil’s Catholic bishops raise their voices against mining on Indigenous land
(Eduardo Campos Lima, Religion News Service)
Brazil: Muslim sheikh and Catholic priest join forces for São Paulo’s homeless
(Eduardo Campos Lima, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Prof. Dr Isabel Apawo Phiri, WCC deputy general secretary, featured in African Catholic Voices podcast
(World Council of Churches)
African women church leaders to gather at WCC for dynamic dialogue
(World Council of Churches)
Indian court bans large Muslim gathering at mosque after Hindu idols found
(The News International)
Indian authorities demand pastors cease religious activities
(International Christian Concern)
India: Christian leaders urge Governor not to give assent to anti-conversion Ordinance
(The Hindu)
Indian Christians smell political game behind anti-conversion move
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia - 17 May 2022
(Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations)
China: Uyghur county in China has highest prison rate in the world
(Huizhong Wu and Dake Kang, Associated Press)
Articles of interest - 16 May 2022
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
After Christendom: Catholicism in a more secular future
(Frederick Christian Bauerschmidt, Commonweal)
New saints feature Muslim-Catholic pioneer, priest-journalist killed by Nazis
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Secular revolutions and religious counterrevolutions
(David P. Gushee, Baptist News Global)
Church leaders slam Israeli police attack on Abu Akleh’s funeral
(Al Jazeera)
Killing of Palestinian-American journalist sparks call for independent investigation
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Neither a flatterer nor a Lockean be: Peter Augustine Lawler as a Catholic political philosopher
(Daniel J. Mahoney, Public Discourse: The Journal of the Witherspoon Institute)
Mauritania: The discreet witness of a tiny Catholic flock in an Islamic republic
(Clémence Cluzel, La Croix International)
Australia: A good Catholic meddles in politics
(Michael Dyer, La Croix International)
Qur’an and Torah on religious pluralism is God’s will – OpEd
(Allen S. Maller, Eurasia Review)
Bridging humanity – the notion of clash of civilisations to build alliances and strengthening friendship and cooperation between nations and people
(Religions for Peace)
Sri Lankans celebrate Buddhist festival at protest site
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Korean diocese launches restaurant to serve poor
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Vietnam bishops visit pagodas during vesak to promote harmony
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Nigeria: Religion and blasphemy: A critical perspective
(Toyyib Musa-Omoloja, The Niche)
Nigerian bishop urges calm after carnage over blasphemy case
(Justine John Dyikuk, Union of Catholic Asian News)
WCC Inter-Orthodox Pre-Assembly: “the call for unity, reconciliation, justice, and peace remains our mission today"
(World Council of Churches)
Pakistan: Sikh community on target in Peshawar, Pakistan
(Hindustan News Hub)
Afghanistan: Taliban say no Christians live in Afghanistan; US groups concerned
(Voice of America)
Europe Headlines
United States Headlines
If budgets are moral documents, what does the US budget say about ours?
(Bridget Moix, Religion News Service)
From Charleston to Pittsburgh to Buffalo, their blood cries out: Buffalo reminds us: Jews and Blacks are allies.
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism)
What you need to know about the antisemitic ideology behind the Buffalo shooting
(Philissa Cramer and Ron Kampeas, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
'I wish all Jews to hell' — Buffalo shooter was a fascist white supremacist
(Michael Starr, The Jerusalem Post)
Black and Asian organizations gather together in "Faith Walk" in New York's Chinatown
(Alexandra Jane, The Root)
Authorities: Hate against Taiwanese led to church attack
(Amy Taxin, Ken Ritter and Deepa Bharath, Associated Press)
Buddhist chaplains on the rise in US, offering broad appeal
(Gosia Wozniacka, Associated Press)
US report details church-state collusion on Native schools
(Peter Smith, Associated Press)
4 Air Force cadets may not graduate due to vaccine refusal
(Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press)
Space Force captain with religious objections to vaccine mandate is denied injunction
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Catholic doctrine has always rejected abortion: But what about Catholics in pews today?
(Ryan Burge, GetReligion)
Does religious freedom law give you a right to abortion?
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)
How overturning Roe threatens LGBTQ+ rights — faith leaders need to defend them
(Serene Jones and Fred Davie, The Hill)
Will overturning Roe finally allow Catholics to pursue a consistent ethic of life?
(Steven P. Millies, Religion News Service)
Biden approves plan to redeploy US troops to Somalia
(Deutsche Welle)
Orthodox Christian churches are drawing in far-right American converts
(Odette Yousef, National Public Radio)
What Harvard taught us about how anti-Semitism can go unchallenged
(Jonathon S. Tobin, Jewish News Syndicate)
Concerning the new converts to Eastern Orthodoxy: Are they MAGA clones or worse?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Trio that defrauded churches with bogus building loans sentenced to years in prison
(Steve Rabey, Religion Unplugged)
Urban ministry conference discusses pros and cons of federal and state funding
(Audrey Jackson, Religion Unplugged)
Catholic school asserts ‘ministerial exemption’ in lawsuit over firing of gay guidance counselor
(Mark A. Kellner, The Washington Times)
Catholic high school defends right to pass faith to next generation
(Becket)
Are Jews a race under U.S. law?
(Eugene Volokh, Tablet Magazine)
Religious liberty rights of students, teachers are not the same
(Holly Hollman, Bloomberg Law)
Open Doors’ CEO David Curry appointed to US Commission on International Religious Freedom
(Religion News Service)
‘Reprehensible’: Oz condemns GOP opponent’s tweet on Islam
(Steve Peoples, Associated Press)
American Muslim organizations unite to reject ADL’s ‘slander’ and support Palestinian human rights
(Council on American-Islamic Relations)
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