Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 23 March 2020
Prison chaplains adapt as coronavirus limits their ministry
(Jonah McKeown, Catholic News Agency)
Portuguese bishops invite nations of the world to be consecrated at Fatima
(Catholic News Agency)
Senate fails to pass coronavirus stimulus bill
(Catholic News Agency)
Sunday, 22 March 2020
Persian New Year traditions transformed by coronavirus in Iran
(Tamara Qiblawi, CNN Travel)
An Italian Lent in COVID-19 Lockdown
(Andrea Pin, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
Close the Churches
(John Inazu, The Atlantic)
Faith in the time of coronavirus: The power of spacial solidarity
(Cynthia G. Lindner, Sightings: The Martin Marty Center, University of Chicago Divinity School)
The Economist: Special edition on the cornavirus pandemic
Religious freedom in focus, Volume 85 – March/2020
(Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice)
Law and religion round-up – 22nd March
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Europe’s coronavirus crisis seen from the sky
(Joshua Posaner and Hanne Cokelaere, Politco)
Holy Week, Easter, Passover, Ramadan are coming: Will they vanish this year? #NoWay
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
President’s call for National Day of Prayer for those affected by COVID-19 has deep roots in American history
(Religious Freedom Institute)
The plague is a formative event. When it ends, new possibilities will emerge
(David Grossman, Haaretz)
A Sunday without church: In crisis, a nation asks, 'What is community?"
(Elizabeth Dias, The New York Times)
Merkel goes into quarantine after doctor tests positive for coronavirus
(Emma Anderson, Politico)
Merkel bans meetings of more than 2 people to slow coronavirus
(Joshua Posaner, Politico)
Spanish PM calls for EU ‘Marshall Plan’ to stop the coronavirus
(Cristina Gallardo, Politico)
Greece to go into coronavirus-induced lockdown
(Politico)
Poland declares coronavirus ‘epidemic’
(Zosia Wanat, Politico)
'There are no funerals:' Death in quarantine leaves nowhere to grieve
(Angelo Amante, Parisa Hafezi, Hayoung Choi, Reuters)
New York’s Bowery Mission adapts homeless ministry to coronavirus restrictions
(Katelyn Beaty, Religion News Service)
Europeans sing health workers’ praises nightly from windows
(Lori Hinnant, Associated Press)
‘Virtual’ PCC meetings and other Coronavirus-related issues
(David Lamming, Guest Post, Law & Religion UK)
Church of England: Live streaming information for churches
UK: More coronavirus (COVID-19) guidance
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Palestinian PM orders West Bank lockdown; Gaza confirms first coronavirus cases
(Haaretz)
Italy, pandemic's new epicenter, has lessons for the world
(Jason Horowitz, Emma Bubola and Elisabetta Povoledo, The NewYork Times)
Rand Paul first senator to test positive for coronavirus
(Mairead McArdle, National Review)
Inspired by medieval spirituality and her own suffering, an artist exalts transformation
(Micah Danney, Religion Unplugged)
How coronavirus is reshaping Jewish life
(Dave Schechter, Religion Unplugged)
Aging Catholic priesthood risk health to comfort the faithful during pandemic
(Clemente Lisi, Religion Unplugged)
Thinking about these times: Reporter asks cloistered nun for tips on healthy 'social distancing'
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
In Europe, and around the world, governments are getting tougher
(The Economist)
Hope and support in Italy during a global health crisis
(Bahá’í World News Service)
In Lebanon, the revolution will be televised
(Hanan Hamdan, Al-Monitor: Lebanon Pulse)
Turkish soccer team lands in political hot water
(Mahmut Bozarslan, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Saturday, 21 March 2020
CANCELLED EVENT, 5-6 April 2020: Touro Law Center's 6th Annual National Moot Court Competition in Law & Religion
(Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center)
INVITATION (apply until 30 April 2020): Young Theologians in Communion, at Westminster College, Cambridge/UK, 14-18 October 2020
(Community of Protestant Churches in Europe (CPCE))
Michigan houses of worship exempted from penalties for violating COVID-19 executive order
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
EVENT ON HOLD, 11-15 May 2020: 6th European Conference on Asylum 2020 Palermo and Rome
(Churches' Commission for Migrants in Europe (CCME) with support of the Federazione delle Chiese Evangeliche in Italia (FCEI) and Diakonie Deutschland)
Whitmer exempts Michigan churches from penalties for 50+ gatherings
(Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press)
Spanish influenza's final lesson
(Caleb Mills, Geopolitical Monitor)
As offerings dwindle, some churches fear for their future
(David Crary, Associated Press)
Coronavirus could change funerals, how we handle death
(Jack Evans, Tampa Bay Times, Associated Press)
Yes, the government can force churches to close. Here’s why
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)
Coronavirus is spreading at religious gatherings, ricocheting across nations
(Jon Emont, Saeed Shah, The Wall Street Journal)
This is not the end of the world, according to Christians who study the end of the world
(Julie Zauzmer and Sarah Pulliam Bailey, The Washington Post)
Egypt shuts mosques and churches over coronavirus fears
(Mahmoud Mourad, Reuters)
Non-Muslim woman can't marry because IC wrongly states she's Muslim
(Stephanie Lee, The Star)
Egyptian Salafists in uproar over bill restricting polygamy, underage marriages
(The Arab Weekly)
Selection of Sarah Makin-Acciani shows the commitment to religious liberty
(Timothy Head, The Hill)
Progress S’pore Party expels Jan Chan for his post suggesting using holy books as toilet paper
(Martino Tan, Mothership)
China demolishes church, removes crosses as Christians worship at home
(Leah MarieAnn Klett, Christian Post)
The faithful response to coronavirus: protect one another
(Opinion by Maggie Siddiqi and Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons, CNN Opinion)
Behind the "-isms"
(Reuven Brenner, Law & Liberty)
A megachurch has helped test nearly 1,000 people for coronavirus in two days
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, The Washington Post - Religion)
Congregations improvise ways to fight COVID-19’s isolation
(Tracy Simmons, Religion News Service)
South Africa: President Cyril Ramaphosa - Interfaith Meeting in Response to Coronavirus COVID-19 Outbreak
(Press Release: Government of South Africa (Pretoria), All Africa)
Pray and wash: Religion joins with science amid virus crisis
(Elana Schor, Associated Press)
Coronavirus – election of PCC and churchwardens
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Catholic Cardinal Burke says faithful should attend Mass despite coronavirus
(Claire Giangravé, Religion News Service)
This big-think story theme befits both the Lenten mood and the COVID-19 crisis
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)
Christmas in March? Some people are turning on their lights to brighten a dark time
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)
Civil partnerships and the Church of England
(Christopher Grout, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
Yemen conflict leaves impact on judiciary
(Ammar al-Ashwal, Al-Monitor: Gulf Pulse)
Friday, 20 March 2020
In this Episcopal church, the co-leader of the Lenten study is a rabbi
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
Coronavirus: Will courts continue to operate, preserving the rule of law?
(Austin Sarat, The Conversation)
British Somalis and FGM: ‘everybody is a suspect – you are guilty until proven innocent’
(Saffron Karlsen, The Conversation)
HHS sued over non-enforcement of LGBTQ anti-discrimination rules
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
New Hampshire governor sued over ban on large gatherings
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
New Hampshire ban on large gatherings challenged in court
(Holly Ramer, Associated Press)
Police had cause to search residence of Catholic religious order member
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Religious order member loses appeal in child porn case
(Associated Press)
Texas judge sues over right to oppose same-sex marriage
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Mass exodus of teachers triggers education crisis in north east Kenya
(Fredrick Nzwili, World Watch Monitor)
Two churches burned down in Sudan amidst changes
(International Christian Concern)
Tokyo marks 25th anniversary of subway nerve gas attack
(Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press)
U.S. Supreme Court postpones oral arguments through April 1
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Ep. 05: Supreme Court cases on employment discrimination (Podcast)
(Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Australian bishops begin canceling Masses to contain COVID-19
(Catholic News Service)
Will the Vatican stand up to protect and preserve Islam?
(William Kilpatrick, LifeSiteNews Opinion)
Friday prayers cancelled in Moscow's mosques
(Interfax-Religion)
Why Christian nationalists think Trump is heaven-sent
(Jodi Eichler-Levine, The Washington Post)
Police probe Facebook post linking holy texts, toilet paper
(Tee Zhuo, Straits Times)
Inside Australia's decision to close hundreds of its mosques
(Aaron Fernandes, SBS News)
Montenegro probes priests for breaking coronavirus rules
(Samir Kajosevic, Balkan Insight)
New constitution worries Gambian Christians
(Evangelical Focus)
Can someone be a Hindu by culture and a Christian by faith at the same time?
(Joseph D'Souza, Religion News Service Opinion)
Most white evangelicals satisfied with Trump’s initial response to the COVID-19 outbreak
(Gregory A. Smith, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)
Americans immersed in COVID-19 news; most think media are doing fairly well covering it
(Amy Mitchell and J. Baxter Oliphant, Pew Research Center Journalism & Media)
U.S. public see multiple threats from the coronavirus — and concerns are growing
(Pew Research Center U.S. Politics & Policy)
Thousands of Muslim pilgrims ignore virus risk to gather in Indonesia
(Agustinus Beo Da Costa, A. Ananthalakshmi, Reuters)
In Italy and beyond, churches grapple with coronavirus
(Politico)
The Austrian ski town that spread coronavirus across the Continent
(Matthew Karnitsching, Politco)
UK chief Brexit negotiator self-isolates after showing COVID-19 symptoms
(Charlie Cooper, Politico)
Israel tightens grip on Palestinian workers to limit COVID-19
(Ahmad Melhem, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Thursday, 19 March 2020
New Zealand legalizes abortion
(Catholic News Agency)
On St. Joseph's feast, Italy to pray rosary for protection from coronavirus
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)
Houses of worship pitch in to help those left vulnerable by virus outbreak
(Aysha Khan, Religion News Service)
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