Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 23 November 2020
As hurricanes belt Honduras, Christian aid group fights not just water but corruption
(Alejandra Molina, Religion News Service)
Stay home, evangelical medical organization tells churches as COVID spreads
(Bob Smietana, Religion News Service)
More practicing Christians disengaging from church during pandemic: survey
(Jackson Elliott, The Christian Post)
Virus deaths of senior Serb religious leaders triggers alarm
(Dusan Stojanovic and Elena Becatoros, Associated Press)
Catholic Church in Mexico cancels Guadalupe pilgrimage over pandemic
(Associated Press)
Palestinians may limit Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem
(Associated Press)
Religion is not a hobby. Governments should treat it accordingly
(Deseret News)
New York tells justices not to intervene in conflict over attendance limits at worship services
(Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog)
Welsh Government: updated guidance on COVID-19
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
New legislation and guidance to 28 November
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
UK Government’s COVID-19 winter plan for England
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
UK shuls will be allowed to reopen under new Covid restrictions
(Jewish News)
Latest NSW amendments to gathering rules for churches, weddings and funerals
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Clerics have a role in Kenya's Covid-19 war
(Eliud Wabukala, The Star)
On virus-stricken Native reservations, church shares food and light
(Erik Tryggestad, Religion Unplugged)
Friday, 20 November 2020
Tennessee lawmakers take aim at COVID-19 vaccination with bill to allow religious and conscience exemption
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
COVID-19: Northern Ireland Executive agrees two-week “circuit breaker” lockdown
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
No pandemic pause in persecution, says Poland Ministerial
(Jayson Casper, Christianity Today)
Oregon COVID-19 limits on parochial schools upheld
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Judge denies preliminary challenge to governor's coronavirus orders: 3 Christian schools challenged order
(Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian)
Pope Francis tells Latin American leaders to resist corruption during the pandemic
(Courtney Mares, Catholic News Agency)
NYC Catholic schools in session while pandemic closes public schools
(Christine Rousselle, Catholic News Agency)
Christian leaders challenge mandatory church closures during England’s second lockdown
(Catholic News Agency)
Treat churches like businesses during lockdowns, Americans say
(Kate Scanlon, Catholic News Agency)
Kenyan churches reopen without kids, causing fear of gap in education
(Diana Mwango, Religion Unplugged)
Wednesday, 18 November 2020
German, Swiss churches prepare for religious Christmas at home
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Russian government faces need to help church deal with pandemic crisis
(Religiia i Pravo, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
New York synagogues ask justices to lift attendance limits (updated)
(Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog)
New COVID-19 legislation and guidance to 21 November
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Contagion: Government and religion during the COVID-19 pandemic
(Barry W. Bussey, Canadian Centre for Christian Charities)
The ethics of Moderna's coronavirus vaccine
(Catholic News Agency)
Abuse, racism and COVID-19: Advisory councils make recommendations to bishops
(Mary Farrow, Catholic News Agency)
Weekly highlight #131: Mixed news on religious fronts: focus on Latin America, refugees
(Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
Rome’s traditionalists join protests over coronavirus restrictions
(Elise Ann Allen, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Pastor John MacArthur and California church closings: Why isn't this a national story?
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
Monday, 16 November 2020
French Catholics protest for end to lockdown on Mass
(Associated Press)
Maharashtra govt announces reopening of religious places from Monday
(Times Now News)
Bishop calls on UK government to protect prisoners during COVID second wave
(Zenit: The World Seen from Rome)
Communal worship ‘criminalised’ under lockdown, church leaders in England say
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
Sunday, 15 November 2020
WEBINAR, 15 November 2020 (2:00 pm AEDT): Abraham Conference 2020, Interfaith on the Frontlines
(Abraham Conference)
Friday, 13 November 2020
Stressed by COVID, online seekers discover Buddhism’s calming practice
(Caitlin Yoshiko Kandil, Religion News Service)
Suit challenging Louisiana COVID-19 limits on churches fails
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Rev. Tony Spell loses again in fight against Gov. John Bel Edwards' crowd-size limits
(David J. Mitchell, The Advocate)
Early Supreme Court review sought in church's challenge to Nevada COVID-19 limits
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
ADF asks US Supreme Court to strike down NV governor’s rule treating churches worse than casinos
(Alliance Defending Freedom)
Brooklyn diocese asks Supreme Court to enjoin COVID-19 church capacity limits
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Brooklyn Catholic diocese asks justices to block limits on attendance at church services
(Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog)
Justice Alito: COVID restrictions ‘previously unimaginable’
(Jessica Gresko, Associated Press)
Justice Alito warns of covid-era religious rights infringements
(Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson and Jordan S. Rubin, Bloomberg Law)
At Federalist Society convention, Alito says religious liberty, gun ownership are under attack
(Kalv, SCOTUSblog)
India’s festive mood raises fears of surge of coronavirus
(Ashok Sharma and Shonal Ganguly, Associated Press)
Delaware agrees to treat church services neutrally in settlement over COVID restrictions
(Catholic News Agency)
Brooklyn diocese appeals to Supreme Court over COVID church closures
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)
World Youth Day 2023 organizers urge youth to join ‘great national movement’
(Catholic News Agency)
Pope Francis: Care for refugees fleeing ‘viruses of injustice, violence and war’
(Catholic News Agency)
Wednesday, 11 November 2020
Weekly highlight #131: Focus on the Philippines, a maskless Pope, and the United States election
(Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
Religious Responses to COVID-19: What we can learn, what we can predict
(Olivia Wilkinson, G20 Interfaith Forum Blog)
2nd Circuit denies injunction pending appeal of NY governor's cluster zone limits on houses of worship
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Appellate court denies injunction requests by Agudah and Brooklyn Diocese
(Reuvain Borchardt, Hamodia)
UN chief urges global fight against pandemic and hatred
(Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press)
Alaska Tlingits hold memorial ceremony online amid pandemic
(Associated Press)
Australia: Experts warn on Vic’s emergency laws
(Marilyn Rodrigues, The Catholic Weekly)
Monday, 9 November 2020
Ahmadiyya Muslim community Slough receive certificate of recognition by the Mayor of Slough
(Ahmadiyya Muslim Community UK)
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at in the Era of COVID-19
(Maria d'Arienzo, The Journal of CESNUR via DiReSoM)
Law, Religion, and the Spread of COVID-19 Pandemic – Ebook
(Edited by Fabio Balsamo and Daniela Tarentino, DIRESOM Papers 2)
Covid-19 between the Chinese patriotic church and the under-ground church in the diocese of Shanghai (China)
(Angela Patrizia Tavani, DiReSoM: Diritto e Religione nelle Società Multiculturali/ Law and Religion in Multicultural Societies)
The Dialogue among States and Religious Groups
(Maria Luisa Lo Giacco, DiReSoM: Diritto e Religione nelle Società Multiculturali/ Law and Religion in Multicultural Societies)
Eastern Orthodoxy and the pandemic. Cultural approaches towards rule of law in Romania
(Cătălin Raiu, DiReSoM: Diritto e Religione nelle Società Multiculturali/ Law and Religion in Multicultural Societies)
Welsh Government: updated guidance on reopening places of worship
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
New COVID-19 legislation and guidance to 14 November
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Christians and Hindus: Rekindling positivity and hope during the Covid-19 pandemic and beyond
(Zenit: The World Seen from Rome)
There has been a problem of religious freedom during the pandemic (Portuguese)
(Catarina Maldonado Vasconcelos, TSF)
Friday, 6 November 2020
The “Spirit of Assisi” as a tool to face coronavirus emergency
(Luigi Mariano Guzzo, DiReSom)
Christians, Hindus called to spread hope, pontifical council says
(Cindy Wooden, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Catholics urged to join nationwide daily prayer as England enters second lockdown
(Catholic News Agency)
English bishops have ‘profound misgivings’ about ban of public worship
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
COVID-19: New MHCLG guidance on places of worship in England
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
COVID-19 new lockdown guidance from CofE
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
CofE and Archbishops’ websites – Quick Links
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Worship, funerals and weddings under the Second English Lockdown
(Russell Sandberg, Law & Religion UK)
Compulsory vaccination – the next step for Covid-19?
(Rosalind English, UK Human Rights Blog)
Wednesday, 4 November 2020
England: Archbishops join interfaith call to allow public worship in lockdown
(Episcopal News Service)
Suit filed over school's ban on religious messages on COVID-19 masks
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
MS public school prohibits 3rd-grade student from wearing ‘Jesus Loves Me’ face mask
(Alliance Defending Freedom)
Services and events on Remembrance Sunday in England
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Public worship is Covid-19 secure, say faith leaders ahead of four-week lockdown in England
(Zenit: The World Seen from Rome)
Weekly highlight #130: Tensions around reopenings and cancellations of festivals; revival of gleaning
(Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
Tuesday, 3 November 2020
Restrictions on religious freedom in Europe in the name of the fight against COVID-19
(European Centre for Law & Justice)
Monday, 2 November 2020
Court upholds New York's COVOD-19 cluster action initiative
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Huge funeral for Montenegro bishop despite rising infections
(Predrag Milic, Associated Press)
New COVID-19 legislation and guidance to 7 November
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
England goes into second lockdown, bans in-person church services country-wide for a month
(John Paluska, Christian Headines)
Communal worship and Remembrance Day in England
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Communal worship – Remembrance Day, England
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Law and religion round-up – 1st November
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Friday, 30 October 2020
Suit challenges Michigan mask mandate imposed on Catholic school
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Religious school, parents argue mask mandates deny educational, spiritual opportunities
(Megan Banta, Lansing State Journal)
Irish leader meets with Catholic archbishops to discuss COVID restrictions
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
RFI’s Islam and Religious Freedom Action Team supports a second lawsuit by Orthodox Jews against NY Governor Cuomo
(Religious Freedom Institute)
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