Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 30 October 2020
In New York Jewish communities, similarities to Israel's virus struggle
(Adam Lucente, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Wednesday, 28 October 2020
Wales lockdown isn’t only absurd; it denies freedom of religion
(Archbishop Cranmer)
Churches-EU Dialogue: Ecumenical delegation meets online with German EU Presidency
(Presss Release, COMECE: The Catholic Church in the European Union)
The precariousness of care: Attending to each other and our communities is costly, messy, exhausting — and vital
(Cynthia G. Lindner, Sightings: The Martin Marty Center, University of Chicago Divinity School)
The communities of ultra-Orthodox Jews in the ‘storm’ of Covid-19
(Enrica Martinelli, DiReSoM: Diritto e Religione nelle Società Multiculturali/ Law and Religion in Multicultural Societies)
With rising COVID-19 cases inside the Vatican, pressure mounts for Francis to don a mask
(Claire Giangravé, Religion News Service)
Muslim Public Affairs Council: Cuomo’s COVID-19 ‘red zones’ are ‘scapegoating’ Jews
(David Ian Klein, Forward)
Religion, law and covid-19 emergency: A brief report from Montenegro
(Nikola B. Šaranović, DiReSom)
Weekly highlight #129: Freedom of religion or belief during coronavirus outbreaks
(Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
Monday, 26 October 2020
Dialogue and cooperation between French institutions and religious groups
(Maria Cristina Ivaldi, DiReSoM: Diritto e Religione nelle Società Multiculturali/ Law and Religion in Multicultural Societies)
Reconciling the protection of public health with religious freedom: theviability of shared responses
(Adelaide Madera, DiReSoM: Diritto e Religione nelle Società Multiculturali/ Law and Religion in Multicultural Societies)
COVID-19: Impediment or opportunity for authoritarian leaders? – OpEd
(Philip Dandolov, Geopolitical Monitor)
The practice of Nichiren Daishonin Buddhism at the time of the pandemic
(Marco Gensini, Roberto Minganti, Enza Pellecchia, DiReSoM: Diritto e Religione nelle Società Multiculturali/ Law and Religion in Multicultural Societies)
Covid-19 in Africa and Latin America. Certain forms of religious negationism favor the pandemic
(Stefano Picciaredda, DiReSoM: Diritto e Religione nelle Società Multiculturali/ Law and Religion in Multicultural Societies)
On the relative importance of death: COVID-19 and the hierarchy of goods
(Thomas Joseph White, Public Discourse: The Journal of the Witherspoon Institute)
Symposium: Coronavirus litigation lurks in the shadows (regarding religious gatherings)
(Stephen Wermiel, SCOTUSblog)
New COVID-19 legislation and guidance to 31 October
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
NSW COVID rules for churches- numbers increase
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Friday, 23 October 2020
Pope reverts to maskless old ways amid growing criticism
(Nicole Winfield, Religion News Service)
Yom Kippur Zoom reunites Holocaust survivors 71 years later
(Luis Andres Henao and Jessie Wardarski, Religion News Service)
RFI urges Cuomo to stop “scapegoating” Orthodox Jews, files court brief supporting Jewish students
(Ismail Royer, Religious Freedom Institute)
Jewish schoolgirls take on Gov. Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio targeting of Jewish schools
(Becket: Press Release)
Sean Feucht’s worship protest gets green light in DC, despite fears of ‘superspreader’ event
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)
New COVID-19 legislation and guidance to 24 October
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Coronavirus in Bangladesh: How can religion help?
(Zobaer Ahmed, Deutsche Welle)
Coronavirus Firebreak lockdown – Church in Wales guidance
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
HHS ensures hospital patients have access to spiritual care amid pandemic
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Some COVID-related worship restrictions upheld, others halted as disputes continue to move through court system
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Wednesday, 21 October 2020
Justice Department calls S.F. limits on church gatherings discriminatory, urges policy change
(Michael Williams, San Francisco Chronicle)
The Weekly Round-Up: Three Tiers
(Alethea Redfern, UK Human Rights Blog)
Alliance with ultra-Orthodox could bring Netanyahu down
(Mazal Mualem, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
More litigation developments in religious institution challenges to COVID-19 restrictions
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Oregon governor’s changing COVID-19 rules prompts lawsuit from religious school
(Alliance Defending Freedom)
Welsh archbishop ‘disappointed’ in plan to re-impose ban on public worship
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio: I regret how I handled that Orthodox funeral in April
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Colorado limits on worship services enjoined
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Churches win federal court decision against two of state’s COVID-19 mandates
(Logan Smith, CBS Denver)
Weekly Highlight #128: Religion on Global Agendas and at Global Policy Tables
(Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
Coronavirus circuit break: Wales
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Monday, 19 October 2020
What I learned about the essential nature of religious liberty from talking to Elder Bednar
(Deseret News Opinion)
In our opinion: When government mistakes religion as ‘nonessential’
(Editoral Board, Deseret News Opinion)
Commentary: Ending California's lockdown on churches is compatible with science and good health
(James Enstrom, The Daily Signal - Commentary)
Church's challenge to California COVID-19 limits rejected again
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
New York's zip-code targeted COVID-19 limits are upheld
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Morocco reopens some mosques, even as infections grow
(Associated Press)
Churches and COVID-19, again: Do Capitol Hill Baptist folks have same rights as protesters?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
India may see 2.6m COVID-19 cases a month during holiday season if rules relaxed: Panel
(Al Jazeera)
Hard-won equality and human rights at risk of going backwards in wake of pandemic
(Equality and Human Rights Commission)
World Mission Sunday: Catholics urged to support evangelization as pandemic spreads
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)
Religion is not the problem: Brooklyn bishop blasts New York COVID measures
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)
Friday, 16 October 2020
Al-Asheikh highlights Saudi Arabia's COVID-19 efforts at interfaith forum
(Saudi Gazette)
Religion is essential, even during a pandemic, Latter-day Saint apostle David Bednar tells global forum
(Peggy Fletcher Stack, The Salt Lake Tribune)
Cardus on "The church, the state, and the pandemic"
(Religious Freedom Institute)
Cert. filed in church's challenge to Illinois COVID-19 orders
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Romanian churches petition to SCOTUS
(Liberty Counsel)
Rockland County (NY) synagogues sue over targeted COVID-19 order
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Orthodox Jewish rabbis sue Cuomo for 'blatantly anti-Semitic' COVID order
(Tyler O'Neil, PJ Media)
Jewish leaders call COVID rules ‘blatantly anti-Semitic’
(Larry Neu, Associated Press)
English churches to benefit from government cultural COVID grants
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Wednesday, 14 October 2020
Elder Bednar: Lack of respect for faith leads to ‘crisis of legitimacy’ in COVID-19 response
(Tad Walch, Deseret News Faith)
"Leadership is not about knowing everything. It's about knowing who to connect to": G20 Interfaith leaders target COVID-19 relief
(KAICIID Dialogue Centre)
Court rules DC church can hold outdoor services for now
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
A DC church shows how to fight for religious freedom
(David French, Dispatch: The French Press)
Judge rules DC COVID restrictions 'substantially burden' religious freedom
(Catholic News Agency)
Orthodox Jewish leaders sue to block New York restrictions where covid-19 cases are rising
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, The Washington Post)
Lives Lost: London rabbi worked to end community's isolation
(Danica Kirka, Associated Press)
Brazil Catholics drawn to worship despite downsized services
(Tatiana Pollastri and Mauricio Savarese, Associated Press)
Kentucky restrictions on church services debated at Sixth Circuit
(Kevin Koeninger, Courthouse News Service)
Non-qualifying marriages and the COVID regulations
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Jesus and Wi-Fi: Alaska church helps students during pandemic
(Bobby Ross Jr., Religion Unplugged)
Weekly highlight #127: Continued focus on longer-term impact of COVID-19 emergencies
(Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
The government's unfair treatment of churches during COVID pandemic
(David Closson, The Daily Signal - Commentary)
Monday, 12 October 2020
The power of a heartbroken community: In sharing others' pain, faith and church show their true resilience.
(Kathryn Ray, Sightings: The Martin Marty Center, University of Chicago Divinity School)
4 Swiss Guards test positive as COVID-19 penetrates Vatican
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)
Religious gathering limit upheld as NY hospitalizations rise
(Associated Press)
DC restrictions on outdoor church services violate RFRA
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Capitol Hill Baptist case- COVID restrictions on gatherings unlawful
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Why human rights should guide responses to the global pandemic
(Sandra Liebenberg, The Conversation)
Advice on local outbreaks: Church of England
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
New COVID-19 legislation and guidance to 17 October
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Father Augusto Zampini on the COVID-19 crisis: An interview
(G20 Interfaith Forum Blog)
Saturday, 10 October 2020
Catholic and Jewish organizations sue New York governor over new COVID-19 restrictions
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
400 rabbis back Cuomo and de Blasio in shutdown of New York Hasidic neighborhoods
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
Orthodox Jews in Covid cluster balk at synagogue limits
(Josh Russell, Courthouse News Service)
Lawsuits filed by Brooklyn Diocese, Jewish groups over new NY COVID restrictions
(ABC 7 NY)
Another religious challenge to California's COVID-19 orders
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Catholic priest sues California governor for violating religious rights with state shutdown
(Press Release, Thomas More Society)
Judge won’t block NY plan to limit gatherings
(Associated Press)
New COVID-19 legislation and guidance to 10 October
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
UK and US churches urge governments to cancel debt of poorest households due to virus
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Federal court allows D.C. church to hold services outdoors despite coronavirus restrictions
(Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post)
“Law, Religion, and Coronavirus in the United States”: Zachary B. Pohlman
(Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)
Austria: Federal Office of Sect Issues targets COVID-19 dissenters. An Orwellian “Ministry of Truth”?
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Austria: Federal Office of Sect Issues targets COVID-19 dissenters. An Orwellian “Ministry of Truth”? (German)
(Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)
New U.N. nuncio addresses economic inequities made worse by COVID-19
(Catholic News Service)
How Christian nationalism may determine whether you wear a mask
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)
Friday, 9 October 2020
RECORDING AVAILABLE ONLINE: Law, Religion, and Coronavirus in the United States: A Six-Month Assessment
(Moderators: Brett Scharffs, Jane Wise, John Bernau, Shlomo Pill, Justin Latterell, Stephanie Barclay, Mark Movsesian, Marc DeGirolami, Michael Moreland, BYU ICLRS, Emory CSLR, Notre Dame Church & State, St. John's CLR, Villanova Law)
Wednesday, 7 October 2020
“Law, Religion, and Coronavirus in the United States”: Christopher Lund
(Center for Law and Religion Forum at St. John's University School of Law)
Authenticity, transparency and trust in the age of covid-19
(Kent Johnson, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Catholics in Ireland ‘disappointed’ over new suspension of public worship
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
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