Car-care ministries a growing niche in midsize cities

More court challenges expected for Trump’s new travel ban
The Associated Press
Gorsuch is already pushing the Supreme Court right on religion, guns and gay rights
Los Angeles Times *
Pastors in Texas find new ways to serve fearful immigrants
The Associated Press
Peter Berger, theologian who fought ‘God is dead’ movement, dies at 88
The New York Times *
Car-care ministries a growing niche in midsize cities
Religion News Service
Over half of hate crimes in U.S. go unreported, report says
The Associated Press
 

International Headlines

German lawmakers approve same-sex marriage in landmark vote
Reuters
Syria war: U.S.-backed forces ‘surround IS in Raqqa’
BBC News
A Mosul mosque in rubble, victim of militants’ destruction
The Associated Press
Vatican sex abuse scandal reveals blind spot for Francis
The New York Times *
Paris mosque: Man held after ‘trying to ram crowd with vehicle’
BBC News
Myanmar says it will refuse entry to UN investigators probing Rohingya abuses
Reuters
ISIS reverts to insurgent roots to pose long-term threat, study says
The New York Times *
Northern Ireland women to get free abortions on the NHS in England
BBC News
A progressive German mosque draws condemnation at home and abroad
Religion News Service
Something old, something new: The courtship rituals of today’s young Muslims
The Globe & Mail *
 

Analysis & Commentary

The travel ban going into effect would have saved zero lives from terrorist attacks in the last 20 years
The Washington Post *
Why the Catholic Church must continue soul-searching
CNN
Which Christians is Trump willing to protect?
The Atlantic
The dramatic rise in state efforts to limit LGBT rights
The Washington Post *
The infant Islamic-bond industry faces a crisis
The Economist *
Is Lebanon’s new electoral system a path out of sectarianism?
The New Yorker *

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