Clergy are more partisan than their parishioners

Federal appeals court upholds freeze on Trump’s travel ban
The Washington Post *
49 victims of Pulse massacre remembered in daylong services
The Associated Press
A task force with Falwell is happening, White House says
The Chronicle of Higher Education *
As church shifts, a cardinal welcomes gays; they embrace a ‘miracle’
The New York Times *
ICE arrests in metro Detroit terrify Iraqi Christians
CNN
How Trump is highlighting divisions among Southern Baptists
USA Today
River pilgrimage takes paddlers on 400-mile spiritual quest
The Associated Press
 

International Headlines

Islamic State calls for attacks in West, Russia, Middle East, Asia during Ramadan
Reuters
Norway to ban full-face veil in nurseries, schools and universities
BBC News
Tunisian sentenced to jail for smoking during Ramadan
Agence France-Presse
From ‘caliph’ to fugitive: IS leader Baghdadi’s new life on the run
Reuters
Pakistan says Chinese killed by Islamic State were preachers
Reuters
The Czech town trying to keep its Jewish past buried
BBC News
Manchester police investigate arson attacks on Jewish restaurants
The Guardian
Singapore detains first woman citizen suspected of Islamist radicalism
Reuters
Ontario Catholic high schools shouldn’t press students to study religion: settlement
The Globe & Mail *
 

Analysis & Commentary

Bernie Sanders’s crusade against . . . believing in hell?
The Washington Post *
Clergy are more partisan than their parishioners
The Atlantic
Can an evangelical, progressive Democrat succeed in Florida?
Religion News Service
How St. Augustine invented sex
The New Yorker *
Pope Francis is not a liberal
The Week
An alliance between Palestinians, Israelis and American Jews offers hope
The Washington Post *
 

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