Vatican’s Cardinal Pell charged with sex abuse

Limits on travel to U.S. issued after Supreme Court ruling
The Associated Press
‘Woe unto those who legislate evil’: Rev. William Barber builds a moral movement
The Washington Post *
Paid parental leave, pantsuits for women, colored shirts for men — those changes are coming for Mormon church employees
The Salt Lake Tribune
Man destroys new Ten Commandments statue at Arkansas Capitol
The Associated Press
Exhibit showcases the earliest stirrings of American religious diversity
Religion News Service
After a marathon late-night debate, Virginia county mosque plan approved
The Washington Post *
Married to Jesus: Women make lifelong virginity pledge
Detroit Free Press
South Philadelphia mosque takes on matchmaking of black Muslim women
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International Headlines

Vatican’s Cardinal Pell charged with sex abuse, vows to defend himself in Australia
Reuters
Same-sex marriage push divides Merkel’s ruling coalition
Agence France-Presse
Thousands gather in India to protest attacks on Muslims
The Associated Press
India PM Narendra Modi condemns murder in cow’s name
BBC News
Iraq declares end of caliphate after capture of historic Mosul mosque
Reuters
Targeted Shiites take their protest to Pakistani capital
The Associated Press
South African court bars schools from promoting any one religion
Reuters
Northern Irish appeal court refuses limited lifting of abortion ban
The Guardian
 

Analysis & Commentary

George Pell profile: The pope’s Australian hardman faces the fight of his life
The Guardian
IS ‘caliphate’ crumbles as Iraq tightens noose on Mosul
BBC News
Washington National Cathedral is taking its time to ponder its Confederate windows
The Washington Post *
A newly discovered manuscript and its lesson on Islam
The Atlantic
How Benjamin Franklin, a deist, became the founding father of a unique kind of American faith
The Washington Post *
 

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