Church attendance and the decline of civic spaces

In places of worship scarred by bullets, long memories and shared pain
THE NEW YORK TIMES*

Local Christians, and some Muslims, surround a grieving town with love
RELIGION NEWS SERVICE

Notre Dame employees keeping free birth control coverage
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Change may be coming to polygamous Utah town if sweep by non-FLDS candidates holds up
THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE

Danica Roem of Virginia to be first openly transgender person elected, seated in a U.S. statehouse
THE WASHINGTON POST*

Kentucky anti-gay-marriage clerk to seek re-election
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

‘Forgiveness is the greatest gift of charity in Islam.’ Slain pizza driver’s father hugs attacker
LEXINGTON HERALD LEADER*

She’s an African American rabbi with Southern Baptist roots
THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER*

 

International Headlines

Muslim, human-rights groups to challenge Quebec face-covering ban in court
THE GLOBE AND MAIL*

UN reports sharp increase in attacks against worshippers in Afghanistan
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

An Iraqi town where Muslims, Jews and Christians coexist, in theory
THE NEW YORK TIMES*

Myanmar cardinal urges Pope Francis to avoid use of the term ‘Rohingya’
REUTERS

Tariq Ramadan: Oxford Islamic scholar takes leave after rape allegations
BBC NEWS

Jerusalem protests look to preserve ultra-Orthodox lifestyle
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Some Islamic schools in England still segregating children
THE GUARDIAN

Lift up your hearts, not your cell phones, pope tells priests, bishops
REUTERS

 

Analysis & Commentary

Living, loving and dying in church
THE NEW YORK TIMES*

Church attendance and the decline of civic spaces
PACIFIC STANDARD

Russell Moore on church shooting: Southern Baptists feel the horror ‘more viscerally’
RELIGION NEWS SERVICE

 

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