The evangelical women who reject Trump

D.C. attorney general opens probe into sexual abuse by Catholic clergy in Washington
The Washington Post *
Priest sex abuse: New report lists 212 Catholic priests in Oakland, San Jose, San Francisco dioceses accused of child sex abuse
The Mercury News *
Facing scandal and division, U.S. Catholic bishops to hold unprecedented retreat
Religion News Service
Former Catholic priest gets 20 years in child rape case
The Associated Press
Should clergy get a housing tax credit? Longtime provision could go away after Freedom From Religion group sues
Chicago Tribune *
Two weeks before midterms, transgender people feel like ‘pawns’
The New York Times *
Group: Foster waiver sought by South Carolina governor unconstitutional
The Associated Press
Christ at the Checkpoint USA touts peace for Palestinian Christians. Critics call it anti-Semitic
Religion News Service
Power in numbers on display as Ahmadi Muslim spiritual leader tours U.S.
Religion News Service
 

International Headlines

India’s Assam shuts down over plans to amend citizenship law
Al Jazeera
Tuam mother and baby home remains will be exhumed, Ireland says
The New York Times *
Islamic robo-adviser to expand in Gulf, Southeast Asia by 2019
Reuters
Polygamy persists across Africa, to activists’ dismay
The Associated Press
Indian activists smolder over ‘green’ Diwali firecrackers
Reuters
In Brazil’s poor northeast, right-winger makes inroads
Reuters
 

Analysis & Commentary

Archbishop Óscar Romero becomes a saint, but his death still haunts El Salvador
The New Yorker *
Vatican bishops at synod struggle with what to call gay people
Religion News Service
Jamal Khashoggi and the competing visions of Islam
The New York Times *
Why Christian conservatives supported Trump — and why they might regret it
Vox
The evangelical women who reject Trump
BBC News

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