Love your enemies? Nah, says Trump

Trump’s prayer breakfast jibes jolt many faith leaders
The Associated Press

Mormon women press BYU to allow breastfeeding babies at women’s conference
The Washington Post *

McCarrick report expected soon but pope has last word: Vatican official
Reuters

States use Catholic clergy abuse lists to screen applicants
The Associated Press

Virginia poised to become first Southern state banning LGBT discrimination
The Washington Post *

 

International Headlines

Trump puts global religious freedom in the political fray
The Associated Press

Franklin Graham vows UK tour will go on, after all planned venues back out
Religion News Service

Abandoned and attacked, some Iraq protesters look to an ayatollah
Reuters

Poll pitch for India’s capital plays up growing divisions
The Associated Press

Yemen Al-Qaeda leader al-Raymi killed by U.S. strike
BBC News

Pope’s Amazon document due Wednesday amid married priest row
The Associated Press

Maldives: Suspected jihadists held over stabbings
BBC News

Russia blacklists over 200 Jehovah’s Witnesses
The Associated Press

‘Hi, my name is Mohammed. I’m here to help you.’ Meet the unofficial crisis manager for Muslim Canadians
The Globe and Mail *

EU enlargement chief urges talks on Montenegro religion law
The Associated Press

 

Analysis & Commentary

Love your enemies? Nah, says Trump
CNN

Trump’s politicization of the National Prayer Breakfast is unholy and immoral
The Washington Post *

While the local church fights Ortega in Nicaragua, Pope Francis is silent
National Review *

What’s a church? That can depend on the eye of the beholder or paperwork filed with the IRS
The Conversation

Crooked preachers and sexy priests: Has TV got a problem with Christianity?
The Guardian

Russia’s church blesses nuclear weapons, some clergy want to stop
Vice

 

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