Catholic Church fights Scotland smacking ban

Prayer and a packing pastor: A church’s response to a mass shooting
Religion News Service
U.S. gun laws fall short, implies new Mormon church President Russell Nelson
The Salt Lake Tribune *
Pennsylvania church plans a ceremony with AR-15 rifles — and a local school is getting students out of the way
The Washington Post *
Anti-abortion Democrat snubbed by party for re-election
Politico
What does Vice President Mike Pence have in common with National Religious Broadcasters? A lot
The Tennessean *
Billy Graham walked a line, and regretted crossing over it, when it came to politics
NPR
 

International Headlines

Sacred Jerusalem church shuttered in dispute with Israeli authorities
The Washington Post *
Hard-line supporter of Israel offers to pay for U.S. embassy in Jerusalem
The New York Times *
Tens of thousands attend funeral of radical ultra-Orthodox rabbi in Jerusalem
Haaretz *
Turkish women sentenced to death in Iraq for IS links
BBC News
Raised by ISIS, returned to Chechnya: ‘These children saw terrible things’
The New York Times *
Iraq’s ethnic, religious groups fragmented as elections near
The Associated Press
Months after exodus began, Rohingya see no end to suffering
The Associated Press
Jakarta’s Christian ex-governor challenges blasphemy conviction
Reuters
Catholic Church fights Scotland smacking ban
The Times *
Churches must switch off CCTV cameras during services as prayer should be private, court rules
The Telegraph *
 

Analysis & Commentary

Christian responses to the migrant crisis have been radical and traditional
The Economist *
In Donald Trump, evangelicals have found their president
The New York Times *
Salah, Pogba, Özil … the Muslim heroes of English football
The Guardian
Newsweek stands accused of improper ties to a religious institution
Slate
The American who fled ‘gay conversion’ in Africa
BBC News
Nissim Baruch Black: The rapper who gave up bling for Jewish redemption
The Guardian

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