Church elders let confessed abuser attend services

Twenty-one states to file suit to block Trump administration’s abortion ‘gag rule’ in family planning program
THE WASHINGTON POST*
Supreme Court won’t take New Jersey church case
NBC NEWS
Millions from Tree of Life donations to go to survivors, congregations, police
PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE*
Portland bans discrimination against atheists, other nonbelievers
RELIGION NEWS SERVICE
Georgia religious rights bill may need a ‘miracle’ to pass this year
THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION*
Church elders let confessed abuser attend services; now judge has banned him
RELIGION NEWS SERVICE
Bid to fortify Utah hate-crimes law passes first Senate vote
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Life stories — not sermons — guide Gilead Church in Chicago
RELIGION NEWS SERVICE
Judge: Muslim man’s suit over border detention can proceed
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
 

International Headlines

Pakistan sacks provincial minister for anti-Hindu comments
REUTERS
Pakistan arrests 44 militants in new crackdown on extremist groups
THE WASHINGTON POST*
Two American children may be trapped in the last ISIS village
THE NEW YORK TIMES*
Suspect in Belgium Jewish museum attack claims innocence
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
American woman, divorced from Saudi husband, is trapped in Saudi Arabia
THE NEW YORK TIMES*
‘Big step but not enough’: Ecuador debates easing abortion law in rape cases
REUTERS
Gdansk mayor: No public space for divisive priest’s statue
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
 

Analysis & Commentary

Senators should stop asking about judicial nominees’ religious beliefs
THE WASHINGTON POST*
The violent toll of Hindu nationalism in India
THE NEW YORKER*
Ilhan Omar has a point
SLATE
The biggest consequence of Trump’s new abortion rule won’t be on abortion
THE ATLANTIC
Decisions about abortion don’t belong in the hands of lawmakers
THE KANSAS CITY STAR*
Lucía, 11, was raped. Then Argentina’s church conspired to deny her an abortion
THE GUARDIAN

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