Is God male? The Episcopal Church debates

Is God male? The Episcopal Church debates whether to change its Book of Common Prayer
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Abortion fight looms in Florida with Justice Kennedy’s retirement
Politico
A campaign to blitz the country with ‘In God We Trust’ laws takes root
Religion News Service
Court seeks input on secrecy of sex abuse grand jury report
The Associated Press
Sisters seek to end gag order in priest sex abuse settlement
The Associated Press
A Utah historian is building a database of every black person who joined the Mormon church before 1930
The Salt Lake Tribune *
‘All hell broke loose.’ Maryland priest throws family out of church before their mom’s funeral
The Kansas City Star *
New Haven mosque begins reducing size of minarets
New Haven Register
 

International Headlines

Bomb rattles an Afghan minority so small ‘no one is a stranger’
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UK government to ban ‘gay conversion therapy’
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MP: May is ‘failing women’ by not acting over Northern Ireland abortion laws
Belfast Telegraph
Australian archbishop sentenced to home detention for sex abuse cover-up
NPR
A group of Christians attended a pride parade in the Philippines to apologize for how they’ve treated the LGBT community
CNN
Britain’s royal family is ready for its first same-sex marriage — even as some straight Britons opt out
Los Angeles Times *
 

Analysis & Commentary

Arab democracy depends on normalizing Islamist parties
The Atlantic
50 years ago, the pope called birth control ‘intrinsically wrong’
NPR
Can the Saudis break up with Wahhabism?
The New York Times *
Which Trump should be believed on overturning Roe v. Wade?
NPR
The UNESCO-listed religion that worships women
CNN
 

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