Thai cave boys ordained in Buddhist ceremony

Catholic Church and sex abuse survivor advocates battle over release of Pa. grand jury report
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Police search for motive in Nevada Mormon church shooting
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A law tailored for Orthodox Jewish schools is unconstitutional, lawsuit says
THE NEW YORK TIMES*
Massachusetts Gov. Baker challenges Trump proposal that targets abortion
THE BOSTON GLOBE*
Amish outhouse case raises religious freedom rights issues
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Church of Scientology, former member settle long lawsuit
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Seattle Archbishop Emeritus Raymond Hunthausen dies at 96
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International Headlines

Thai cave boys ordained in Buddhist ceremony
BBC NEWS
China: Tibetan students banned from religious activities
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Chilean prosecutors probing 36 claims of Catholic Church sex abuse
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Emboldened Ortega vilifies Catholic Church in bid to derail talks in Nicaragua
THE MIAMI HERALD*
Philippine rebel chief: 30,000 rebels to be disarmed in deal
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Erdogan says new Israeli law fascist, Hitler’s spirit re-emerging
REUTERS
Indian police probed for ‘having tea break rather than taking lynching victim to hospital’ after attack by ‘cow vigilantes’
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Indonesia passes anti-terrorism law after suicide attacks on churches
RELIGION NEWS SERVICE
Boulder falls from Jerusalem’s Western Wall, barely missing worshipper
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Analysis & Commentary

Is Brett Kavanaugh bad for the Jews?
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL*
Fifty years on, and Catholics are still in turmoil over contraception
THE GUARDIAN
How the Mormon church’s past shapes its position on immigration today
THE CONVERSATION
If Roe is overturned, self-managed abortion won't be a coat hanger
REFINERY29
Ibtihaj Muhammad: I felt like a social ‘pariah’ after making Team USA
THE LILY
What is behind belief in weeping Virgin Mary statues
THE CONVERSATION
 

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