Worldwide Religious News

WorldWide Religious News (wwrn.org) is a non-profit service providing the international academic and legal community with up-to-date religious news from around the world.

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flipped into Worldwide Religious News Digest - January 19, 2018
Petition to change Mormon bishops’ interviews of kids tops 11,000 signatures; activists call for practice to end ‘immediately,...
sltrib.com
A petition campaign demanding a halt to the LDS Church’s practice of closed-door, one-on-one interviews by bishops with children — sometimes …
Worldwide Religious News
flipped into Worldwide Religious News Digest - January 19, 2018
Muslim Americans are suing the FBI for putting them on a terror watch list for no reason
Newsweek - Cristina Maza
Five American Muslims filed a lawsuit against FBI Director Christopher Wray and other members of the government because they believe they were put on …
Worldwide Religious News
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“Study finds low levels of religious practice among initial teacher education applicants”
Study finds low levels of religious practice among initial teacher education applicants
irishexaminer.com - Niall Murray, Education Correspondent
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‘Mormon Land’: Historian discusses the new LDS leadership and the question everyone is buzzing about: ‘What about women?’
sltrib.com
“What about women?” That question, posed to new Mormon church President Russell M. Nelson, reverberated long after this week’s news conference …
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Author of books on presidents’ faith says Trump misunderstands evangelicals
Religion News Service - Adelle M. Banks
Stephen Mansfield says Trump has captured the 'fundamental gripes' of evangelicals but misunderstands just how divided they are these days. WASHINGTON …
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“His ministry estimates that he has spoken to 30 million people in 75 countries. Palau, author of dozens of books, also has been featured in radio broadcasts in English and Spanish on 3,500 radio outl …
Longtime evangelist Luis Palau announces cancer diagnosis
Religion News Service - Adelle M. Banks
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“Aum trials seen near completion as top court upholds life term for Katuya Takahashi”
Aum trials seen near completion as top court upholds life term for Katsuya Takahashi
japantimes.co.jp - No Author
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“'They ensure each twin baby dies': the secret killings in central Nigeria”
'They ensure each twin baby dies': the secret killings in central Nigeria
The Guardian - Orji Sunday
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Pope to indigenous: Amazon is 'heart of the church'
Religion News Service - Yonat Shimron
Francis said it was "essential" for governments and other institutions to consider tribes as legitimate partners whose rights, cultures, languages …
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In Israel, a rabbinical plan to hide Africans facing deportation
Religion News Service - Lauren Markoe
'If someone had told me 10 years ago this would happen, I’d have said a Jewish state would never send desperate refugees away to their deaths,' said …
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Australia
How a Brisbane Artist Became a Priest for a UFO Pleasure Cult
VICE - Julian Morgans
Luke Roberts is a Raelian: "the only religion with female, gay, and transgender priests." The man in the photo above is an artist named Luke Roberts. He’s standing beneath a piece of public artwork he...
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HHS is targeting health workers’ religious objections. Here’s why.
The Washington Post - Sarah Pulliam Bailey
This story has been updated since it was first published on Jan. 18. The Trump administration has announced new regulations and a new division responsible for handling complaints from health-care workers...