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Need to know: Friday, December 13, 2019
Study: Christians, Jews have smaller families, solo living and parenting styles
The Pew Research Center study found that Muslims across the globe live in the biggest households. Christians fall in the middle. One in 10 Jews worldwide live alone.
China accuses US of double standards on anti-Muslim bigotry, counterterrorism
Chinese officials are seeking to turn the tables on the White House, accusing the U.S. of hypocrisy due to its own long history of anti-Muslim discrimination.
Seven years in, pope’s Twitter account garners success, criticism and comic mishaps
Seven years ago, with a tap on an iPad, the pontificate was ushered into the world of social media, creating a new space for evangelization and papal communication.
Official: Jersey City attack was ‘fueled’ by anti-Semitism
"I can confirm that we're investigating this matter as potential acts of domestic terrorism fueled both by anti-Semitism and anti-law enforcement beliefs," said New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal.
How Christians of color in Colonial Virginia became ‘black’
Although the British settlers imported Africans from the first as slaves, the earliest Virginians had yet to establish many of the basic rules regarding slavery, write Alejandro de la Fuente and Ariela Gross.
Millennials are leaving religion and not coming back
Millennials have earned a reputation for reshaping industries and institutions — shaking up the workplace, transforming dating culture, and rethinking parenthood. They’ve also had a dramatic impact on American religious life.
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As the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe approaches, the Virgin Mary inspires community
The Virgin of Guadalupe's feast day — according to Catholic teaching — marks the appearance of Mary to St. Juan Diego, an indigenous man, on a hill near Mexico City in 1531.
Newseum closing but Religious Freedom Center programs to continue elsewhere
The Freedom Forum Institute’s religious liberty programming dates to the 1990s, when the Newseum was housed in Rosslyn, Virginia.
American Jews split over Trump executive order on combating anti-Semitism
Left-leaning Jews said the underlying purpose of the executive order was to stifle legitimate criticism of Israel and its policies toward Palestinians living under Israeli occupation.
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The stubborn faithfulness of liberal Mormons
(RNS) — Liberal Mormons aren't clamoring for women's rights or LGBTQ equality because we oppose the church; we do so because we took the church at its word.
Reforming USCIRF to death
Turning the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom into a federal bureaucracy will curtail its proven ability to act boldly and independently, writes Kristina Arriaga.
Trump’s anti-Semitism order is much ado about not much
(RNS) — The president's executive order, which provides protection for Jews long since offered by previous administrations, amounts to little more than politics for the Hanukkah season.
