Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks during a Religious Liberty Summit at the Department of Justice on July 30, 2018.(AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Need to know: Tuesday, July 31, 2018
Seeing threat to religious freedom, Jeff Sessions announces special task force
The attorney general said the task force would address the dangerous movement "eroding our great tradition of religious freedom."
Christian camps get creative to attract youth in a tech-distracted age
Nearly half of the estimated 14 million Americans going to camp this summer will be attending Christian camps.
Where churches have become temples of cheese, fitness and eroticism
The radical transformations of Quebec's churches reflect the drastic decline of the Catholic Church in a majority-Catholic province.
As Muslim students fight for protection, some parents battle to keep Islam out of schools
The San Diego school district began working with CAIR after Muslim students said they were bullied. Then a group of parents sued.
Meet the Jews fighting for environmental justice
In the American Southwest, Jewish activists are joining with Native American groups to fight climate change and destruction of sacred land.
What’s next for the 4 million stripped of citizenship in India?
India has effectively stripped four million people in Assam of citizenship, sparking fears of mass deportations of Muslims from the northeastern state.
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Military Bible display at center of religious liberty tussle
After pressure from the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, the Bible was removed from the base's 'Missing Man' table and will be replaced by a multifaith book.
In Turkey, suspicion of US clouds case of pastor Andrew Brunson
For many in Turkey, Brunson's case has little to do with his faith or his work as a missionary, and everything to do with how Washington addresses Ankara's concerns.
US prelate McCarrick resigns from College of Cardinals
Pope Francis has accepted Theodore McCarrick’s resignation after sex abuse allegations and, in a rare move, ordered him to conduct a “life of prayer and penance" before his church trial.
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How can the church punish bad bishops?
(RNS) The church has no more power over a priest than any corporation has over an employee. A priest or bishop can refuse to accept punishment and simply walk away.
A religious freedom summit can’t undo Trump’s record on Islam
(RNS) — The religious freedom advocates at the State Department’s ministerial this week need to say plainly that Trumpism and international religious freedom contradict each other in ways we cannot ignore.
Let’s talk about the nation-state
Nation-states aren't that bad. It just depends on how you do it.
