Articles of interest about religion - Nov 5

***RELIGION & THE VIRUS

Charlotte church ordered to close, linked to 3 deaths & more than 120 coronavirus case

COVID-19 cases tied to Charlotte church reported in 2nd county, total exceeds 100 

California Pastor Wants To Take Case Against COVID-19 Restrictions To Supreme Court 

A Christian School Sued Over Michigan’s Mask Mandate—Officials Just Shut It Down

***RELIGION 

A Tale of Two Evangelicalisms - Sweden and the US (opinion)

Bible from A-Z: Software rewrites entire King James version alphabetically

Most Americans see Bible, Quran and Book of Mormon as ‘expressions of the same truths’

Carl Lentz, pastor of Hillsong East Coast and Justin Bieber, terminated for ‘moral failures,’ says church

***RELIGION AND POLITICS

Biden did worse than Hillary Clinton with evangelicals in 2020, poll shows

Election 2020: 3 Things We Learned About Faith And Voting

'Jesus Matters' activist who defaced BLM murals, stabbed outside White House

Exit polls show strong white evangelical support for Trump

Two Religion Reporters Cover Where Faith and Politics Meet ($)

***RELIGION IN COURT 

Supreme Court takes up religious freedom, anti-gay discrimination laws in Philadelphia foster care case 

UK venues sued after Franklin Graham cancelled after LGBT protests

***CATHOLIC

Exorcism: Increasingly frequent, including after US protests

Trial Of A Priest Charged With Sexually Abusing An Altar Boy To Resume In Vatican

***MEGACHURCHES

Texas Megachurch pastor accused of abusing children 

Coronavirus outbreak strikes John MacArthur‘s megachurch that defied public health orders