Articles of interest about religion - Dec 15
/***THE VIRUS
A variety of eye issues can sometimes indicate an early coronavirus infection
FireEye confirms SolarWinds supply chain attack
The coronavirus vaccine rollout will be messy. People will have to deal with that.
Infected after 5 minutes, from 20 feet away: South Korea study shows COVID-19's spread indoors
COVID-19 Vaccine's Side Effects Could Complicate Efforts To Vaccinate Health Workers
Overloaded Hospitals Ask COVID-19 Patients With Milder Symptoms To Get Home Treatment
Covid is having a devastating impact on children — and the vaccine won't fix everything
***RELIGION & THE VIRUS
Some workers say religious beliefs bar them from getting vaccinated
What NIH chief Francis Collins wants religious leaders to know about the coronavirus vaccines
Dave Ramsey, Christian personal finance guru, defies COVID-19 to keep staff at desks
Caterers at Dave Ramsey's holiday party told not to wear masks, complaint says
Recent Supreme Court Rulings Encourage Some To Continue In-Person Worshiping
Televangelist Pat Robertson Says God Will Intervene in Overturning Election Results
***RELIGION
What is an "Evangelical?" (video) (opinion)
Christianity Today’s 2021 Book Awards
***RELIGION AND POLITICS
Church vandalism exposes divisions over faith and politics
Pro-Trump Protesters Burn BLM Banners Outside Four Historic DC Churches
Evangelical leader Beth Moore trends on Twitter after calling Trumpism ‘seductive and dangerous’
Biden's Catholic faith will be on full display as the first churchgoing president in decades
In the Attacks on Raphael Warnock’s Preaching, One Old American Tradition Meets Another
Religious right eyes Biden warily after Trump’s good favor
***RELIGION & THE LAW
The Supreme Court Rejects Opportunity to Roll Back Marriage Equality
Critics Say New Trump Rule Gives Contractors More Freedom On Religious Discrimination
Trump eases rules for religious social service providers
The Supreme Court Is Colliding With a Less-Religious America
Megachurch leader raped girl more than 4 decades ago, lawsuit alleges
***RELIGION & RACIAL ISSUES
Chicago Church Leads The Way As It Grapples With Race
More US churches commit to racism-linked reparations
***METHODISTS
Progressive group launches new Methodist denomination
‘Black Lives Matter’ nativity scene draws attention at Claremont Unified Methodist Church
***SOUTHERN BAPTISTS
Black Southern Baptists weigh in on critical race theory critique by officials
Texas church leaves SBC amid scrutiny of pastor's 'outrageous' prior conduct
***CATHOLIC
DOJ probe of Catholic church abuse goes quiet 2 years late
Federal Executions Pit The Trump Administration Against The Catholic Church
***GREEK ORTHODOX
Greek Orthodox Church rules yoga is 'incompatible' with Christianity
***MEGACHURCHES
Megachurch promises to change after Missouri official slams ‘irresponsible’ services
Selena Gomez reportedly quits Hillsong following pastor Carl Lentz's affair
Houston Chronicle Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church got $4.4 million in federal PPP loans
California megachurch says it has a 'biblical mandate' to meet after Supreme Court decision
Hillsong founder responds to megachurch homophobia claims
***MUSLIMS
California has appointed its first ever Muslim chaplain to the state legislature
Justices rule Muslim men can sue FBI agents over no-fly list
Bangladesh Begins Moving Displaced Rohingya Muslims To Remote Island
***RELIGION IN CHINA
Uighurs forced to eat pork as China expands Xinjiang pig farms
China’s Greatest Evangelist Was Expelled from a Liberal Seminary in America
***SEXUAL ISSUES
Scientific journal purges conversion therapy paper published in 1951