Articles of interest about religion - March 10

***THE VIRUS                

Why it's so hard to sign up for vaccinations online

Vaccine-skeptical Trump country poses challenge to immunization push

Fully vaccinated people can gather without masks, CDC says

Employees at Texas Mexican restaurant says customers threatened to call ICE on them for mask mandate

***RELIGION & THE VIRUS 

Atheists are more likely to get vaccinated, survey finds

COVID-19 one year later: The way it has changed worshiping our faiths

Christian Groups Resist Johnson & Johnson Vaccine For Using Abortion-Derived Cells

New surveys connect the dots between politics, race, religion and vaccination 

***RELIGION 

The Wasting of the Evangelical Mind (opinion) 

Why Christians Who Speak Jesus’ Language Can’t Agree on Their Name 

An evangelical scientist on reconciling her religion and the realities of climate change ($)

***RELIGION AND POLITICS

In America, evangelicalism has become as much a political as a religious identity 

Trump Prophet Enraged His Followers by Apologizing. Now He’s Shutting Down His Ministry

***RELIGION & THE LAW 

The Supreme Court’s new decision about evangelical preachers on campus, explained 

$20 million suit says Bay Area Catholic school forced boys out for 'blackface' that was actually acne medication

***DENOMINATIONS

Appeals court decision allows sex abuse lawsuit against Southern Baptist Paul Pressler to proceed  

United Methodist conservatives detail plans for a breakaway

***CATHOLIC

A deaf priest is now serving as chaplain at Gallaudet University

In Pope Francis, Biden Has A Potential Ally — Who Shares The Same Catholic Detractors  

Narrowing Enrollment Pipeline Pressures Roman Catholic Colleges 

***RELIGIOUS SCANDAL  

New Orleans deacon/ lawyer arrested and charged with allegations of sexual battery with a juvenile

Ravi Zacharias’s Ministry Plans Name Change, Calls for More Victims to Come Forward

***RELIGION & LGBTQ ISSUES

LGBTQ rights bill ignites debate over religious liberty

Major Evangelical Adoption Agency Will Now Serve Gay Parents Nationwide

***CHRISTIAN CELEBRITIES

Bible teacher Beth Moore, splitting with Lifeway, says, 'I am no longer a Southern Baptist'

Korn’s Brian ‘Head’ Welch ‘went too far’ with Christianity

Died: Larry Crabb, Christian Counselor