Around the Web

Here is a look at some law and religion news stories from around the web this week:

• Costumed anti-Islam protesters stormed an Australian Anglican Church to protest the church’s pro-immigration stance
• Egyptian Christians gathered before the High Court in Cairo to demand equal treatment, saying that the government treats them as second-class citizens
• The Vatican and the Chinese government are moving closer to an agreement on the appointment of bishops
• Pope Francis’s close ally, the Archbishop of Buenos Aires, attacked Argentina’s former left-wing government
• Catholic pilgrims in Lourdes to visit a shrine were met with heavy security, including bag searches and armed police
  • Also in France, Cannes’s controversial “burkini ban” survived an initial court challenge
  • And the French Prime Minister called for a cutoff of foreign aid to mosques in the country
• Turkey’s quest to reinstate the death penalty could have far-reaching consequences
• Christian pastors in Illinois are challenging the state’s ban on conversion therapy in court