Here are some important law-and-religion news stories from around the web:

• The Second Circuit denied a rehearing en banc of Tanvir v. Tanzin, which held that RFRA allows plaintiffs to recover money damages against federal officials sued in their individual capacities.
• Former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick was defrocked by the Vatican after being found guilty of sexually abusing minors and adult seminarians by the Church’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
• The Sixth Circuit held that two prison chaplains can be sued for not allowing inmate Derrick Maye to participate in Eid al-Fitr, a Muslim religious holiday that marks the end of Ramadan.
• Mississippi’s legislature passed bills that ban abortions as soon as a fetal heartbeat is detected.
• A federal judge in California ruled that the state must pay $399,000 in legal fees to three pro-life pregnancy centers and a law firm after the Supreme Court last year invalidated a state law requiring pregnancy centers to promote abortion.
• Catholic bishops and other U.S. prelates have denounced President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency so he can construct a barrier along the southern border.
• Kansas lawmakers have introduced the Marriage and Constitution Restoration Act, which seeks to classify the LGBTQ community as a “secular humanist” religion, restrict gay marriages, and permit conversion therapy.
• Arizona Sen. Juan Mendez (D) introduced a bill that seeks to bar the state from selling specialty license plates that read “In God We Trust” because a portion of the proceeds benefits the Alliance Defending Freedom, a non-profit, religious-freedom legal interest group.
• The Brooklyn Catholic Diocese released a list of 100+ priests who have been credibly accused of sexually abusing children.
• Michael Hari, the alleged ringleader of an Illinois-based militia, pleaded not guilty in the 2017 bombing of the Dar al-Farooq Islamic Center in Bloomington, Minnesota.
• A Catholic woman filed a lawsuit against Miracle Hill Ministries, accusing the federally funded South Carolina foster agency of discriminating against non-Protestants.
• A security guard was arrested after shooting a transgender Youtube personality outside a synagogue and Hebrew girls school in the Fairfax District of Los Angeles, California.
• Kentucky’s House of Representatives passed a bill that seeks to ban most abortions in the event Roe v. Wade is overturned.
• Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery issued an opinion that the state’s law outlining sentencing enhancements for hate crimes covers transgender individuals.
• The South Korean Bishops Conference has asked the nation’s Constitutional Court to consider whether the death penalty violates South Korea’s constitution.
• New Jersey’s five Catholic dioceses released the names of 189 clergy members who have been credibly accused of sexually assaulting minors.
• Kentucky’s Senate passed a bill that would ban abortions once a baby’s heartbeat is detected.
• A southern Indiana school superintendent is facing criticism for sending letters to 20 Christian churches asking them to pray for him as he leads the district and for the safety of students and staff.