Here are some important law-and-religion news stories from around the web:
- A proposed bill would safeguard the citizenship of any American pope and exempt him from taxes while serving.
- A federal judge allowed a psychedelic mushroom-using religious group’s lawsuit against Provo City and Utah County to proceed and paused the criminal case against its founder.
- A federal district judge blocked an Arkansas law mandating the display of the Ten Commandments in classrooms.
- In Jumilla, Spain, a new law bans the use of city sports facilities for cultural, social, or religious activities not organized by the City Council.
- The Trump administration has released new guidelines reminding federal agencies that religious expression in the workplace is protected.
- The Chinese Communist Party announced new restrictions on religious practice by foreigners in mainland China.
- President Trump issued an executive order requiring banks to prevent and address politicized or unlawful debanking based on customers’ political or religious beliefs or lawful business activities.