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  Trump Increasingly At Odds With Christian Leaders Over Immigration Crackdown: 'Deeply Troubling'

  Two powerful American bishops and Pope Francis have called out the president's initiatives

• Israel cabinet now allows non-Orthodox Jewish to pray at Western Wall

  On Sunday, Israel's cabinet announced that non-Orthodox Jewish are now allowed to pray at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. Many non-Orthodox Jewish celebrated saying this marks a whole new dimension for the government to support liberal forms of Judaism.

• Anglican Church imposed sanctions to US Episcopalian Church over same-sex marriage

  Anglican leaders temporarily restricted the role of the U.S. Episcopal Church in their global fellowship as a sanction over the American church's acceptance of gay marriage. The decision was made by senior Anglican clergy at what was described as a "really tough" meeting.

• Islamic State committed genocide in Iraq against Yazidis: report

  Islamic State militants committed genocide against Iraq's Yazidis in the north of the country and carried out crimes against humanity, ethnic cleansing, and war crimes against other minorities, the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum said on Thursday.

• Historic meeting of pope and Russian Orthodox head seen nearer

  An historic meeting between Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church is "getting closer every day," a senior Orthodox prelate said in an interview published on Sunday.

• PM Modi's yoga offensive gets Muslims stressed

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi's efforts to seize on yoga as India's signature cultural export have his Hindu nationalist allies swelling with pride, but are leaving minority religious groups feeling marginalized.

• Pope to urge tolerance in Turkey visit as Middle East wars rage

  Pope Francis begins a visit to Turkey on Friday with the delicate mission of strengthening ties with Muslim leaders while condemning violence against Christians and other minorities in the Middle East.

• China detains scholar, bans books in crackdown on moderate voices

  China has detained a prominent scholar who helped blind dissident Chen Guangcheng flee to the United States two years ago and has banned books by eight writers in an escalating crackdown on dissent.