Pew Research Center

Religion & Public Life

March 30, 2020
Daily Religion Headlines
U.S. Headlines
As states crack down on gatherings, some religious exemptions could keep pews full ([link removed])
ABC News

Hundreds at Louisiana church flout COVID-19 gatherings ban ([link removed])
The Associated Press

How religious groups are gathering without gathering ([link removed])
NBC News

As coronavirus keeps parishioners homebound, Christian clergy debate online Communion ([link removed])
Religion News Service

Black and Latino startup churches work to stay afloat during pandemic ([link removed])
Religion News Service

Liberty University brings back its students, and coronavirus fears, too ([link removed])
The New York Times *

Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron demands end to abortions as elective surgery ([link removed])
LOUISVILLE COURIER JOURNAL *

Court refuses to allow Trump administration’s abortion referral restrictions to take effect in Md. ([link removed])
The Washington Post *

Reinventing Easter, Passover and other holiday meals in a time of limits ([link removed])
The New York Times *

Joseph Lowery, minister, civil rights leader, friend of King, dies at 98 ([link removed])
Religion News Service


International Headlines
Churchgoers all over world ignore physical distancing advice ([link removed])
The Guardian

‘We find ourselves afraid.’ The pope confronts coronavirus ([link removed])
The New York Times *

Italy small town priest deals with death on industrial scale ([link removed])
Reuters

Coronavirus: Practicing Islam amid pandemic ([link removed])
Deutsche Welle

Iraq Shiite pilgrims returning from Syria test positive for coronavirus: officials ([link removed])
Reuters

Prominent Serbian Orthodox Church bishop dies of coronavirus ([link removed])
Reuters

Over 800 attacks on Muslims in Germany in 2019: media ([link removed])
Deutsche Welle

Canada debates offering physician-assisted death to patients who aren’t terminally ill ([link removed])
The Washington Post *

Passover: Why this Seder night will be particularly different ([link removed])
The Guardian


Analysis & Commentary
The gospel in a time of social distancing ([link removed])
The New Yorker *

In Delhi, first came the pogroms. Then came coronavirus ([link removed])
Foreign Policy *

The power of Passover during a plague ([link removed])
The New York Times *

These days I preach to an empty room. But I see my church clearer than ever ([link removed])
The Washington Post *


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