Four-in-ten U.S. Christian churchgoers appear to have replaced attending church in person with virtual religious participation
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** Many Americans are praying and staying away from religious services in response to coronavirus ([link removed])
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A new Pew Research Center survey ([link removed]) finds that the outbreak has changed the religious attendance habits of U.S. adults, at least for the time being. Among people who said in a previous survey that they generally attend religious services at least once or twice a month, 59% now say they have attended less often recently as a result of the outbreak. And a similar share (57%) say they have watched religious services online or on TV instead of in person.
Additionally, more than half of U.S. adults (55%) say they have prayed for an end to the spread of the coronavirus, including 82% of evangelical Protestants, 79% of those in the historically black Protestant tradition, and even about a quarter (24%) of people with no religious affiliation.
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More than half of Americans have prayed for the end of coronavirus, poll finds ([link removed])
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Despite virus concerns, some Philly Catholics still receiving Communion on the tongue ([link removed])
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Coronavirus and Islam: Pakistani clerics refuse to shut down mosques ([link removed])
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Brazilian churches bristle at virus quarantines ([link removed])
March 31 - The Associated Press
Florida sheriff charges pastor who kept megachurch open, said closings are for ‘pansies’ ([link removed])
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Virus soars among ultra-Orthodox Jews as many flout Israel’s rules ([link removed])
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As states crack down on gatherings, some religious exemptions could keep pews full ([link removed])
March 29 - ABC News
Because coronavirus has led to enough sacrifices, Catholic bishops say it’s okay to eat meat on Fridays during Lent ([link removed])
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As coronavirus death toll mounts, faith leaders the world over grapple with funerals ([link removed])
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