Pew Research Center

Religion & Public Life

April 07, 2020
Daily Religion Headlines
U.S. Headlines
Supreme Court won’t hear Catholic Church challenge to ban on religious advertising ([link removed])
USA Today

Another break from the past: Government will help churches pay pastor salaries ([link removed])
NPR

New York’s massive cathedral, including its crypt, will become a field hospital ([link removed])
The Washington Post *

Hasidic funerals still drawing huge crowds, as coronavirus batters ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods ([link removed])
Gothamist

Virtual seders and kosher prep tutorials. How coronavirus crisis is changing Passover ([link removed])
The Miami Herald *

Larger churches urged to help smaller ones survive during pandemic ([link removed])
Religion News Service

The coronavirus is forcing religious communities apart. Can technology hold them together? ([link removed])
Buzzfeed

Supreme Court won’t hear case of ‘Texas Seven’ inmate ([link removed])
The Associated Press


International Headlines
George Pell: Australian cardinal released from jail after high court quashes child sex abuse conviction ([link removed])
The Guardian

After Cardinal Pell acquitted, pope prays for those suffering ‘unjust sentences’ ([link removed])
Reuters

Cardinal Pell welcomes court’s dismissal of abuse conviction ([link removed])
The Associated Press

Kenyans mourn Catholic Archbishop Ndingi Mwana a’Nzeki ([link removed])
BBC News

How evangelicals in Brazil are spinning COVID-19 ([link removed])
Deutsche Welle

Mideastern burial traditions clash with fears of contagion ([link removed])
The Associated Press

Israeli leader announces lockdown over Passover holiday ([link removed])
The Associated Press

Women sue Dutch Catholic order over forced labor claims ([link removed])
The Guardian


Analysis & Commentary
A missionary on trial ([link removed])
The New Yorker *

A chaplain at an NYC hospital explains what COVID-19 has changed, and how she holds onto her faith ([link removed])
Slate

Fact check: Does Christian aid group require COVID-19 responders to sign anti-LGBTQ statement? ([link removed])
USA Today

The rise of the DIY Haggadah ([link removed])
The New York Times *

Dorothy Day’s radical faith ([link removed])
The New Yorker *


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