Pew Research Center

Religion & Public Life

April 20, 2020
Daily Religion Headlines
U.S. Headlines
Opposing church closures becomes new religious freedom cause ([link removed])
NPR

Trump consults faith leaders on phased-in reopening ([link removed])
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Judge rules against Kansas governor’s order limiting in-person church gatherings ([link removed])
THE KANSAS CITY STAR*

Judge denies Kentucky baptist church’s bid to block Gov. Beshear’s coronavirus order ([link removed])
LOUISVILLE COURIER JOURNAL*

COVID-19 has killed multiple bishops and pastors within the nation’s largest black Pentecostal denomination ([link removed])
THE WASHINGTON POST*

The pandemic has put a stop to the activities of one of the nation’s most visible religious groups, Jehovah’s Witnesses ([link removed])
THE NEW YORK TIMES*

Some Ohio coronavirus protesters using anti-Semitic symbolism ([link removed])
CLEVELAND.COM

Brooklyn Hasidic neighborhoods see spike in at-home deaths during coronavirus crisis ([link removed])
JEWISH TELEGRAPHIC AGENCY

Federal judge blocks Tennessee governor’s order and allows abortions to continue in state amid coronavirus ([link removed])
CNN


International Headlines
In shadow of coronavirus, Muslims face a Ramadan like never before ([link removed])
REUTERS

Churches mostly empty for Orthodox Easter due to virus rules ([link removed])
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Holy fire ceremony to mark Orthodox Easter held in near-empty Jerusalem church ([link removed])
NPR

Coronavirus crisis stoking anti-Semitism worldwide: report ([link removed])
REUTERS

Pope dreams of post-virus world where inequalities abolished ([link removed])
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Bangladesh shuts down villages after tens of thousands attend cleric’s funeral ([link removed])
REUTERS

Boko Haram suspects ‘die of poison’ in Chad jail ([link removed])
BBC NEWS

The last Sikhs and Hindus in Afghanistan plead for U.S. help ([link removed])
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL*


Analysis & Commentary
Cellphone data shows coronavirus kept churchgoers at home in every state on Easter ([link removed])
THE WASHINGTON POST*

How Muslims are preparing to observe Ramadan during the coronavirus pandemic ([link removed])
VOX

Orthodox Jewish women are facing an impossible choice right now ([link removed])
THE ATLANTIC*

The pandemic and religious revival ([link removed])
FIRST THINGS*

Catholic Church urges Venezuela to unite against coronavirus ([link removed])
THE CONVERSATION


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