Should Christians “follow the science”?
Ideally, faith and science should complement each other. Unfortunately, as the pandemic has played out over many months, they often have seemed to be at odds. “There’s been a very divisive …
Pandemia
NIH director: We asked God for help with COVID-19, and vaccines are the ‘answer to that prayer’
Earlier this month, the White House announced a “month of action” to help ensure 70% of U.S. adults are at least partially vaccinated by July 4. Officials have since outlined …
Hymns through masks: Christians mark another pandemic Easter
From vast Roman Catholic cathedrals to Protestant churches, worshippers followed regulations on the coronavirus. In some European countries, citizens lined up on Easter for their turn to receive a Covid-19 …
Authentic religion does not call for churches reopening in a pandemic
Churches, especially the fundamentalist and evangelical ones, are agitating for their physical reopening for services during the COVID-19 pandemic. A few have opened in defiance of state-mandated lockdown orders, with …
Americans want churches open but aren’t attending when they are open
Americans believe churches shouldn’t have special privileges to be open when other similar venues are closed, but they also believe their churches should be open already — even though few people …
As depression, anxiety, grief spike during pandemic and protest, churches offer hope, mental health resources
Not long into the coronavirus pandemic, the Rev. Sandra Maria Van Opstal, a pastor at Grace and Peace Church on the West Side of Chicago, began to hear from congregants who lost …
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints asks Utah members to wear face masks in public
Leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints released a letter Friday night to all its Utah members asking them to wear face coverings in public and in …
Churches should wait to Reopen
After most of the United States has been under stay-at-home orders for the past several weeks, the governors of some key states have signaled their intention to begin reopening businesses in the …