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2020-04-01
La tormenta del COVID-19 en la iglesia católica y su capital
This article explains how Vatican City is being affected by COVID-19 (with the first few cases of COVID-19 having been reported just as the article was written). The article then further explains how the Catholic Church in Mexico specifically has responded to COVID-19, and the extent of the church shutdowns. -
2020-04-15
Lawsuit accuses Beshear, others of violating religious freedoms in COVID-19 orders
This article explains how three Kentucky citizens are accusing Governor Andy Beshear and other government officials of violating their religious freedom. The three plaintiffs attended Easter church and were issued quarantine notices on their cars that instructed them to quarantine themselves at home for at least 14 days. They claim that because they practiced social distancing at the church, they have no need to quarantine themselves and are refusing to do so. They are filing a class action lawsuit to fight this order and to ensure their religious freedom in the future. -
2020-04-13
Three Southern California churches sue Gov. Newsom over coronavirus orders
Three Southern California churches filed a law suit against California Governor Gavin Newsom and other government officials’ due to the stay-at home order. The churches are “arguing that social distancing orders violate the 1st Amendment right to freedom of religion and assembly”. Church officials state that they can practice the same social distancing manners that occur in grocery stores and other outlets. The article also mentions that similar lawsuits are occurring across the nation. -
2020-03-29
Some Megachurches Are Still Packing In Crowds
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2020-04-14
Justice Dept. Voices Support for Church’s Drive-in Services Despite Virus Orders
This article discusses the continuation of the First Amendment "even in times of emergency". As a small Baptist church in Mississippi was supposedly penalized for continuing to hold drive-in church services, the Justice Department confirmed its support in the church's lawsuit against the city of Greenville, and showed their approval and understanding of their new drive-in services. The main argument and point of support they touched on was the fact that even as times are changing and the world around is chaotic, people are still given their religious freedom and their right to defend it. -
04/15/2020
Religious freedom violated in COVID-19 orders, 3 Kentuckians say in federal suit
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04/02/2020
The Apocalypse as an ‘Unveiling’: What Religion Teaches Us About the End Times
This article describes the different viewpoints of a multitude of religions in the aspects of dealing with an apocoloypse. It underscores and highlights the trials and tribulations that traditions have gone thorugh in order for the followers of each religion to understand and cope with the isolation and other factors that are contributed to an epidemic or apocolypse in hopes of understanding what it means for them religiously as well as physically. It proceeds to delve into the descriptions of apocolypse in the written text for the religions of Judaism, Islam, and Christianity to find different ways that apocolypse is talked about and dealt with to give an insight on how different religious backgrounds view the epidemic times we are currently in. The author then proceeded to interview individuals from different religious backgrounds to get their own personal understanding of the apocolyptic world we are living in right now and how they view the situation to show the drastic differences in opinions and values that individuals with different religious backgrounds see. All in all, the author wraps up the article by saying that we all need to be prepared and ready because we truly never know when our last breathe can be. -
04/03/2020
Can faith healing work by phone? Charismatic Christians try prayer to combat the coronavirus.
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04/10/2020
Native Americans Put Digital Spin on Traditions Amid Virus
This article describes how traditional Native American healing rituals of song, dance, and ceremonial dress, are being applied by Native American communities across the country to address the coronavirus. Healing and prayer traditions like the donning of the Ojibwe ceremonial garb 'zibaaska iganagooday' (the dress of exploding sound), are being utilized in powwows which take place in social-distance friendly, make-shift spaces such as the parking lot of the Bad River Casino in Ashland Wisconsin, where they are recorded on video and shared through social media to community members across the nation. -
04/03/2020
It Was Already Dangerous to Be Muslim in India. Then Came the Coronavirus