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ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press On a rainy evening in St. Peter's Square, Pope Francis delivered a special blessing, asking God for help against the coronavirus. The square in Vatican City would normally be packed with onlookers, but no one was standing on the glistening cobblestones in March as he implored God to "not leave us at the mercy of the storm." Millions were watching on TV and online, however. From the Vatican, to the village church, to mosques and temples,...
ELANA SCHOR and EMILY SWANSON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) - As the nation's houses of worship weigh how and when to resume in-person gatherings while coronavirus stay-at-home orders ease in some areas, a new poll points to a partisan divide over whether restricting those services violates religious freedom. Questions about whether states and localities could restrict religious gatherings to protect public health during the pandemic while permitting other secular...
ELANA SCHOR and MARIAM FAM Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Tanzania's president claimed the coronavirus "cannot sit in the body of Christ." Israel's health minister dismissed a potential curfew by saying that "the Messiah will come and save us." A global Muslim missionary movement held mass gatherings - and took blame for spreading the disease. While most leaders of major religions have supported governments' efforts to fight the pandemic by limiting gatherings, a minority of...