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By Yonat Shimron

Franklin Graham on his Central Park field hospital: ‘We don’t discriminate. Period.’

(RNS) — Some New Yorkers have questioned whether the Samaritan’s Purse field hospital would treat LGBTQ patients equally.

April 1, 2020
By Mark Mulder, Gerardo Martí

The president, the pandemic and the limits of positive thinking

(RNS) — With his false claims and dismissive tweets about COVID-19, President Trump does not (merely) misrepresent reality; he engages positive thinking in hopes of changing it.

March 30, 2020
By Yonat Shimron

Samaritan's Purse sets up emergency field hospital in New York's Central Park

(RNS) — The field hospital, which is expected to open Tuesday (March 31), will allow Mount Sinai Hospital additional surge capacity as New York City grapples with an overstretched medical system.

March 30, 2020
By Yonat Shimron

How two poems about the coronavirus went viral by addressing spiritual needs

(RNS) — Written by two little-known poets, both poems preach slowing down, becoming more mindful, seeking out stillness and finding connection with humankind (without touching).

March 27, 2020
By Jack Jenkins, Claire Giangravé

As coronavirus death toll mounts, faith leaders the world over grapple with funerals

(RNS) — Faith groups are attempting to address the issue of funerals by instituting new policies designed to offer some semblance of comfort for the bereaved while keeping others safe from infection.

March 26, 2020

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By Paul O'Donnell

Washington National Cathedral donates 5,000 medical masks resurrected from crypts

(RNS) — The 5,000 N95 respiratory masks had been forgotten until the cathedral’s chief stonemason, Joseph Alonso, stumbled on them in an unfinished area of the crypt level early this month.

March 25, 2020
By Satpal Singh

India’s executions won’t end a pandemic of violence against women

(RNS) — A gruesome chapter in Indian life closed with the executions of four of the six perpetrators of a horrifying gang-rape of a woman in 2012, but it may only help obscure the real dimensions of violence against women.

March 25, 2020
By Paul Putz

How the coronavirus could change America’s religion of sports

For many Americans, sports is a religion. Will the coronavirus change that?

March 25, 2020
By Simran Jeet Singh

Let's take enforced social distancing for what it is: A life intervention

(RNS) — If you asked me a week ago how my life aligned with my priorities, I would have responded with a small shrug, saying that I tried to keep these things aligned and felt like I was doing a pretty good job.

March 20, 2020
By Jana Riess

The problem of ‘social distancing’ for women who already do too much

(RNS) — Women are at risk for depression even in the best of times — and the uncharted territory we’re now entering is not going to be the best of times.

March 17, 2020
By Aysha Khan

Campus chaplains, religious clubs advocate for students in a moment of anxiety

BOSTON (RNS) — As university campuses around the country shut down and move classes online, chaplains and faith-based campus groups are stepping in to ease the transition.

March 16, 2020
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By Jeffrey Salkin

Warning: Your piety might be dangerous to your health

(RNS) — Religion should be making the world better. Get with the program, people.

March 31, 2020
By Jeffrey W. Barbeau

Race, religion and contagion

(RNS) — In 1793, Philadelphia's black community saved many of their fellow citizens from yellow fever, modeling Christian self-sacrifice despite their second-class status in their own city.

March 31, 2020
By Emily McFarlan Miller

Higher attendance, lower giving: New survey shows how churches are responding to COVID-19

(RNS) — Giving is down, attendance is up and a good number of pastors still aren’t sure what they’re going to do about Easter.

March 30, 2020