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Saturday, 28 March 2020

Vatican does coronavirus testing, says Pope Francis does not have virus
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)

EWTN’s Warsaw: Network can be a ‘lifeline’ during pandemic
(Catholic News Agency)

Friday, 27 March 2020

In joint statement, ecumenical organizations across the world stand together to protect life
(World Council of Churches)

Vatican updates guidelines for Holy Week liturgies during coronavirus
(Courtney Mares, Catholic News Agency)

Churches around the world say, “this is a time to touch each other’s hearts”
(Conference of European Churches)

A Time for Pastoral, Prophetic and Practical Christianity: A Joint Statement from the World Council of Churches and Regional Ecumenical Organizations
(World Council of Churches and Regional Ecumenical Organizations)

Trump’s Easter goal in war on virus a nod to faith, business
(Elana Schor and Jill Colvin, Associated Press)

Argentina’s president calls in priests to help prepare slums for COVID-19
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Ukraine archbishop offers church property for hospitals amid virus spread
(Elise Ann Allen, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Russian Orthodox Church in conflict with government of St. Petersburg
(Russian Orthodox Church, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

Bishop of Corfu calls on people to thwart rules, receive communion in churches in Greece
(Nick Kampouris, Greek Reporter)

Zoom Shabbat, drive-through confessional: Faith during coronavirus
(Harry Bruinius, Christian Science Monitor)

Latter-day Saint leaders express ‘deep concern,’ again instruct missionary families to follow protocol at airports
(Tad Walch, Deseret News)

Governor asks Utahns to stay home as second resident dies from coronavirus
(Ashley Imlay, Deseret News Health)

Iraq’s post-pandemic future depends on breaking Iran’s hold
(Al-Monitor)

Coronavirus cease-fire offers pause in Yemen war
(Amberin Zaman, Al-Monitor)

Egyptian government’s anti-virus plan met with mixed reactions
(Shaira Amin, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

Iran enlists Pakistan for support against sanctions as pandemic spreads
(Sabena Siddiqui, Al-Monitor)

Iran's art community wades into coronavirus fight
(Sarbas Nazari, Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)

Gantz opts for a coronavirus government
(Mazal Mualem, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Beirut in the time of coronavirus outbreak
(Hanan Hamdan, Al-Monitor: Lebanon Pulse)

Coronavirus in Syria: a catastrophe in the making
(Khaled al-K, Al-Monitor: Syria Pulse)

Virtual choir's powerful 'It is well' arrangement goes viral with 1.4 million views
(Michael Foust, Christian Headlines)

Former U.K. prime minister calls for temporary global government to combat the coronavirus
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)

How CRS is helping refugees amid coronavirus
(Jonah McKeown, Catholic News Agency)

House passes coronavirus relief bill, Trump signs into law
(Catholic News Agency)

Homeless in Madrid write letters of encouragement to coronavirus patients
(Catholic News Agency)

Dioceses permit meat on Lent Fridays due to coronavirus
(Catholic News Agency)

Abortion groups challenge Texas' coronavirus-driven elective surgery ban
(Catholic News Agency)

Black and Latino startup churches work to stay afloat during pandemic
(Alejandra Molina, Religion News Service)

Thursday, 26 March 2020

COVID-19: A moment for unity
(John R. Allen, Brookings)

Can religious freedom survive Covid-19?
(Benjamin Marcus, Freedom Forum Institute)

Part I: Due diligence and COVID-19: States’ duties to prevent and halt the coronavirus outbreak
(Antonio Coco and Talita de Souza Dias, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)

Part II: Due diligence and COVID-19: States’ duties to prevent and halt the coronavirus outbreak
(Talita de Souza Dias and Antonio Coco, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)

Part III: Due diligence and COVID-19: States’ duties to prevent and halt the coronavirus outbreak
(Talita de Souza Dias and Antonio Coco, EJIL: Talk!)

Defiant congregations in a pandemic: Public safety precedes religious rights
(Robin Fretwell Wilson, Brian A. Smith, & Tanner J. Bean, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)

Pope Francis leads thousands in 'Our Father'
(Ruth Gledhill, The Tablet UK)

Invited by Pope Francis, churches united in Lord’s prayer amidst COVID-19
(CEC Leadership)

Coronavirus is depriving us of touch, the nourishment of our humanity
(Timothy Radcliffe OP, La Croix International)

A Holy Week in Spain without the famous processions
(Valérie Demon, La Croix International)

Coroners’ Investigations, Inquests and COVID-19
(Richard Mumford, UK Human Rights Blog)

New Jersey slaps terror charge on many over alleged supermaket cough threat
(Reporting by Brendan Pierson, Editing by Rosalba O'Brien, Reuters via US News)

Impactos Covid-19: governo prorroga pagamento de tributos do Simples Nacional
(IbiJus - Instituto Brasileiro de Direito, Jusbrasil)

Climate of uncertainty: Coronavirus in New York City
(Krisanne Johnson, US News & World Report)

‘Their loved one is dying alone’: a hospice rabbi on how coronavirus is shaping death
(Molly Boigon, Forward)

Major Jewish groups create ‘emergency pandemic coalition’
(Aiden Pink, Fast Forward: Quick reads through a Jewish lens)

Some Orthodox rabbis in Israel approve use of video conference for seder
(Marcy Oster, Fast Forward: Quick reads through a Jewish lens)

This doctor was already treating patients with Trump’s ‘gift from God’ drug - before FDA approval
(Ari Feldman, Forward)

Many patients and not enough ventilators: Is religion part of this coronavirus puzzle?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Coronavirus is going to radicalize millennials
(Joel Swanson, Forward Opinion)

Stay home: A portrait of confinement in Milan
(Camilla Ferrari, US News & World Report)

COVID-19 is one of America’s greatest trials. What can we learn from it?
(Jack Graham, Religion News Service)

Prisoners keeping faith during coronavirus, says former Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski
(Bob Smietana, Religion News Service)

There’s no legal reason for churches to receive quarantine exceptions
(Chrissy Stroop, Religion Dispatches, Rewire.News)

In Turkey, political Islam is getting in the way of rational health policy
(Can Dundar, The Washington Post)

Under international law, China and/or the Chinese Communist Party can and should be sued for the enormous damages they caused to the world
(Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)

Is Syria unable, or unwilling, to fend off Iran coronavirus contagion?
(Amberin Zaman, Al-Monitor: Syria Pulse)

Egypt seeks economic haven from coronavirus threat
(Ahmed Elleithy, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

Implementation of curfew to fight COVID-19 proves difficult in Iraq
(Omar al-Jaffal, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)

Holy Land churches, mosques, synagogues close for coronavirus
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)

Wednesday, 25 March 2020

When faith threatens public health
(Candida Moss, CNN Opinion)

States differ on exempting worship from coronavirus closures
(Elana Schor, Associated Press)

Virginia governor makes attending church a criminal offense
(Catholic News Agency)

America's largest population of Holocaust survivors is endangered by the cornonavirus as Crown Heights Borough Park shut down
(Armin Rosen, Tablet Magazine)

UKHRB Round Up 23/03/2020 Lockdown at Last
(Alethea Redfern, UK Human Rights Blog)

Number of coronavirus cases in the UK - and where are they?
(Dominic Gilbert and Ashley Kirk, The Telegraph)

Korea: 64 new cases of coronavirus on Monday, some from abroad
(Korea JoongAng Daily)

Visitors arriving in Korea from U.S. face restrictions starting Friday
(Korea JoongAng Daily)

South Korea: Hundreds of protestant churches refuse to halt their religious services
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

The US and China need to relearn how to coordinate in crises
(Ryan Hass, Brookings)

Mask diplomacy: How coronavirus upended generations of China-Japan antagonism
(Chen Li and Ryan McElveen, Brookings)

21 million cellphone users in China may suggest a high CCP virus death toll
(Nicole Hao, The Epoch Times)

Britain moves to coronavirus closures, including churches
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

New Hampshire judge upholds ban on gatherings, dismisses religious liberty complaint
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Catholic moral theology has important role as pandemic causes ethical dilemmas
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Catholic agencies: Move refugees from Greece to avoid pandemic disaster
(Jonathan Luxmoore, Catholic News Service)

Ukrainian government wants to limit public celebration of Easter
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

Did Hobby Lobby letter really say God told company to keep stores open during virus crisis?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Louisiana pastor defies COVID-19 stay-at-home order, holds services for hundreds
(Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Los Angeles Times)

FFRF protests Pence’s appeal for church contributions
(Freedom From Religion Foundation)

Iran refuses to release Christian prisoners despite coronavirus outbreak
(Benjamin Weinthal, The Jerusalem Post)

Iraqi government officials, clerics unite against COVID-19
(Hassan Ali Ahmed, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)

Turkey and coronavirus: Conspiracy theories and religious fantasy
(Burak Bekdil, The Algemeiner)

‘Deadly as Dachau’: Activists call for mass decarceration during pandemic
(Aysha Khan, Religion News Service)

Washington National Cathedral donates 5,000 medical masks resurrected from crypts
(Paul O-Donnell, Religion News Service)

UK groups push for 'emergency contraception' expansion amid coronavirus outbreak
(Catholic News Agency)

French church bells ring in show of solidarity during coronavirus pandemic
(Catholic News Agency)

UK government retracts rule change on chemical abortions
(Catholic News Agency)

Bahrain claims success with anti-malarial drug used on coronavirus patients
(Al-Monitor)

Iran hopes for partial sanctions relief amid epidemic
(Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)

Plan to feed Jordanians under curfew sows chaos
(Mohammad Ersan, Al-Monitor: Jordan Pulse)

Tuesday, 24 March 2020

Coronavirus COVID-19: Closure of all Church of England buildings
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Coronavirus: Archbishops’ and Bishops’ Statement
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

UK Prime Minister's speech on coronavirus - transcript
(Boris Johnson, Gov.UK)

Holy Week liturgies cannot be postponed, can be held even without the faithful present
(Cindy Wooden, La Croix International)

Meet Syria’s female doctors
(Hadia Mansour, Al-Monitor: Syria Pulse)

Updates on how COVID-19 is impacting Church members worldwide
(Newsroom, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

Archbishops and Bishops: stay at home but continue to pray, to love, to care for the vulnerable
(The Church of England)

France bans all religious gatherings at Easter
(Xavier Le Normand (with Arnaud Bevilacqua and Claire Lesegretain), La Croix International)

UK coronavirus lockdown could last even LONGER than three weeks
(Natasha Clark, The Sun)

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