A Virginia pastor who defied warnings about the danger of religious gatherings during the pandemic and vowed to keep preaching “unless I’m in jail or the hospital” died after contracting Covid-19.
A famously traditional community has mobilized to help hospitals with medical supplies, even as it struggles with reconciling its communal way of life with the dictates of social distancing.
Indian officials are blaming an Islamic group for spreading the virus, and Muslims have been targeted in a wave of violence.
Pope Francis establishes an emergency fund to aid those being “tragically impacted” by the Covid-19 virus.
The church is trying to help a local hospital in an economically depressed area of West Virginia that has struggled with the opioid epidemic.
As hospitals strive to prevent the spread of infections, clergy are sometimes unable to be at a patient’s bedside to administer last rites.