In the face of a potentially catastrophic pandemic, the hashtag #PrayTogether has circulated widely throughout the world of social media and beyond, even projected onto the world-famous statue of Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro. With no end to social distancing measures in sight, the coronavirus
In the face of a potentially catastrophic pandemic, the hashtag #PrayTogether has circulated widely throughout the world of social media and beyond, even projected onto the world-famous statue of Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro. But the same pandemic is making the logistics of praying together — in one place, not cyberspace — complicated, or impossible.
And on Thursday, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave a primetime speech urging his 1.3 billion citizens to “avoid crowds and stay at home,” even as hundreds of thousands of Hindus prepare to travel to the northern state of Uttar Pradesh next week for a nine-day celebration of Ram, one of the religion’s most important gods.
“I think it’s fair to say that every single Reform synagogue that I know of has gone online,” Rabbi Jeffrey Salkin, a Reform rabbi of Temple Solel in Hollywood, Florida and columnist for religionnews.com, told Yahoo News. “It’s almost as if the internet and its associated apps and programs and platforms has been a very effective dress rehearsal for a time of great emotional and spiritual need.”
In Jerusalem, Jews have been instructed to refrain from kissing the stones of the Western Wall. And in Madrid, Catholics were discouraged from partaking in the centuries-old tradition of kissing or touching the feet of the 17th-century statue of Jesus of Medinaceli. Although the shrines in Qom were eventually closed, Alinejad tells Yahoo News the damage had already been done.
"Keep going to church! Keep on worshiping God! ... The church is a hospital for the sick,” the pastor said.
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