Coronavirus: In a pandemic, religion can be a balm and a risk

March 23, 2020 10:05 AM

BEIRUT (NYTIMES) - Down on Earth, the coronavirus outbreak was felling lives, livelihoods and normalcy. A nation-spanning blessing seemed called for. So up went a priest in a small airplane, rumbling overhead at an epidemiologically safe distance from the troubles below, wielding a sacred golden vessel from a cockpit-turned-pulpit.

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The Straits Times World News