Articles of interest about religion (& the virus) - Dec 5

***THE VIRUS 

This COVID-19 vaccine distribution tracker lets you see where the doses are going

California funeral homes run out of space as COVID-19 rages

New Research Shows How Covid-19 Can Trigger Brain Damage

COVID-19 vaccination scams  

Coughing, sneezing, vomiting: Visibly ill people aren’t being kept off planes 

A psychologist's guide to changing the minds of anti-maskers

Doctors discovered a new way to tell which coronavirus patients will get worse

You’re Infected With the Coronavirus. But How Infected?  

***RELIGION & THE VIRUS

Greek Church tells priests to ignore pandemic closure order

Evangelical Singer's Plans For Skid Row Concert Backfires

Joni Eareckson Tada Asks for Prayer After Contracting COVID-19

What It Looks Like To Be A Hospital Chaplain In A Pandemic

Religious nonprofits scramble to get donations to match the surge in need ($) 

New Mexico megachurches fined $10K for violating coronavirus restrictions

How The Pandemic Has Affected The Ways People Worship

***RELIGION AND POLITICS

Congressman concludes congressional prayer with 'amen and awoman' 

Pelosi appoints first woman as House chaplain

Are Ads Against Ga. Senate Candidate Also An Attack On Black Churches?

***RELIGION & THE LAW 

Mass. top court grapples with 'ministerial exception' to anti-bias laws

Mormon church sued over role in Scouts abuse scandal

Pa. transit system to pay atheist group $275,000 in legal fees after refusing its ads

***MEGACHURCHES 

California Megachurch Hosts Large Crowd For New Year’s Eve Wedding

More Hillsong pastors resign amid megachurch’s ongoing scandal

Tennessee megachurch holds packed, maskless services

***RELIGION & RACIAL ISSUES

After permit approved for whites-only church, small Minnesota town insists it isn't racist

D.C. Church Sues Proud Boys For Tearing Up Black Lives Matter Sign

***CHRISTIAN CELEBRITIES

Justin Bieber Says He's No Longer Part of Hillsong Church Amid Scandal

Ignoring warnings, Kirk Cameron hosts 2nd caroling event as COVID-19 cases surge in Ventura County

***PARACHURCH MINISTRIES

Ministry roiled by late founder’s sexual misconduct scandal

Christian-based organization to move national headquarters out of Colorado Springs after 3 decades 

Religious nonprofits scramble to get enough donations to match the surge in community needs ($)

***RELIGION OUTSIDE THE U.S. 

The Men Who Lost Their Wives to ‘Eastern Lightning’ Also known as “Church of Almighty God”  

Each year 1,000 Pakistani girls forcibly converted to Islam