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Religion and Healthcare: Faith-Based Responses to Pandemics & Mental Health

Religion and Healthcare: Faith-Based Responses to Pandemics & Mental Health Religion and healthcare have long been intertwined in India, where faith and healing often share the same space. From ancient Ayurvedic traditions rooted in Hindu philosophy to the compassion-based service of Christian and Islamic institutions, religion has historically played a central role in public health. The COVID-19 pandemic, however, brought this relationship into sharp focus once again — showing both the potential and the challenges […]

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November 6, 2025

Muslim generosity in Ramadan is more than a feel-good story

May 23, 2020 Simran Jeet Singh (RNS) — Most Americans who know about Ramadan at all know it as the holy month in which Muslims abstain from eating. What many of us don’t realize is that Muslims also consider this to be the month of giving. Oral traditions trace the practice of giving during Ramadan back to the Prophet Muhammad, who, according to hadith, was already “the most generous of all people” and, during the […]

By Shweta

May 23, 2020

Mississippi sets guidelines on restarting in-person worship

May 20, 2020 By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves on Tuesday issued guidelines for churches and other places of worship to reopen for in-person services during the coronavirus pandemic, with an emphasis on keeping spaces clean and maintaining distance between people. The Republican governor never shut down in-person worship, saying he does not think the government has the power to do so. But he has strongly encouraged people […]

By Shweta

May 20, 2020

Pope Francis dedicates message to the internally displaced during pandemic

May 16, 2020 Claire Giangravé VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope Francis published his annual message for the 106 World Day of Migrants and Refugees on Friday (May 15), focusing especially on the plight of internally displaced people during the coronavirus pandemic. “In light of the tragic events that marked 2020, I extend this message, which is dedicated to the internally displaced, to all those who found themselves experiencing and continue to experience uncertainty, abandonment, marginalization […]

By Shweta

May 16, 2020

The Role of Religion in the Fight Against the Coronavirus Pandemic

The Role of Religion in the Fight Against the Coronavirus Pandemic New Delhi, 22 April 2020: Twenty five leaders and representatives of religious and interfaith organizations in India have issued a joint statement on the constructive role religion should play in uniting people of all faiths in the fight against coronavirus. The statement was issued in response to the urgent need for all religions in the country to “speak with one voice” in emphasizing the […]

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May 3, 2020

How the quarantined are grappling with solitude and faith ?

The loneliness pandemic: How the quarantined are grappling with solitude and faith by: Claire Giangravé Apr 20, 2020 This is a two-part series by Religion News Service exploring how the solitude that many people are experiencing as they isolate during the coronavirus pandemic is interacting with their faith. Read also The loneliness pandemic: The elderly in ICUs battle coronavirus and solitude VATICAN CITY (RNS) — “An Easter of Solitude”: This is how Pope Francis, standing […]

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April 23, 2020