Of course the pandemic was top 2020 religion-news story: But which COVID-19 story? getreligion.org

There was never any question whether the global coronavirus pandemic would be named the most important religion-news story in 2020.

The question was which faith-driven COVID-19 story – out of a dozen or so – would top the Religion News Association’s Top 10 list.

According to journalists who cover religion, this was the year’s biggest story: “COVID-19 pandemic claims lives of many religious leaders and laity, upends death rituals, ravages congregational finances, spurs charitable responses, forces religious observances to cancel or go online and stirs legal fights over worship shutdowns.”…

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