Waters: As pandemic advances, faith leaders embrace worship services for the digital age
Monika Coats prays during the mass marking the 180th anniversary of the first Catholic Mass in Memphis, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2019 at St. Peter Church. (Greg Campbell/ Special for The Daily Memphian file )
Special to The Daily Memphian
David Waters
David Waters is Distinguished Journalist in Residence and assistant director of the Institute for Public Service Reporting at the University of Memphis.
“One of our biggest challenges is that many people don’t believe in the seriousness of this pandemic,” Catholic Bishop David Talley told colleagues in a webinar. “Please believe in what science is saying. This is not the devil. This is what science is telling us.”
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