National Catholic Reporter

Prayer group courts Wisdom and her meaning

Every other Thursday evening at 7, I excuse myself from the family, go into my room, close the door, sit at the computer and sign into Zoom. Soon seven women's faces appear on the screen: our prayer ...
Catholic News Agency

Catholics invited to ‘adopt’ Synod on Synodality members in prayer

Prayer groups are sponsoring an online platform through which you can “adopt” a Synod on Synodality member to pray for during the month of October. After submitting an email address on the webpage ...
Sun Sentinel

Conservative Jews consider whether to make Zoom prayer permanent

(JTA) On the first weekend of the coronavirus lockdowns in New York City in March 2020, Rabbi Rachel Ain decided that her Conservative synagogue would conduct Shabbat services online over Zoom, the ...
Jewish Journal

As Zoom Fatigue Sets In, Religious Leaders and Congregants Look to Post-COVID Prayer

Cantor Levi Cohen was looking forward to a beachfront Sabbath services in the Hamptons, scheduled months ahead of time. Instead, he found himself in his three-bedroom flat, surrounded by paintings of ...
The New York Times

Zoom Shivas and Prayer Hotlines: Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Traditions Upended by Coronavirus

new video loaded: Zoom Shivas and Prayer Hotlines: Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Traditions Upended by Coronavirus transcript Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox Jews are estimated to have died in Brooklyn. Here’s how ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

A year into the pandemic, Conservative Jews consider whether to make Zoom prayer permanent

The movement’s legal authorities are considering whether an emergency ruling allowing the convening of a prayer quorum online should outlive the pandemic. (JTA) — On the first weekend of the ...