Crossroads Community Church Senior Pastor Jim Clark wants to keep his 1,500 parishioners safe during the coronavirus pandemic but he’s drawing the line at a new California ban on singing or chanting ...

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A California parent is slamming the state’s seemingly inconsistent COVID-19 rules on high school activities after her daughter was prohibited from singing the national anthem before a football game.

In the latest battle between Gov. Gavin Newsom and houses of worship over coronavirus restrictions, three Northern California churches sued the governor on Wednesday, seeking to overturn his ban on ...

Los Angeles Archbishop Jose H. Gomez celebrates the first English Mass with the faithful present, at the nation’s largest Catholic Archdiocese in Los Angeles, Sunday, June 7, 2020. A religious freedom ...

"Californians are still free to attend their house of worship. But they’re forbidden from singing or chanting," read the lead paragraph in a story published by the Sacramento Bee. The new guidance for ...

(RNS) — Three evangelical churches in California have sued Gov. Gavin Newsom for banning singing and chanting in places of worship but permitting such activities elsewhere. The state’s July 13 order ...

While you can still attend in-person church services in California, you can’t sing. The state, to curb a rapidly worsening pandemic, has temporarily banned singing and chanting in places of worship.