LDS Church issues guidelines for baptisms, blessings and more during the coronavirus crisis

Many religious rites in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — from blessings and baptisms to confirmations and ordinations — are tactile experiences, requiring person-to-person contact.How to move forward with those functions of faith during a global pandemic that often forbids such hands-on interactions has been a barrier for many members during the coronavirus crisis, especially in a religion with a male-only priesthood.On Friday, the Utah-based church’s ruling Fi