Religion and Faith

Faith-based mutual aid flourishes amid pandemic, protests

Three people prepare bags of vegetables for food aid.
Laura Porras, right, prepares bags of fresh vegetables as Justin Ruiz, 17, left, and Porras' niece Ana Karen Porras, 14, help in the vestibule at Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd in the Bay Ridge neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York on May 12, 2020.
Kathy Willens | AP Photo