Coronavirus forces U.S. churches to offer Easter Sunday services unlike any before

Two girls learning to ride their bikes pose for a picture as lawyer Jessica Pride drives around the neighborhood with her husband dressed as the Easter Bunny during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Solana Beach, California, U.S., April 11, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake

(Reuters) - U.S. church leaders peppered their Easter homilies with references to the coronavirus on Sunday, in masses held online, on television and even in parking lots to people sheltering in cars to maintain social distancing during the pandemic.

For the world's largest Christian population, the coronavirus pandemic has meant observing an Easter Sunday unlike any Americans have lived through before.