God can use this to get our attention as the world, not just a nation, but the world, to look to him

and to put our faith and trust in him. On March 20th, Italy had 47,000 COVID-19 cases with over

4,000 deaths. More than half of those deaths came from the Lombardi region, where the town of

Cremona is located, just outside of Milan.

That's the day Samaritan's Purse came to Cremona.

Samaritan's Purse is a non-denominational evangelical Christian organization,

providing spiritual and physical aid to hurting people around the world.

In 36 hours, Samaritans Purse had a 68-bed field hospital set up in the Cremona Hospital parking lot,

aiding the coronavirus relief. Then, come April 1st, they also set up a field hospital in the

middle of Central Park in New York City, the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States.

My guest today is Franklin Graham, president and CEO of Samaritan's Purse, and the son of

World Famous Evangelical Billy Graham, who's CEO of Samaritan's Purse, and the son of world-famous

evangelical Billy Graham, who's considered to be one of the most influential Christian leaders

of all time. Carrying on that legacy, Franklin has become a Christian leader in his own right,

meeting privately with five U.S. presidents and world leaders from Europe, Africa, Asia, and Latin

America, as well as responding to global crises in over 100 countries through Samaritan's purse.

He's also the president and CEO of the Billy Graham Evangelist Association.

On this Easter Sunday, we talk about the inspiring stories of hope from the coronavirus pandemic,

Franklin's thoughts on how the Trump presidency has been going, his father's legacy, and the age-old question

of why bad things happen to good people.

Franklin Graham, thanks so much for stopping by the Ben Shapiro Show Sunday special. So I have a lot I want to get to with you, discuss your father's legacy and where you stand on President Trump will talk politics. But obviously, we have to start with situation with regard to coronavirus. First of all, how's your family dealing with all of this? I hope that you're doing okay. We're all doing fine. We're just doing the work God has called us to, Ben. We don't slow down. We just keep going forward.

Well, I definitely appreciate your work. And we're going to get to that in just a second. I want to ask you that there are a lot of religious people in the United States who right now are deeply troubled by all of the calls by state and local governments to shut down churches. And there are people who work with me here at Daily Wire who have been upset that the government has deemed church as non-essential for purposes of shutting them down and shutting down mass gatherings right now. You know, as a religious person, what's your perspective on the government telling people to stay home from church? What do you think Christians ought to do? I mean, we're approaching Easter season. Well, first of all, I think we need to obey those that are an authority. That's what the

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