People in Rome share their “post-pandemic resolutions” as they move towards their seventh week in lockdown.
Post-pandemic resolutions: Changing ‘normal’ for the better
Creation is sacred gift deserving respect, care, pope says on Earth Day
Marking the celebration of 50th Earth Day, the pope dedicated his audience talk to urging people to protect the earth and its inhabitants.
Experts, advocates alarmed by pandemic’s possible effects on vulnerable
U.N. leaders, humanitarian experts and sister advocates at the United Nations are alarmed by the COVID-19 pandemic’s potential to devastate refugees, migrants, and women and girls already challenged by economic hardship and social disparities.
Catholic immigration advocates attack Trump tweet on halting immigration
President Trump was accused of using a “dog whistle” against immigrants.
Nova Scotia archbishop offers condolences after largest mass shooting
With 19 deaths so far confirmed from the largest mass shooting in Canadian history, Halifax-Yarmouth Archbishop Anthony Mancini offered condolences to the families of those killed.
Memorial page for coronavirus victims allows family, others to grieve loss
Website launched for people throughout the Archdiocese of Baltimore to memorialize loved ones who have died of the coronavirus.
Pope postpones World Meeting of Families, World Youth Day
The World Meeting of Families in Rome will be pushed back until June 2022 and World Youth Day in Lisbon, Portugal, will be pushed back until August 2023, the Vatican announced.
Head of FDA urged to ensure any COVID vaccine be free of abortion connection
The chairmen of four U.S. bishops’ committees — joined by the leaders of several health care, bioethics and pro-life organizations — “urgently and respectfully” implored the commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to ensure any vaccines developed for the coronavirus “are free from any connection to abortion.”