A meeting with U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is buoying the outlook of religious leaders that a balanced global economic response to the coronavirus pandemic will ease the challenges facing developing countries struggling through a deep recession.
Religious, labor leaders optimistic after meeting with treasury secretary
Easter church attendance likely to be far behind pre-pandemic levels
According to Pew Research Center, only 3% of Catholic churches in the United States are open and having Mass as they had before the pandemic.
Shareholders push companies on racial justice, equity in vaccine access
Investors in the Racial Justice Investing Coalition in June released a “Statement of Solidarity” in which they pledged accountability and action to dismantle systemic racism and promote racial equity and justice.
U.S. cardinal sends needed gift to nuns in Havana: A host-making machine
A year after his visit to Cuba, Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan gave the Carmelite community a new machine to make hosts after they asked for help getting an old one fixed.
‘Francis Factor’ still resonates eight years into his papacy
The qualities embodied in Pope Francis’ papacy that led to the coinage of the term “Francis Factor” to define them still exist, according to participants on a panel during a March 18 dialogue.
Photos of the Week: March 22, 2021
In the spotlight: St. Patrick’s Day, vigil for shooting victims, Myanmar violence
Conflict keeps people from farming, drives some to brink of famine
Conflict is driving four countries — Yemen, South Sudan, Burkina Faso and northeastern Nigeria — into famine, the World Food Program warned.
Pope asks Catholics to ‘go to Joseph,’ seek his guidance, says archbishop
Pope Francis wants us to invoke St. Joseph’s protection, “to seek his prayers and guidance, and to learn from the example of his virtue,” said Archbishop Jose Gomez, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, during a special national Mass.