Pope Francis expressed his gratitude to the many men and women who have been inspired to help the poor and accompany the sick and the elderly during the coronavirus pandemic.
Pope thanks those who help, pray for vulnerable during pandemic
Coronavirus may produce misery beyond disease to migrants, home countries
Worries have arisen about the effects COVID-19 will cause on the already fragile economic systems of the migrants’ home countries and the environments for those migrants on the move and in new lands.
Catholic entities expect to receive aid under emergency relief bill
Catholic hospitals, parish schools and charitable agencies are among the entities hoping to receive partial relief under a massive $2.2 trillion emergency aid package unanimously approved by Congress in response to the crippling new coronavirus.
Older Catholics reflect on pandemic’s effect on faith life, how they cope
Older Catholics are in a high-risk category for suffering serious consequences from COVID-19.
Ethicists, lawyers see dangers in rationing of scarce health resources
Amid pandemic, ethicists and lawyers see dangers in rationing of scarce health resources.
Doctrinal congregation adds saints, new prefaces to 1962 Roman Missal
The Vatican doctrinal office announced the optional use of seven eucharistic prefaces as well as the celebration of the feast days of recently canonized saints in the “extraordinary” form of the Mass.
Vatican asks bishops to help faithful celebrate Holy Week, Easter at home
The Vatican has asked Catholic bishops around the world, both in the Latin rite and the Eastern Catholic Churches, to provide their faithful with resources to support personal and family prayer during Holy Week and at Easter.
Catholic agencies: Move refugees from Greece to avoid pandemic disaster
Catholic aid agencies have urged the evacuation of Syrian war refugees from camps in Greece to “avert a catastrophe” from the coronavirus.