Pope Francis urged Christians March 17 to remember the elderly who are suffering not only loneliness but also fear due to the spread of the coronavirus.
As lockdown continues, pope prays for lonely elderly
Catholic nursing homes respond to coronavirus restrictions
Officials at this Catholic nursing home and others around the U.S. are responding to the coronavirus pandemic with restrictions for elderly residents.
Churches begin canceling Masses in effort to stem COVID-19 pandemic
In an effort to stem the pandemic of COVID-19, bishops’ conferences and dioceses around the world began suspending public Masses.
Amid pandemic, half of U.S. seminarians in Rome returned home
About half of the U.S. seminarians and priests living at the Pontifical North American College and the Casa Santa Maria in Rome have returned home.
Churches, chaplains, nuns have unexpected role in COVID-19 crisis
The Church of All Saints in Bergamo — located in a cemetery in Italy’s hardest-hit Lombardy region — has had to open its doors to dozens of coffins containing the remains of people who died of COVID-19.
Coronavirus update page added to diocesan website
A page with the latest information about the Diocese of St. Cloud’s response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) has been added to the diocesan website.
Catholic Community Schools closing March 16
The St. Cloud-area Catholic Community Schools announced March 15 that all nine member schools will temporarily close effective March 16, according to a post on their Facebook page.
Bishop Kettler: Catholics dispensed from Sunday Mass obligation, events canceled/postponed
My staff and I are monitoring daily the recommendations offered by the Minnesota Department of Health and the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and I have appointed an ad hoc committee to meet weekly to stay abreast of developments. The physical and spiritual well-being of the people of the diocese is our primary concern.