Pope Francis delivers a message to the U.N. drawing attention to COVID-19 and the impact it has had on children and unaccompanied young migrants and refugees.
Pope to U.N.: Respect for each human life is essential for peace, equality
Six months into pandemic, Catholic organizations adjust, adapt
COVID-related supplemental grants assist U.S. congregations of men and women religious in caring for their elderly and infirm members.
Pope prays for young people as school year begins amid pandemic
Pope Francis offered words of encouragement to families struggling amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
At Mexican camp near U.S. border, asylum-seekers grow more desperate
Fear gripped asylum-seekers waiting in Mexico have endured months of hardships.
COVID-19 is a ‘new world’ for priests, ministers caring for sick and dying
Providing pastoral care for the sick and homebound during the COVID-19 pandemic is a challenge for priests, deacons and extraordinary ministers of the Eucharist.
Planning during a pandemic for our Catholic schools, faith formation programs
The St. Cloud Diocese is committed to high safety requirements and public health mandates when reopening our schools and starting our faith formation programs.
A lot of room in the inn: most of Italy’s religious guesthouses reopen
The COVID-19 pandemic has dealt a powerful blow to the tourism industry, including the religious guesthouses in Italy that specialize in welcoming pilgrims.
COVID-19 awakens Kenyan rural parishes’ social ministry
Priests in Nairobi rural parishes say the coronavirus pandemic has reversed a trend: Now, people in rural areas are donating whatever they can to help those in cities.