Fear gripped asylum-seekers waiting in Mexico have endured months of hardships.
At Mexican camp near U.S. border, asylum-seekers grow more desperate
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.
Taize’s New Year pilgrimage, exhibition of Shroud of Turin postponed
The Shroud of Turin. But the Dec. 28-Jan. 1 Taize pilgrimage to Turin has been postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Teens hide in cellars: Aid official tells of conditions in eastern Ukraine
A senior Catholic aid worker said humanitarian conditions are deteriorating in eastern Ukraine and urged Western governments and churches not to forget the continuing six-year conflict.
CDC director sees public health risk in children not returning to school
The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, thinks it is a good idea for schools to reopen and for children to return to school in the fall.