Neither Pope Francis nor any of his closest collaborators have the COVID-19 virus, said Matteo Bruni, director of the Vatican press office.
Vatican confirms pope does not have COVID-19
Archbishop Jose Gomez: ‘Where is God in this pandemic? Where there is love, there is God’
“There are saints being made in our present crisis. We will never know their names or stories, but I know we will look back on these as days when men and women performed beautiful acts of courage and love for their neighbors.”
During pandemic, priests in Italy work to bridge distance between deceased, family
When Father Mario Carminati went to bless the remains of one of his parishioners, he called the deceased man’s daughter on WhatsApp so they could pray together.
COVID-19 is not God’s judgment, but a call to live differently, pope says
Pope Francis offered his meditation on the meaning of the COVID-19 pandemic and its implications for humanity March 27 before raising a monstrance with the Blessed Sacrament and giving an extraordinary blessing “urbi et orbi” (to the city and the world).
Website now receiving donations for U.S. parishes, schools, ministries
“#iGiveCatholicTogether” logo of the online giving platform that seeks to raise funds for participating U.S. dioceses to weather the looming financial crisis posed by the global spread of the coronavirus.
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.
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.
Coronavirus claims the Pittsburgh Catholic as diocese suspends publication
The new coronavirus has claimed the Pittsburgh Catholic newspaper as a victim.