“Doomscrolling” refers to the pattern of scrolling through social media in the midst of a pandemic and social unrest and being flooded with morbid messages that elicit an almost physical discomfort.
Brett Robinson: A habit to break: ‘Doomscrolling’
U.S. deporting Guatemalans has led to spread of COVID-19, report says
A report by the Washington-based Refugees International organization charges U.S. immigration policy with helping the spread of the coronavirus in Guatemala through deportations.
As underage pregnancies rise, Kenyan bishops warn against sex ed, abortion
COVID-19 has left children exposed to numerous risks, including domestic violence, alcohol and substance abuse, as well as lacking basic necessities.
Many New York tenants are at risk of eviction as moratorium comes to end
With the June 20 expiration of the New York moratorium on evictions, Catholic Charities prepare to help at-risk tenants.
Laudato Si’ must inspire building better world, panelists at Vatican say
The COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing global crises indicate that Pope Francis’ encyclical on caring for creation urgently needs to be implemented worldwide.
Church leaders urge scientists to develop ethical COVID-19 vaccine
A spokesman for the Pontifical Academy for Life said June 15 that the academy is working on a statement specifically regarding the development of vaccines for COVID-19, which he said would follow church teaching as explained in 2008 by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and the academy’s 2017 note on the importance of vaccines.
David Cloutier: COVID-19 and the virtue of prudence
“Everyone recognizes that we can’t simply go back to living exactly as we did before. How should Catholics think about the choices we face?”
Access to broadband may be one of the defining issues of our time
The coronavirus pandemic showed the yawning gaps in the U.S. digital infrastructure, as millions of students just faded away from their teachers’ virtual classrooms because they had no broadband access.