Catholic Charities staff are warning that the coronavirus pandemic presents a stark threat to the U.S. homeless population.
Charities staff see pandemic posing stark threat to homeless population
Stay home; we are all in this together
As the fight against the invisible threat of COVID-19 rages around us, we need to act accordingly and protect each other.
In the time of COVID-19, the cloistered life offers lessons for the world
“This can be a time for blessings,” Sister Maria Elena Romero said. “But you have to take advantage of it, to see the good side of it, and then it can be a blessed time, a time to ask for mercy, to give thanks, to think about others, to reflect.”
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.
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.
How Italy went from ‘wash your hands’ to ‘stay at home’
The timeline of the spread of the coronavirus in Italy moved from hand washing and distancing from one another to closings and stay at home.
As COVID-19 spreads, Catholic entities worldwide take precautions
Dioceses worldwide are taking precautions to guard against the spread of the coronavirus and reminding parishioners to take common sense steps related to hygiene in their personal lives.
Lourdes shrine closes healing pools as precaution against coronavirus
As the number of people testing positive for the coronavirus in Europe continued to grow, the French Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes announced that pilgrims were still welcome, but the pools the sick bathe in hoping for healing would be closed temporarily.