It’s the Catholic Kinship Initiative — Parishes United Across America, and it’s designed to match financially stable parishes with a poor parish in another part of the country.
Catholic Extension initiative aims to help 1,000 poorest parishes in U.S.
Parishes should plan now how to welcome back parishioners to church
“You can’t be thinking, ‘What will we do after the pandemic?’ You have to be doing it now,” said Dominican Sister Teresa Rickard, president and executive director of Renew International.
Iraq announces COVID-19 restrictions ahead of papal trip
Pope Francis is scheduled to visit Iraq March 5-8, and he has events planned in churches each day.
Iraq announces COVID-19 restrictions ahead of papal trip
Two days after the Iraqi government announced stringent COVID-19 precautions, including the closure of mosques and churches “until further notice,” the prime minister met with the Vatican nuncio to discuss “the preparation for the scheduled visit of His Holiness,” Pope Francis.
Choirs can return to ministry at Mass beginning Feb. 21
Choirs and vocal ensembles can return to ministry at Mass beginning on the First Sunday of Lent, Feb. 21, Bishop Donald Kettler said in a letter to priests of the diocese Feb. 11.
Catholic college leaders review pandemic year, challenges ahead
These different times are affecting day-to-day operations of Catholic colleges and what they might do going forward.
Pastoral aims to ‘reinspire’ Catholics to have deeper love of God in Eucharist
One year into the COVID-19 pandemic, Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted of Phoenix has written a pastoral letter to the faithful aimed at bolstering faith in the Real Presence in the Eucharist.
Photos of the Week: Jan. 24-31, 2021
In the spotlight this week: March for Life, COVID-19 and the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.