The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ domestic policy committee said the federal emergency “bridge loans” that dioceses, parishes and other Catholic entities applied for provided a lifeline, allowing “our essential ministries to continue to function in a time of national emergency.”
Coakley: Loans keep ‘essential ministries’ going during national emergency
Catholic educators work to ease blow of pandemic-induced school closings
Officials at the National Catholic Educational Association and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops project that 100 to 150 schools won’t reopen this fall.