Tag: coronavirus

During a homily this past Advent, my pastor referenced the 19th-century poem "In the Bleak Midwinter" by English poet Christina Rossetti. He spoke about...

Our Sunday Visitor With the arrival of Lent, we enter into a natural time of reflection. For 40 days, Jesus entered the desert, fasting and...

If last year's Paycheck Protection Program was like a matching grant, prompting recipients to stretch resources in order to maintain payroll and stay afloat...

VATICAN CITY -- Two days after the Iraqi government announced stringent COVID-19 precautions, including the closure of mosques and churches "until further notice," the...

MANILA, Philippines -- An archdiocese in the Philippines will allow churchgoers to distribute ashes among family members at home to mark the beginning of...

DETROIT -- Citing the "essential and central nature of the eucharistic sacrifice" in the life of the Catholic Church, Detroit Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron...

WASHINGTON -- Since childhood, the typical U.S. Catholic's response to Lent is giving up, as in "What are you giving up for Lent?" If you...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa  -- In Sudan's Nuba Mountains and in neighboring South Sudan, mass vaccination against COVID-19 is so far off that it...

WASHINGTON — Inequities in U.S. health care have long existed, but the coronavirus pandemic has exposed them to wider scrutiny, according to Kathy Curran,...

U.S. dioceses are crying foul over an investigative report on coronavirus relief funding they say grossly mischaracterized the Catholic Church's finances and unrestricted cash...