Tag: COVID-19
Pandemic means delayed grief for those who mourn
Three weeks after her husband died, I called the widow to see how she was doing. Sadly, the man had died shortly after the...
Catholic economists urge end to stay-at-home orders in COVID-19 response
CHICAGO -- Ending the widespread stay-at-home orders under the coronavirus pandemic would align with Catholic social teaching and respond to the needs of vulnerable...
Successful Catholic app Hallow adds prayer and meditation features to help...
CHICAGO -- In 2018, Alessandro DiSanto quit a promising job in finance to join friends in starting an app for Catholics centered around meditation...
At Vatican Museums, new measures and protocols to ensure safety of...
ROME -- As Italian authorities prepare to slowly relax lockdown restrictions in the country, a Vatican City official said it will enact new measures...
Pandemic inspires Chicago artist Joseph Malham to create icon of Christ...
CHICAGO -- When word came that Illinois residents were being asked to stay home and the Archdiocese of Chicago suspended public Masses in mid-March,...
With conditions, some dioceses begin first steps toward resuming Masses during...
WASHINGTON -- A handful of U.S. dioceses that have not celebrated Masses for roughly two months since the emergence of the coronavirus pandemic have...
European churches slowly reopening with protocols to protect from COVID-19
ROME — With a number of countries in Europe slowly easing restrictions as part of a long-term strategy for containing the spread of the...
‘Thank you’ alone is not enough for essential workers, they need...
One of my routines in the early pandemic lockdown was to shop at a big box retailer at 6 a.m. Along with food, a...
Catholic Charities receives grant for case management
The latest round of grants from the Delaware Community Foundation’s COVID-19 Strategic Response Fund benefited 13 nonprofit organizations, including Catholic Charities. A total of...
Phoenix Diocese cuts jobs, ends newspaper, citing revenue shortfall
PHOENIX -- The suspension of public Masses, the closing of schools and the limiting of public gatherings has helped slow the spread of COVID-19,...