Tag: pandemic
Vatican Secretariat for the Economy releases the Vatican’s 2022 ‘Mission Budget’
VATICAN CITY -- Presenting a budget projection that foresees a deficit of $37.1 million in 2022, the prefect of the Vatican Secretariat for the...
Resistance to matters of social justice makes evident the racial division...
When I received the invitation to write this piece it included the request to discuss my experience of racism within the church. I immediately...
U.S. Bishops Labor Day statement: Now is time to “build a...
WASHINGTON -- The "present ills of our economy" invite Catholics to reflect on ways to propose new and creative responses to vital human needs...
Biden administration sues Texas over Gov. Greg Abbott’s order to halt...
The Biden administration filed a lawsuit July 30 against the state of Texas, trying to stop enforcement of an order aimed at migrants that...
Australian Catholic hospitals call on government to make vaccinations compulsory for...
SYDNEY -- With a national emergency declared in Australia's most populous state, Catholic not-for-profit hospitals called on the Australian government to make vaccinations compulsory...
Pope Francis extends his blessing on the Olympics: ‘In this time...
VATICAN CITY -- As thousands of athletes gathered for the Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, Pope Francis gave them his blessing and extended it...
Guest commentary: We need to work together as a church to...
Responding to editors' requests for a regular sampling of current commentary from around the Catholic press, here is an editorial originally titled: "Navigating new...
Between masks and electronic devices, our children are challenged to connect...
My husband and I don't have cable, a choice made in part to spare ourselves from the punditry served up by cable news shows....
In India, COVID-19 pandemic takes a heavy toll on church leaders
THRISSUR, India -- Amid thousands dying daily of COVID-19, even in rural areas of India, the pandemic has taken a heavy toll on church...
COVID ‘Patients are … dying in front of my eyes,’ says...
THRISSUR, India -- Catholic hospital directors in India told Catholic News Service they did not have enough facilities to treat patients as India set...