Tag: COVID-19
Patience: The coronavirus pandemic and the human family’s bonds
As the COVID-19 pandemic made its way around the globe in 2020, people of all races, ages and walks of life watched and waited....
In hard-hit New York, Archdiocese announced Faith Forward, five-phase plan to...
NEW YORK -- Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York and other church officials announced a multistep plan to reopen the 288 parish churches...
Study shows coronavirus caused an increase in prayers and religious fervor...
ROME -- The uncertainty and restrictive measures in place due to the coronavirus pandemic caused an increase in prayers and religious fervor in Italy,...
Annual Memorial Day Field Mass at All Saints Cemetery canceled for...
The annual field Mass scheduled for May 25 at All Saints Cemetery in Wilmington has been canceled this year because of ongoing coronavirus concerns,...
In the age of COVID-19, our usual way of grieving is...
Some days, the losses we have sustained from the COVID-19 pandemic seem almost too great to comprehend.
So many families and friends are mourning the...
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,...