Tag: COVID-19
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,...
Pope Francis expresses hope for COVID vaccine, supports interreligious ‘Prayer for...
VATICAN CITY -- Expressing his hopes for a vaccine against the coronavirus, Pope Francis also gave his support to an interreligious day of prayer...
Catholic Charities of Diocese of Wilmington pushes on despite immense increase...
Despite skyrocketing demands brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Wilmington has maintained the level of service its clients...
Vatican releases book of Pope Francis’ homilies, prayers for ‘difficult times’
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican published a free downloadable book of Pope Francis’ prayers and homilies responding to the trial and suffering of the...
Italian bishops accuse government of excluding return to Masses in lockdown...
ROME -- The Italian bishops' conference accused the government of adopting plans to ease the country's COVID-19 lockdown rules in a way that "arbitrarily...
The cry of the earth and the cry of the poor:...
As I write this in mid-March, the world is gripped by the pandemic caused by the coronavirus. Locally, nationally and globally, the world is...