Sisters’ work during 1918 Spanish flu seen as model for crisis today
BALTIMORE — Catholic nuns emerged as the unexpected heroes in the 1918 Spanish flu epidemic that killed hundreds of thousands in the United States…
Gobiernos latinoamericanos consideran consecuencias económicas de pandemia
Por Barbara Fraser Catholic News Service LIMA, Perú (CNS) — En el noveno día del estado de emergencia que impuso Perú para frenar la…
Décadas después de la guerra, El Salvador ve una cosecha de mártires
Por Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — Cuando la Iglesia Católica de El Salvador declaró un año jubilar por sus mártires, algunos sospechaban,…
Zubik: Take all precautions amid virus but also seek Mary’s intercession
PITTSBURGH — As the coronavirus touches everyone’s life “with uncertainty, confusion, fear and suffering,” Pittsburgh Bishop David A. Zubik urged Catholics to “to reflect…
Older Catholics reflect on pandemic’s effect on faith life, how they cope
By Ed Langlois Catholic News Service PORTLAND, Ore. — Early in the coronavirus pandemic, even before Archbishop Alexander K. Sample of Portland canceled public…
Coronavirus may produce misery beyond disease to migrants, home countries
By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — Lack of jobs and economic disparity in Central America were already driving large numbers of migrants…
Catholic entities expect to receive aid under emergency relief bill
By Dennis Sadowski Catholic News Service CLEVELAND — Catholic hospitals, parish schools and charitable agencies are among the entities hoping to receive partial relief…
Quejarse, inercia son semillas del demonio, dice el papa
Por Carol Glatz Catholic News Service CIUDAD DEL VATICANO — Muchos cristianos están atrapados en la trampa de quejarse de todo y no hacer…
Vatican releases pope’s pandemic-influenced plan for Holy Week, Easter
By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — With public gatherings, including Masses, banned in Italy to prevent the spread of the coronavirus,…
Reports: Official living in same residence as pope is positive for COVID-19
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — A 58-year-old Italian monsignor, who works in the Vatican Secretariat of State and lives in…