Pope on Palm Sunday: Life, measured by love, is meant to serve others
byBy Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — With a small procession down the vast and empty central nave of St. Peter’s Basilica, Pope…
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Googling ‘prayer’ has skyrocketed with coronavirus spread, expert says
byBy Carol Glatz Catholic News Service ROME — Google searches for “prayer” have surged worldwide in step with the surge of emerging cases of COVID-19,…
A parishioner finds lessons on her way home in the midst of a pandemic
byBy Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — Tens of thousands of U.S. citizens and residents were abroad as news of the rapid spread of…
Sisters’ work during 1918 Spanish flu seen as model for crisis today
byBALTIMORE — Catholic nuns emerged as the unexpected heroes in the 1918 Spanish flu epidemic that killed hundreds of thousands in the United States…
Pope joins U.N. call for immediate global cease-fire
byBy Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Saying conflicts can never be resolved with war, Pope Francis added his support to a U.N….
Zubik: Take all precautions amid virus but also seek Mary’s intercession
byPITTSBURGH — 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
byBy 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
byBy Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — Lack of jobs and economic disparity in Central America were already driving large numbers of migrants…
COVID-19 is not God’s judgment, but a call to live differently, pope says
byBy Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — The worldwide coronavirus pandemic is not God’s judgment on humanity, but God’s call on people to…
Catholic entities expect to receive aid under emergency relief bill
byBy Dennis Sadowski Catholic News Service CLEVELAND — Catholic hospitals, parish schools and charitable agencies are among the entities hoping to receive partial relief…