COVID-19 in Guayaquil: ‘This is a matter that touches everyone’
byBy Barbara Fraser Catholic News Service LIMA, Peru — Hospitals and funeral homes in Guayaquil, Ecuador’s largest city, are overwhelmed by the rising number of…
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Gomez: Churches may be closed, but ‘Lord’s heart remains’ open to all
byBy Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — Disease and death have darkened the world this Lent and Holy Week, with our societies shut down by…
Cardinal Pell released from prison after court overturns conviction
byBy Michael Sainsbury Catholic News Service VALLA BEACH, Australia — Cardinal George Pell has been released from prison after 405 days behind bars after the…
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…
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…