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…
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Pope joins U.N. call for immediate global cease-fire
By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Saying conflicts can never be resolved with war, Pope Francis added his support to a U.N….
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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…
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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…
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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…
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COVID-19 is not God’s judgment, but a call to live differently, pope says
By 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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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Time: Lockdown’s unexpected gift
By Joanna Kohorst Catholic News Service ROME — I was video chatting with my childhood friend yesterday. We haven’t talked in almost a year and…
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