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…
Food pantry at St. Agnes becomes a drive through
byEach month about 150 families rely on St. Agnes Church’s Dare to Care Food Pantry to supplement their nutritional needs. In the global health…
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…
Gobiernos latinoamericanos consideran consecuencias económicas de pandemia
byPor Barbara Fraser Catholic News Service LIMA, Perú (CNS) — En el noveno día del estado de emergencia que impuso Perú para frenar la…
Sisters, volunteers sew face masks
byThroughout their 200-year history, the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth have responded during times of health crises. Whether that was in times of cholera,…
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….
Décadas después de la guerra, El Salvador ve una cosecha de mártires
byPor 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
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…