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Youth to be protagonists in solution-finding as COVID cripples nations

News Analysis

- Church in Asia, COVID-19
- Oct 28, 2020
After battle with COVID-19, Bombay bishop ready to help needy

A bishop who battled COVID-19 said his time in the hospital was an opportunity for prayer and contemplation.
- Church in the US, COVID-19
- Oct 28, 2020
Awards given to parishes that best handled COVID-19 crisis

COVID-19 has put Catholic parishes through the ringer, forcing them to change how they worship, provide social services, and foster community at a rapid pace.
- News Analysis
- Oct 27, 2020
Political tact doesn’t stop Pope from (indirectly) tweaking Trump

If concern about being seen as partisan close to an election were actually as strong as the Vatican often likes to say, would it have been so hard to wait a few days to give a thumbs-up to a book or to name a new crop of cardinals?
- Church in Africa
- Oct 28, 2020
School shooting 'darkest day' of Cameroons Anglophone crisis

A school shooting on Oct. 24 that left at least seven children is the “darkest and saddest day” in the ongoing Anglophone crisis affecting western Cameroon, says Bishop Agapitus Nfon of Kumba.
- Vatican
- Oct 28, 2020
Youth to be protagonists in solution-finding as COVID cripples nations

Next month young people will take center-stage at a large Assisi-based digital event exploring “The Economy of Francis” in the wake of the coronavirus, with the goal of finding and proposing new global models based on solidarity and inclusion.