COVID-19

Nevada defends church attendance cap in US appeals court
- Jul 2, 2020
Lawyers for the state of Nevada say the 50-person cap placed on worship services due to the coronavirus doesn’t infringe on constitutional protections of religious freedom because it doesn’t target anyone’s ideology or opinion.

By Scott Sonner
Nicaragua bishops indirectly rebuke Ortega over handling of coronavirus
- Jul 2, 2020
ROSARIO, Argentina – As the government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, is being accused of turning a blind eye to country’s COVID-19 pandemic, the Catholic Church is asking politicians to place the interests of the nation before their own. “Today, we need men

By Inés San Martín
Anti-mafia priest warns the mob may thrive amid coronavirus focus
- Jul 2, 2020
An Italian priest and well-known anti-mafia activist has warned that with global attention fixed on managing the coronavirus pandemic, mafias are infiltrating weakened economies and taking advantage of loosened restrictions on the movement of goods.

By Elise Ann Allen

Bishop, priests urge better Argentine response to COVID-19 in slums
- Jul 1, 2020
A bishop and priests serving the shantytowns surrounding Buenos Aires, Argentina, warn of COVID-19 spreading through their densely populated communities and said an inadequate response from health authorities is causing people to turn to parishes.

By David Agren
South Korea weighs listing churches as ‘high risk’
- Jul 1, 2020
South Korea is considering including religious facilities on the same list with nightclubs, hostess bars and karaoke rooms as “high risk” venues for the spread of COVID-19 following a slew of transmissions tied to church gatherings.

By Associated Press
Vatican COVID-19 commission seeks to ‘prepare the future’
- Jul 1, 2020
Pope Francis believes that the human person is not immune to crises but always impacted by them. Being better or worse after each one, he’s often said, is “up to us.” With that in mind, the Vatican’s COVID-19 coronavirus crisis task force is identifying what needs to be changed.

By Inés San Martín

Nicaragua bishops indirectly rebuke Ortega over handling of coronavirus