COVID-19 pandemic Archives

CDC director sees public health risk in children not returning to school

Aug 11, 2020

Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, thinks it is a good idea for schools to reopen and for children to return to school in the fall.

By Ian Alvano

N.J. Catholic agency says sees biggest demand for services in its history

Aug 11, 2020

The demand for food and clothes has surged at the Mercy House in the Clinton Hill section of Newark where the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the area’s poor is ever-present.

By Jai Agnish

Executive actions seen providing minimal boost to economy hit hard by COVID-19

Aug 11, 2020

The coronavirus relief measures put in place by President Donald Trump Aug. 8 are not expected to provide significant relief to people most in need of assistance because of the pandemic-induced recession, political observers said.

By Dennis Sadowski

COVID forces Knock shrine to close Aug. 15 to discourage crowds

Aug 11, 2020

The Marian shrine at Knock announced Aug. 10 that in addition to postponing the popular Knock Novena and pilgrimage because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the shrine and its church would be closed for the Aug. 15 feast of the Assumption of Mary to ensure pilgrims do not arrive anyway.

By Catholic News Service

Boris Johnson visits Catholic schools in London to push for re-starting in-person classes

Aug 11, 2020

During a visit to two Catholic schools in East London, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said it’s “a moral duty” to get students in England back to school in September.

By Charles Collins

Mexican Church cites ‘selfishness’ in COVID spread; Diocese says El Salvador priest’s murder ‘inexplicable’

Aug 11, 2020

On Friday, a priest was murdered in El Salvador. On Saturday, thousands mobilized in Argentina to mark the second international Day for Two Lives, a pro-life event. And on Sunday, the archdiocesan newspaper of Mexico City argued that the COVID-19 pandemic isn’t slowing down in the country because people are “selfish.”

By Inés San Martín