COVID-19 pandemic Archives

Covid made bad situation for immigrants worse, Catholic survey finds

Jul 19, 2021

Coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic, Alfonso Lara wants faithful Catholics to follow their donations to those it supports, and reach out to immigrant communities that still struggle accessing necessary services and information.

By John Lavenburg

Secular medicine is undermining human equality, author says

Jul 16, 2021

A new book from Charles C. Camosy, “Losing Our Dignity,” explores how the influence of secularized medicine is undermining fundamental human equality.

By John Lavenburg

47 at Northern California shelter infected with coronavirus

Jul 10, 2021

A total of 47 residents at a homeless shelter in Northern California have tested positive for the delta variant of the coronavirus, officials said.

By Associated Press

Vatican, medical associations look at ways to promote vaccination

Jul 2, 2021

The discovery of vaccines is “one of the greatest achievements of modern medicine,” but the global community is facing the dual challenges of giving everyone access to them and overcoming “vaccine hesitancy,” especially when it is based on false information, said the Pontifical Academy for Life and the World Medical Association.

By Cindy Wooden

US Catholic school association seeks rebound from grim year

Jun 30, 2021

The organization overseeing Catholic schools in the United States gets a new chief executive this week as it seeks to rebound from its biggest one-year enrollment drop since the 1970s.

By David Crary

Millions skipped church during pandemic. Will they return?

Jun 29, 2021

With millions of people having stayed home from places of worship during the coronavirus pandemic, struggling congregations have one key question: How many of them will return?

By David Sharp

Pope says pandemic a ‘lesson in humility’; warns against doing ‘what we did before’

Jun 28, 2021

Pope Francis welcomed a delegation from Ecumenical Patriarchate Bartholomew I of Constantinople on Monday, urging Orthodox and Catholic faithful to not “squander” the “dramatic crisis” caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

By Inés San Martín

U.S. bishops praise Biden for committing to give vaccines to needy nations

Jun 24, 2021

The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops praised President Joe Biden June 23 for his commitment to provide 500 million COVID-19 vaccines to lower-income countries.

By Catholic News Service