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Catholic non-profits innovate as coronavirus pandemic spreads

Mar 30, 2020

From telehealth counseling to mobile shower trucks, Catholic non-profits are shifting gears to meet spiking needs and anxieties among the most vulnerable populations in the COVID-19 pandemic.

By Nick Mayrand

Catholic social teaching panel says coronavirus pandemic ‘a moral test’

Mar 30, 2020

A Georgetown University panel highlighted Catholic social teaching as a touchstone for navigating the COVID-19 pandemic.

By Christopher White

Women ambassadors to Vatican use Zoom to keep in touch

Mar 30, 2020

In the middle of the coronavirus lockdown, a group of women ambassadors accredited to the Holy See decided to honor a very British custom last week, with a twist of modernity: a Zoom meeting at tea time.

By Inés San Martín

Vatican official tells clergy: ‘There is a Gospel in the making on the streets’

Mar 30, 2020

While Rome is under lockdown, one person drives hundreds of miles a day through the empty streets of the Italian capital, picking up food from factories and businesses and delivering them personally to the city’s poor.

By Paulina Guzik

Pope echoes UN call for a global ceasefire amid coronavirus pandemic

Mar 29, 2020

On Sunday Pope Francis made his own an appeal issued by U.N. Secretary General António Guterres, calling for a global ceasefire to armed conflicts amid the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, allowing humanitarian aid to reach those most vulnerable to infection.

By Elise Ann Allen

Francis on Friday delivered an iconic image that stirred a country’s soul

Mar 29, 2020

In one fell swoop Friday night, Francis not only delivered what seems destined to become the most iconic image of the pandemic, he effectively shut down what had been a mounting undercurrent of criticism about the supposed “invisibility” and “silence” of the Church.

By John L. Allen Jr.