Political tact doesn’t stop Pope from (indirectly) tweaking Trump
- Oct 27, 2020
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Apart but together: Church shows creativity ministering during pandemics
- May 25, 2020
The church has had centuries of experience with the do’s and don’ts during a pandemic — and far from being antagonistic, it has often been at the forefront of endorsing public health measures considered to be the most effective at the time for containing contagion.
Amid a ‘Spoon River’ of dead, priests in Italy emerging as pandemic heroes
- Apr 12, 2020
At least in Italy, which for a long time was ground zero of the pandemic, the early sense is that most clergy are acquitting themselves pretty well and may be remembered as among the heroes.
During plague, Catholic Church called on saints for help, healing
- Apr 5, 2020
The Catholic Church has had a long tradition of calling on saints and praying for their intercession in sickness and difficult times.
Catholic Church responded to plagues with penance, prayers
- Apr 5, 2020
Although the coronavirus pandemic brings to mind plagues from centuries ago, both with quarantines, fast-spreading diseases and deaths, there is one big difference on the spiritual side: Today’s pandemic is not, save but a lone voice or two, described as God’s punishment on humanity.
During plague, Catholic Church waived taxes, other requirements
- Apr 4, 2020
Correspondence can reveal a lot about periods of history and the letters written by popes during the Black Death are no exception. These documents, often responses to questions, provide a window into a long-ago era that is getting renewed attention amid today’s coronavirus pandemic.
Under lockdown, has the whole world become a monastery?
- Apr 4, 2020
Dominican Father Paul Murray is one of English-language Catholicism’s most prominent contemporary theologians and poets, and he reflects on the spiritual significance and fall out of the coronavirus pandemic.
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