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  • As COVID rages in Brazil, almost 500 Catholic priests infected

    As COVID rages in Brazil, almost 500 Catholic priests infected

    • Aug 31, 2020

    With 3.7 million confirmed cases and 118,000 deaths, Brazil has become the epicenter of the pandemic in Latin America. Despite the application of strict precautionary measures by the Church, the Brazilian clergy couldn’t remain insusceptible for long.

    By Eduardo Campos Lima
  • Over 80 clergy and religious in Mexico have died of COVID-19

    • Aug 18, 2020

    According to the latest report from the Multimedia Catholic Center, 81 priests and religious have died in Mexico after contracting the COVID-19 coronavirus since March.

    By Inés San Martín
  • New priest says deep prayer helped him sort out life, led to his vocation

    New priest says deep prayer helped him sort out life, led to his vocation

    • Jul 26, 2020

    When Father Joseph Hastings, 33, was growing up, he had dreams like most young boys. He wanted to be a basketball player. He thought about being an actor.

    By Karen Pulfer Focht
  • Vatican-recognized exorcists’ group offers guidelines for ‘quality control’

    Vatican-recognized exorcists’ group offers guidelines for ‘quality control’

    • Jul 19, 2020

    The guidelines come in response to a perception that there are too many rogue operators, both clerical and lay, who claim to perform exorcisms but who aren’t authorized to do so.

    By Crux Staff
  • Learn from people’s suffering, forge new ways of living, pope says

    Learn from people’s suffering, forge new ways of living, pope says

    • Jun 1, 2020

    As pain, fear and anger fueled riots across the United States, Pope Francis wrote to the priests of the Diocese of Rome, urging them to learn from the suffering of the coronavirus and start building new communities of care for one another.

    By Cindy Wooden
  • Forget the bagpipes: Scottish priest turns to accordion during lockdown

    Forget the bagpipes: Scottish priest turns to accordion during lockdown

    • May 1, 2020

    One priest in Scotland is livestreaming his accordion during the coronavirus lockdown.

    By Charles Collins
  • COVID-19 takes toll on Maryknoll religious community in New York

    COVID-19 takes toll on Maryknoll religious community in New York

    • Apr 22, 2020

    The Maryknoll religious community in Ossining, New York, has been hit hard by COVID-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus.

    By Dennis Sadowski
  • Amid a ‘Spoon River’ of dead, priests in Italy emerging as pandemic heroes

    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.

    By John L. Allen Jr.
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