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Catholic bishop takes tongue-in-cheek shot at Tom Brady

May 22, 2020

Not even a Hail Mary is going to help Tom Brady win a seventh Super Bowl championship now that he’s with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, according to one Catholic bishop.

By Associated Press

Florida Catholic student, now in virtual choir, says she’ll never stop singing

May 11, 2020

The coronavirus restrictions haven’t stopped people from singing, but it’s moved their public singing to online formats.

By Maurice Beaulieu

Online world gives El Paso flock a closer glimpse of bishop’s personality

May 9, 2020

El Paso Bishop Mark Seitz has been making coronavirus videos which show his quirky sense of humor that may not have always come across when those in the pews.

By Rhina Guidos

Cooking priest in India: ‘People want recipes; I want to share Jesus’

May 5, 2020

A priest in India who is also a professionally trained chef has gained a new audience during the coronavirus lockdown. Father Warner D’Souza says “people wand food recipes and I want to share Jesus.”

By Nirmala Carvalho

Carmelite nuns get thousands of followers as they TikTok through the COVID-19 pandemic

Apr 21, 2020

The monastic life can be packed with a healthy dose of humor. Sister Hannah of the Carmelite Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart of Vogelenzang in the Netherlands is attracting hundreds of thousands of viewers with her funny videos on TikTok, a popular social media platform.

By Katholiek Nieuwsblad

Pope’s ‘virtual’ congregations show true unity in prayer, Jesuit says

Apr 16, 2020

Using the media to pray together and, especially, to join others for Mass is showing Catholics that they can be united around the Lord’s table even when they are not physically together, said Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi.

By Cindy Wooden