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Kenya’s small Christian communities get online during pandemic
- Jun 17, 2020
When the Kenyan government ordered the country into lockdown to curtail the spread of the coronavirus earlier this year, Maryknoll Father Joseph Healey remembered a quote from the movie “The Sound of Music”: “When God closes a door, somewhere he opens a window.”

By Lynn F. Monahan
Poland’s nuns join challenge, make rap videos to help health care workers
- Jun 15, 2020
When Polish rap artists launched “Hot16Challenge” in late April to raise funds for medical staff tackling the coronavirus, they did not expect their country’s religious sisters would get in on the act.

By Jonathan Luxmoore
Church in Brazil fighting spread of fake news during pandemic
- Jun 2, 2020
Lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil has apparently intensified the circulation of fake news on the internet, or at least made it more visible, and much of it is directed against the Church, many times by people who claim to be Catholic.

By Eduardo Campos Lima

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

Independent