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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