May 7, 2020 | Coronavirus, US & World
By Joe Ruff | Catholic News Service LONSDALE, Minn. (CNS) — Ray and Bridget Pieper’s family near Lonsdale took a loss when they shipped out 40 cows for slaughter that would have continued producing milk if schools and restaurants hadn’t closed,...
May 7, 2020 | Coronavirus, US & World
By Tom Tracy | Catholic News Service WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CNS) — Catholic schools in the U.S. are busy trying to avert fiscal calamity by turning to government emergency support, online appeals and campus virtual tours to prop up next year’s enrollment....
May 7, 2020 | Coronavirus, US & World
By Mark Pattison | Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — Just like billions of people throughout the world, “the church was not prepared” for the coronavirus pandemic, said Archbishop Christophe Pierre, the Vatican nuncio to the United States, in...
May 7, 2020 | Coronavirus, US & World
By Carol Zimmermann | Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court seemed divided May 6 over Trump administration rules that give employers more ability to opt out of providing contraceptive coverage in their health plans. The...
May 7, 2020 | Coronavirus, Pope Francis & Vatican
By Cindy Wooden | Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The coronavirus pandemic is a “favorable time to rediscover the need for prayer in our lives; let us open the doors of our hearts to the love of God our father, who will listen to us,” Pope...
May 6, 2020 | Coronavirus, Local, Uncategorized
Do one mile and write a sign to show support for heroes of pandemic By Tom Maguire | Associate editor It’s the freestyle mile — a crisis tonic. Participants, for example, can walk, run, drive, row, rollerblade, skateboard, or swim and dedicate it to the heroes of the...
May 6, 2020 | Coronavirus, Local
By Renée K. Gadoua | Contributing writer After Father John Manno last week was asked to anoint a sick relative at home, the priest asked a question: Has anyone in the household been sick with coronavirus? He also warned the family he would wear gloves and a mask...
May 6, 2020 | Coronavirus, Local
By Dr. Paul Fiacco and Father Charles Vavonese Special to the Catholic Sun Editor’s note: This is one in a series of articles that will explain and explore the Church’s teachings on end-of-life and palliative care issues. Dr. Paul Fiacco is the president and medical...
May 6, 2020 | Coronavirus, Local
New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo May 1 announced all schools and colleges in the state would remain closed for the remainder of the academic year. The Diocese of Syracuse operates 22 schools with a total enrollment of 4,345 students pre-K to grade 12 and 429...
May 1, 2020 | Coronavirus, US & World
By Sister Hosea Rupprecht | Catholic News Service NEW YORK (CNS) — Parents of teens sheltering in place may be balancing the hope of keeping them entertained with concerns about the content available to them via streaming services. The following, in alphabetical...
May 1, 2020 | Coronavirus, US & World
By Mark Pattison | Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — When considering whether to expose a preschool-age child to screens, “the first thing we need to think about is the child,” said one longtime children’s advocate, “and you as the...
May 1, 2020 | Coronavirus, US & World
By Sydney Clark |Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — Four panelists participated in a Georgetown University-sponsored virtual discussion April 27 about how the pandemic has not only changed lives but also how young Catholics can serve right now and be...
May 1, 2020 | Coronavirus, US & World
By Cindy Wooden | Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis and his COVID-19 response commission want to see religious, economic and social life resume, but they question the wisdom of hoping for a return to a “normal” that left so many...
May 1, 2020 | Coronavirus, US & World
By Simon Caldwell | Catholic News Service MANCHESTER, England (CNS) — There is “no absolute duty” to boycott any COVID-19 vaccine produced with the help of cells derived from aborted fetuses, said a researcher from a Catholic bioethics institute....
May 1, 2020 | Coronavirus, Pope Francis & Vatican
By Junno Arocho Esteves | Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — With the coronavirus pandemic forcing many countries to dig mass graves for countless victims, Pope Francis offered his daily morning Mass for the deceased who remain unknown. “Let us...
May 1, 2020 | Coronavirus, Pope Francis & Vatican
By Cindy Wooden | Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — With a statue of St. Joseph, mallet in hand, placed near the altar, Pope Francis dedicated his morning Mass May 1 to workers, especially those paid unjustly or virtually enslaved. “Today is the...
Apr 30, 2020 | Coronavirus, Local
Camp Nazareth, run by Catholic Charities of Madison/Oneida counties, has canceled its three-week residential summer camp because of the coronavirus pandemic. Camp Nazareth has operated since 1953 in Woodgate, with more than 300 acres in the Adirondack Park. Three...
Apr 29, 2020 | Coronavirus, US & World
By Rhina Guidos | Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — Tanya Granillo de Vasquez thought that if coronavirus were to enter her apartment in Uniondale, New York, it would be because of her husband Juan, who works in a local supermarket. But in April, it was...
Apr 29, 2020 | Coronavirus, US & World
By Carol Zimmermann | Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — A draft of guidelines the White House is preparing to issue about steps to take in reopening parts of the U.S. that had been closed during the pandemic includes suggestions for reopening houses of...
Apr 29, 2020 | Coronavirus, US & World
By Lise Alves | Catholic News Service SAO PAULO (CNS) — In the early morning, even before ovens were turned on, people started to form the line. By the time the Franciscans brothers from Santo Antonio do Pari Parish were ready to distribute the food containers,...
Apr 29, 2020 | Coronavirus, US & World
By Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — President Donald Trump said he would continue to support issues vital to the Catholic Church, especially abortion, religious freedom and school choice, in a conference call with Catholic leaders and educators. He also...
Apr 29, 2020 | Coronavirus, Pope Francis & Vatican
By Cindy Wooden | Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis began his early morning Mass praying that people would be prudent and obedient as governments begin lifting restrictions imposed to stop the coronavirus pandemic. And, in his homily at the...
Apr 27, 2020 | Coronavirus, Pope Francis & Vatican
By Junno Arocho Esteves | Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — When faced with uncertainties, adversities or trials, those who place their trust in Christ will not be left alone to fend for themselves, Pope Francis said. Just as the disciples left...
Apr 27, 2020 | Coronavirus, US & World
By Cindy Wooden | Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The serious economic and social impact of the coronavirus pandemic is seen most clearly in the lives of the poor, the pope said in a message to people who write and distribute “street...
Apr 27, 2020 | Coronavirus, US & World
By Natalie Hoefer | Catholic News Service NEW ALBANY, Ind. (CNS) — When Katelyn Stumler’s husband, Craig, needed someone to cover his volunteer shift at a New Albany homeless shelter for two hours on a cold night in February, “begrudgingly, I said...
Apr 23, 2020 | Coronavirus, US & World
By Ed Wilkinson | Catholic News Service BROOKLYN, N.Y. (CNS) — When Archbishop Gregory M. Aymond of New Orleans announced March 23 that he had tested positive with the novel coronavirus, it was not the first time the Archdiocese of New Orleans has been affected...
Apr 23, 2020 | Coronavirus, US & World
By Rhina Guidos | Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — The U.S. Department of Education said federal financial relief for coronavirus for higher education is meant for U.S. citizens, prompting protests from students enrolled in colleges and universities...
Apr 23, 2020 | Coronavirus, US & World
By Karen Bonar | Catholic News Service SALINA, Kan. (CNS) — When Brian McCaffrey was ordained as a transitional deacon April 18 in Sacred Heart Cathedral, the event wasn’t quite what he envisioned it would be. “For five years, I’ve been...
Apr 23, 2020 | Coronavirus, Pope Francis & Vatican
By Junno Arocho Esteves | Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — To mark his name day, the feast of St. George, Pope Francis gave the gift of medical supplies to several countries reeling from the coronavirus pandemic. The pope, who was born Jorge Mario...
Apr 23, 2020 | Coronavirus, Pope Francis & Vatican
By Cindy Wooden | Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis prayed for families struggling economically during the COVID-19 pandemic and for the conversion of loan sharks who prey on them. “In many places you hear about one of the effects of...
