May 31, 2020 | Local, US & World
Anger at George Floyd’s death has spurred protests in dozens of cities — including Binghamton, Syracuse, and Utica — over police brutality, the disproportionate health and economic burdens the coronavirus pandemic has unleashed in communities of color, and the country’s history of racism.
May 30, 2020 | Local, US & World
The U.S. Catholic bishops said May 29 they “are broken-hearted, sickened and outraged to watch another video of an African American man being killed before our very eyes.”
May 27, 2020 | Coronavirus, US & World
By Jeff Thomas | Catholic News Service In recent weeks, U.S. dioceses have begun issuing their own plans for the gradual reopening of churches over several phases with the safety of congregants, priests, deacons and other parish staff foremost in the minds of Catholic...
May 27, 2020 | Coronavirus, US & World
By Dennis Sadowski | Catholic News Service CLEVELAND (CNS) — Pax Christi USA has invited people to sign a new “Pledge to Protect” in which the signees promise to take personal responsibility for protecting others during the coronavirus pandemic as...
May 27, 2020 | Coronavirus, US & World
By Pablo Kay | Catholic News Service LOS ANGELES (CNS) — After being closed for more than two months due to the COVID-19 pandemic, churches in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles can begin to open to the public the first week of June if they implement certain safety...
May 23, 2020 | US & World
President Donald Trump arrives to make a statement to reporters at the White House in Washington about reopening U.S. places of worship by declaring them “essential” May 22, 2020, during the coronavirus pandemic. (CNS photo | Leah Millis, Reuters) ...
