Apr 3, 2020 | Coronavirus, US & World
By Mark Pattison | Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — Don’t expect any palms this Passion Sunday. And distribution of palms later in the year might not happen, either, according to Rita Thiron, executive director of the Federation of Diocesan...
Apr 3, 2020 | Coronavirus, US & World
By Catholic News Service This is one of a series of pastoral and personal reflections on living in this time of pandemic. Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, Texas, writes this reflection titled “Who’s in charge here anyway?” for Catholic News Service....
Apr 3, 2020 | Coronavirus, US & World
By Zoey Maraist | Catholic News Service ARLINGTON, Va. (CNS) — Something extremely valuable was left behind in the nurses’ offices of shuttered Virginia schools: personal protective equipment such as masks, gloves, gowns and hand sanitizer. Bernadette...
Apr 3, 2020 | Coronavirus, US & World
By Carol Zimmermann | Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — Saints can get a bad rap because sometimes people assume they lived in deep piety removed from the burdens of everyday life. But a quick look at the saints known for their ministry to the poor and...
Apr 2, 2020 | Coronavirus, US & World
By Cori Fugere Urban | Catholic News Service BURLINGTON, Vt. (CNS) — A Vermont Catholic high school student and two of her hometown friends are showing school spirit during mandatory school closings because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Sydney Adreon, 15, a freshman...
Apr 2, 2020 | Coronavirus, US & World
By Rhina Guidos | Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — From a darkened room, the immigrant spoke in mid-March via Skype to a reporter from the TV station Guatevision, which focuses on issues pertaining to Guatemalans in and outside of the country. He told...
