When the novel coronavirus was at its peak earlier this year in Delaware and Washington, D.C., Sister Constance Veit said she felt like a blindfolded soccer goalkeeper, trying to stop something she couldn’t see. The ...
From the temporary suspension of public Masses to strict social distancing protocols, the novel coronavirus has upended parish life across the United States. A positive test result for COVID-19 by a parish priest adds a ...
Countless numbers of Americans were already at risk of homelessness this year because of job losses related to the novel coronavirus pandemic. Natural disasters have further aggravated the precarious condition that many people find themselves ...
After being told to expect the worst and say goodbye to their monastery in Southern California, a community of Benedictine monks received word that St. Andrew’s Abbey was spared any significant damage late last week. ...
In September of 2015, Pope Francis made his first — and, so far, only — apostolic trip to the United States. The visit consisted of many of the usual features of previous papal visitations: formal ...
Every year, the National Black Catholic Clergy Caucus gathers for their annual conference, but this year was notable for several reasons. As has been the case for many conferences, the meeting was entirely virtual because ...
Nothing in seminary could have prepared Father Andrew DeRouen for his first three months as a priest. “A pandemic, now a hurricane,” said Father DeRouen, 27, a priest of the Diocese of Lake Charles, Louisiana, ...
Some of the potential “world-changing” ideas in Catholic evangelization began as scribbled notes and diagrams on cocktail napkins. “I really think the Catholic innovator, the Catholic entrepreneur, these inspired pioneers, are going to be the ...
After the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia, recently announced that the Vatican had approved a plan of restitution for its former bishop, Michael Bransfield, its current bishop told Our Sunday Visitor that while the approved ...
Author and filmmaker Jim Wahlberg shares how he overcame life on the streets of Boston, including addiction to drugs and alcohol and multiple prison sentences. He says, “I was in and out of detention centers, ...
