As Catholic parishes across the country are loosening pandemic Mass restrictions and several bishops are lifting the dispensation from the obligation to attend Sunday Masses, Catholic leaders are looking at ways to encourage the faithful ...
The bishops of the province of Baltimore and the Archdiocese of Washington announced June 2 they would be lifting the dispensation of the Sunday and holy day Mass obligation that was granted at the beginning ...
The COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on Catholic schools has been well-documented, with the National Catholic Educational Association reporting earlier this year that enrollment across the board in the 2020-2021 academic year is down 6.4%. COVID’s financial ...
The COVID-19 pandemic took a toll on participation in religious services just as it did on workplaces, but a new survey indicates strong emotional resilience from those who consider their faith vital to their existence. That ...
Imploring Catholics of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia to return to the celebration of Mass in person, Archbishop Nelson J. Pérez launched a major initiative for that purpose on Pentecost Sunday, May 23. He described the initiative, ...
Graciela Torres has two developmentally challenged children. Getting them an education on the outskirts of Moquegua, a small city in southern Peru, was never easy. Arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic made it much harder. In addition ...
With declining COVID-19 infection rates and hospitalizations, combined with the growing percentage of Americans who have been vaccinated against the novel coronavirus, more Church leaders believe the time is right to rescind the dispensations from ...
Many Catholic dioceses and archdioceses across the country -- which closed their parish doors for a time at the start of the pandemic last year and have gradually opened them to limited occupancy in the ...
The Our Sunday Visitor Editorial Board addresses how the Church can respond amid new COVID-19 guidelines regarding vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals. They write: “The new guidelines, which you certainly by now know, stated that fully ...
Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory led a recitation of rosary May 17, imploring Mary to "entrust to her Son" all those affected by the pandemic. The rosary took place at the Basilica of the National Shrine ...
