With restrictions on worship, it is easy to feel lost in the spiritual life and unsure of how to grow closer to God while not leaving the house. Fortunately, the Church offers models for us ...
Neither Pope Francis nor any of his closest collaborators have the COVID-19 virus, said Matteo Bruni, director of the Vatican press office. In a note March 28, Bruni confirmed that a monsignor, who works in ...
The worldwide coronavirus pandemic is not God's judgment on humanity, but God's call on people to judge what is most important to them and resolve to act accordingly from now on, Pope Francis said. Addressing ...
With the coronavirus pandemic spreading worldwide, dioceses and parishes around the country are grappling with many issues: spiritual care of the faithful, health considerations and the following of local and national guidelines, and administrative and ...
With public gatherings, including Masses, banned in Italy to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, the Vatican published an updated version of Pope Francis' schedule for Holy Week and Easter. In a March 27 statement, ...
Erin Mongold always imagined a church packed with her closest family and friends on the day she would walk down the aisle. But when the church doors opened on her wedding day this month, the ...
As businesses, schools and other institutions across the United States were shuttered to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus in mid-March, Catholic schools took on an extra challenge: finding ways to keep their students ...
She had become nearly forgotten. Little is known about the young woman who was killed for her Christian faith, presumably in the second century A.D. But now, a pandemic is shedding light on her: St. ...
The effectiveness of nations and states’ efforts to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus depends on broad social consensus and cooperation. Already, though, critics such as R.R. Reno of First Things are lambasting these ...
Meg Hunter-Kilmer writes how for seven generations after missionaries were expelled from Japan, a group of Hidden Christians kept the faith alive, even though there were no priests to serve them. She writes, “The question ...
