Mar 31, 2020 - 07:01 pm .- An EF3 tornado blew through Jonesboro, Arkansas, this week, and although no deaths have been reported, Catholic Charities of Arkansas is gearing up to help those whose livelihoods will be affected by the disaster.

Mar 31, 2020 - 06:30 pm .- Kentucky’s attorney general has joined the national controversy over whether abortion clinics can continue to operate at a time when other surgeries and procedures have been canceled or delayed to conserve medical resources to combat the novel coronavirus.

Mar 31, 2020 - 05:00 pm .- With public Masses cancelled across the United States, ahead of Palm Sunday this weekend, some Maine Catholics are being encouraged to adopt a substitute devotional practice: pine branches. 

Mar 31, 2020 - 04:00 pm .- The coronavirus pandemic has led colleges across the country to close their dorms, and offer classes online. As students return home with time on their hands, Catholics involved in campus ministry have offered advice on how to spend this time wisely.

Mar 31, 2020 - 03:00 pm .- A Texas order prohibiting most abortions during the novel coronavirus pandemic is temporarily back in effect, after the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals put a stay on a federal district court ruling on Tuesday.

Mar 31, 2020 - 01:00 pm .- A majority of Americans say they have prayed for an end to the new coronavirus, including some who say they rarely or never pray, a new survey reports.

Mar 31, 2020 - 12:00 pm .- The Archdiocese of Baltimore has closed all churches to private prayer and instructed priests to only offer sacraments in cases of “impending death.”

Mar 31, 2020 - 09:00 am .- Federal judges in Texas, Alabama, and Ohio on Monday halted state rules that would limit or halt entirely abortions during the coronavirus pandemic.

Mar 30, 2020 - 04:00 pm .- As Catholic dioceses and parishes begin to cut staff during the coronavirus pandemic, they could be eligible for unprecedented federal relief to keep their employees on their payrolls.

Mar 30, 2020 - 10:00 am .- New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Friday, March 27 threatened to “permanently” shut down houses of worship that continue to hold public services in violation of the city’s ban on gatherings of any size. 

Mar 30, 2020 - 09:00 am .- Archbishop Paul Coakley of Oklahoma City issued a statement in response to the passage Friday of the Coronavirus, Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES), which provides more than $2 trillion in economic stimulus and relief.

Mar 29, 2020 - 05:00 am .- Being pregnant during a pandemic isn't easy. These expecting moms are trying to trust God as they prepare for a new baby.

Mar 28, 2020 - 03:10 pm .- “In this time of emergency, the laudable goal of providing care quickly and efficiently must be guided by the fundamental principles of fairness, equality, and compassion that animate our civil rights laws...”

Mar 28, 2020 - 07:00 am .- In a March 26 interview, EWTN’s Michael Warsaw said that the organization’s ministry is more urgent than ever.

Mar 28, 2020 - 06:00 am .- Facing limited hours and a shortage of supplies, crisis pregnancy centers are working and praying with pregnant women, helping any way they can during the pandemic.

Mar 27, 2020 - 10:21 pm .- A Brooklyn parish announced Friday the death of its pastor, Fr. Jorge Ortiz Garay, who died of coronavirus. The priest is the first in the U.S. known to have died from the virus.

Mar 27, 2020 - 08:51 pm .- After rescinding a controversial policy concerning sacramental anointing of the sick, the bishop of Springfield, Massachusetts told priests Friday afternoon that anointing of the sick is “suspended” within the Diocese of Springfield.

Mar 27, 2020 - 05:23 pm .- The chair of the U.S. bishops’ committee on liturgy wrote to U.S. bishops Friday, to clarify issues related to the sacraments of penance and anointing of the sick which have arisen during the Church’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Mar 27, 2020 - 03:00 pm .- The House on Friday passed the $2 trillion relief package in response to the coronavirus pandemic, the third major piece of legislation advanced by Congress in response to the outbreak.

Mar 27, 2020 - 02:54 pm .- A Massachusetts diocese authorized a change to norms for the sacrament of the anointing of the sick, permitting a nurse, rather than a priest, to conduct the physical anointing, which is an essential part of the sacrament.