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Hospitals, states consider how to distribute healthcare if coronavirus surges

Mar 24, 2020

In Italy, which has the most deaths from coronavirus, some doctors have said they have had to overlook older patients... Read more

Emergency room doctors.

Lives worth living? Why healthcare rationing must be ethical

Mar 24, 2020

By Matt Hadro

As state health officials plan for health care rationing during the coronavirus pandemic, lawyers, ethicists and theologians are warning that... Read more

Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards.

Louisiana governor announces day of prayer and fasting

Mar 24, 2020

The Catholic governor of Louisiana has asked fellow citizens to pray and fast on March 24 for those affected by... Read more

AA sobriety chips.

AA under quarantine: How coronavirus is changing 12-step recovery programs

Mar 24, 2020

By Mary Farrow

12-step programs have helped millions of Americans find recovery from additions. How will those programs, and the people who need... Read more

Cyrus Habib.

Lt. governor and aspiring Jesuit has long record on 'abortion rights'

Mar 23, 2020

By Ed Condon

While Washington’s governor has praised the decision of his state’s lieutenant governor to enter the Society of Jesus after his... Read more

Ohio AG: abortion clinics can't use resources needed for coronavirus fight

Mar 23, 2020

Ohio’s abortion clinics are wrongly using resources that should be conserved for health care workers fighting the new coronavirus, and... Read more

Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark, New Jersey.

Newark archdiocese campaigns for parishes facing coronavirus cash crunch

Mar 23, 2020

Many parishes have suffered a sharp drop in donations following the loss of in-person Sunday collections because of the suspension... Read more

Prison chaplains adapt as coronavirus limits their ministry

Mar 23, 2020

By Jonah McKeown

The worldwide outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19) is beginning to touch one of the populations in the United States most vulnerable... Read more

A reflection shot turns the US Capitol upside down.

Senate fails to pass coronavirus stimulus bill

Mar 23, 2020

The Senate on Monday failed for the second straight day to advance consideration of a stimulus package to respond to... Read more

Archbishop Gregory Aymond of New Orleans in Rome, Jan. 26, 2012.

Archbishop Aymond of New Orleans has coronavirus

Mar 23, 2020

The Archbishop of New Orleans has tested positive for coronavirus. He is the first U.S. bishop known to have tested... Read more

Archbishop Daniel E. Pilarczyk.

Former USCCB president and Archbishop of Cincinnati dies age 85

Mar 23, 2020

The former head of the U.S. Catholic bishops’ conference and archbishop emeritus of Cincinnati, Daniel E. Pilarczyk, died on Sunday... Read more

Brother John Sebastian Laird-Hammond, OFM. Courtesy of the Franciscan Monastery of The Holy Land in America

A Franciscan friar and deacon is DC’s first known coronavirus fatality

Mar 21, 2020

By Jonah McKeown

A Franciscan friar is the first person known to have died as a result of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the District... Read more

Ross Douthat on EWTN Pro-Life Weekly, March 19, 2020.

Douthat: Decadent societies lack babies, and hope

Mar 21, 2020

By CNA Staff

Catholic author and commentator Ross Douthat said that a “decadent society” plays a role in declining birth rates, as cultures... Read more

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Hospital chaplains prepare for “tsunami” of COVID-19 patients

Mar 21, 2020

By Matt Hadro

As the coronavirus pandemic spreads across the United States, one chaplain in New York told CNA that hospitals are the front... Read more

How to stay quarantined, stay married, and keep your friends

Mar 21, 2020

By Perry West

There are ways to build and maintain healthy relationships during the coronavirus pandemic.  Read more

Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Detroit.

Detroit archdiocese sees spiritual confusion among LGBT Catholic dissenters

Mar 20, 2020

By Kevin J. Jones

A dissenting Catholic LGBT advocacy group rejects Church teaching and confuses the Christian path to holiness, Auxiliary Bishop Gerard Battersby... Read more

A scientist holding a petri dish in the lab.

We don't need aborted fetal tissue to fight coronavirus, say ethicists

Mar 20, 2020

By Matt Hadro

Efforts to combat the spread of coronavirus should not be used to override ethical restrictions on the use of aborted... Read more

Busy Nurse's Station In Modern Hospital.

NY Catholic hospital to become specialist COVID-19 center

Mar 20, 2020

A Catholic hospital in western New York will become the state’s first hospital entirely dedicated to treating COVID-19 patients, it... Read more

How could a market downturn affect Catholic giving? A look at the data

Mar 20, 2020

By Jonah McKeown

How might the market downturn affect how much US Catholics give to their parish and other Catholic causes?  Read more

Missouri's last abortion clinic faces 'imminent' decision

Mar 19, 2020

Missouri authorities could soon rule on whether the state’s only remaining abortion clinic will remain open despite failures to meet... Read more