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Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament March 21 on the rooftop of St. Anthony of Padua parish, Lima.

Lima parish hosts rooftop Holy Hour for neighbors confined to home

Mar 24, 2020

With their country under a nationwide stay-at-home order, parishioners at Saint Anthony of Padua parish in Lima, Peru, approached their... Read more

With medical supplies limited, Ohio abortion clinics face cease and desist orders

Mar 24, 2020

Amid efforts to conserve medical supplies for the response to the new coronavirus, Ohio’s health department has asked the state... Read more

Stock image of skull.

Memento mori in a time of pandemic

Mar 24, 2020

By Christine Rousselle

As the coronavirus continues to spread, many people find themselves confronted with their mortality for the first time. One religious... 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

Fr. Giuseppe Berardelli.

Fr. Berardelli was a man of self-sacrifice, but reports of a donated respirator are not true

Mar 24, 2020

By Courtney Mares

While Fr. Giuseppe Berardelli is remembered fondly by those who knew him as a man of kindness and self-sacrifice, the... 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

Pope Francis prays in the chapel of Casa Santa Marta March 23, 2020.

Pope Francis during coronavirus: Beware the 'poison' of laziness, complaining

Mar 24, 2020

By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Francis Tuesday warned Christians to avoid living in a “fog” of sadness, sloth, and complaining, instead of rejoicing in... 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

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

Image of Our Lady of Fatima in Lisbon's cathedral.

Portuguese bishops invite nations of the world to be consecrated at Fatima

Mar 23, 2020

On Wednesday, nations from around the world can be consecrated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart... 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

Cardinal Raymond Burke.

Cardinal Burke urges 'necessity' of prayer during coronavirus pandemic

Mar 23, 2020

Cardinal Raymond Burke has written a letter encouraging priests and bishops to work constructively with civil authorities to meet the... 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

Seminarians from the North American College in Rome, Italy pray the rosary in St. Peter's Square March 13, 2016. CNA file photo.

American seminary in Rome sends students home during coronavirus

Mar 23, 2020

By Christine Rousselle

Amid the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, the Pontifical North American College seminary has sent students to return to their homes and... Read more

Pope Francis prays following Mass in Casa Santa Marta on March 23, 2020.

Pope Francis prays for people facing economic hardship due to coronavirus

Mar 23, 2020

By Courtney Mares

Pope Francis offered Mass on Monday for people facing economic hardship due to the coronavirus pandemic.  Read more

Pope Francis gives the Christmas "Urbi et Orbi" blessing Dec. 25, 2018.

Pope Francis to give a special Urbi et Orbi blessing amid coronavirus pandemic

Mar 22, 2020

By Courtney Mares

Pope Francis announced Sunday that he will give an extraordinary Urbi et Orbi blessing on March 27 with the opportunity... Read more

Pope Francis looks out at an empty St. Peter's Square.

Pope Francis: As humanity trembles from pandemic, let us unite in prayer

Mar 22, 2020

By Courtney Mares

Pope Francis has asked Christians around the world to unite in praying the Our Father prayer at noon on March... 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

Emergency room intensive care unit. Via Shutterstock

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

Battling virus and the 'invisible malice of malady', FSSP seminary trusts providence

Mar 21, 2020

Most of the community at the European seminary of the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter are sick from coronavirus, and... Read more