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Online programs enable donors to help parishes weather pandemic storm
Dioceses across the U.S., including Philadelphia, have started special funds to allow donors to help parishes and Catholic ministries get through the economic crisis caused by rapid spread of the coronavirus.
Divine Mercy Sunday: Time to receive Christ’s mercy ‘anew’
Baltimore Archbishop William Lori will celebrate a special livestreamed Mass for Divine Mercy Sunday, April 19, at 3 p.m. Learn how you can watch the Mass and pray the chaplet.
Advocates cite pandemic’s wrath on ‘essential’ farmworkers
The coronavirus puts America's 2 million farm workers -- many of them migrants -- who live and work together closely at high risk, along with the country's food supply.
New Mexico bishop to allow public Masses with restrictions
After one month without public Masses, the Las Cruces Diocese will adhere to the governor's restrictions through either outdoor Masses -- with people in cars -- or inside churches with no more than five people present.
Some dioceses take civilizing political initiative to heart
The current stilling of the partisan waters during the coronavirus pandemic is a respite only a few months removed from a presidential impeachment trial and a few months before a presidential election.
Church leaders call for aid and prayers following deadly tornadoes, storms
Two U.S. archbishops are asking for prayers and help for those affected by a series of storms and tornadoes that tore through several states, leaving more than two dozen dead.
Cars line up for blocks as Minnesota bishops give Easter blessing
Despite windy, wet and cold weather, people piled into their cars April 12 and waited bumper-to-bumper in front of the Cathedral of St. Paul to accept an Easter blessing from the bishops of St. Paul and Minneapolis.
Supreme Court to hear Little Sisters, Catholic school cases by phone
For the first time, the court will conduct oral arguments by teleconference in May, hearing cases on the Little Sisters of the Poor, California Catholic schools and access to President Donald Trump's financial records.
‘Our faith needs to kick in’ amid pandemic crisis, Cardinal Dolan says
The Archbishop of New York spoke on "60 Minutes" about union with God through prayer and charity. As for reopening churches, "God is telling us, use your brain. Use your prudence ... pay attention to the common good."
Jesus rises ‘to tell us his love is stronger than death’
"Christ is risen! This is the joy of Easter. And what a gift it is to hear these words in this time of the coronavirus," Archbishop Jose Gomez of Los Angeles said Easter Sunday. Watch his video address.