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Daily devotional booklets meet immediate, enduring need
Customer demand is driving long hours for employees of two publishers -- not that they are complaining -- who are shipping "Little Books" and "Living the Faith" for stay-at-home Catholics.
Pandemic fosters creativity as dioceses move through Lent into Holy Week
As Catholics dutifully sit at home, doing their part to protect people from COVID-19, the Holy Spirit has been inspiring creative ways to minister and pray together around the U.S.
Sisters’ work during 1918 flu seen as model for crisis today
Throughout the U.S., thousands of women religious put others before themselves and tended the sick and dying, especially in Philadelphia, as nurses and caretakers for affected families.
Brooklyn priest who died from COVID-19 called ‘great missionary among us’
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio of Brooklyn March 28 announced the death of 49-year-old Father Jorge Ortiz-Garay, who is thought to be the first U.S. priest to die from COVID-19.
Leaders cheer $2 trillion in federal COVID-19 relief
Archbishop Paul Coakley, head of the U.S. bishops' social justice committee, welcomed the aid package that will help vulnerable people and workers as the economy has ground to a halt.
Investors urge corporations to act prudently as financial crisis looms
A growing coalition of investors said steps such as emergency paid leave to all employees, prioritizing safety and avoiding layoffs would protect workers in response to the coronavirus.
Distraught, determined Little Sisters of the Poor cope with coronavirus
The Jeanne Jugan Residence in Newark, Delaware, run by the sisters endured a difficult day when a longtime resident, an 86-year-old man with Philadelphia roots, died after testing positive for the coronavirus.
Website now receiving donations for U.S. parishes, schools, ministries
A New Orleans-based fundraiser activated its nationwide platform indefinitely to address "the looming financial crisis to our parishes, dioceses and other Catholic institutions" due to coronavirus.
Website offers resources for Catholics amid COVID-19 pandemic
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has posted numerous ways for Catholics to find nationally broadcast Masses and devotions, printed Scripture reflections, prayers and more.
Ethicists, lawyers see dangers in rationing health resources in pandemic
Catholic observers say decisions to offer life saving care with scant ventilators and beds during the crisis, and based only on a person's age and disability, are unjust.