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World Food Program wins 2020 Nobel Peace Prize
The world's largest humanitarian organization addressing hunger and promoting food security won the award for its work to combat hunger, exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic.
Irish archbishops seek meeting with prime minister about Mass suspension
Ireland's four Catholic archbishops want to talk with Prime Minister Micheál Martin about the fact that Ireland is the only place in Europe where worship has been halted in response to a new wave of COVID-19.
Hope rises from ashes at Our Lady of Angels
Two years after a devastating fire, the regional Catholic school in Delaware County celebrated its restoration in a new building blessed Oct. 7 by Archbishop Nelson Pérez.
New program at seminary invites lay, religious to deeper spirituality
With courses launching in January 2021, the Institute for Christian Formation at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary offers an accessible, affordable way to "nourish and reinforce" the Catholic faith.
San Francisco archbishop leads hundreds in rosary rally through streets
Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone led between 600 and 700 people in the devotion through the city's Mission District, culminating in an outdoor Mass at the cathedral.
Catholic Charities USA pushing for new pandemic relief bill
The president of Catholic Charities USA said the agency would turn to Capitol Hill to get a pandemic relief bill passed after it called President Donald Trump's decision to suspend talks on the legislation "heartless."
Brooklyn bishop says new limits on congregation size ‘outrageous, unfair’
Under new rules in New York, where coronavirus cases are rising, some Catholic parishes in the Brooklyn Diocese are in the "red zone," meaning their churches must reduce capacity to a maximum of 10 people inside.
Pope: Pandemic revealed world’s false securities, lack of cooperation
The efforts of scientists to combat COVID-19 can be an example for the world on the importance of working together for the common good, Pope Francis told the Pontifical Academy of Sciences.
Eventual coronavirus vaccine should belong to everyone, pope says
If a COVID-19 vaccine becomes property of one country or group of countries, "we would not have learned anything from so much suffering," Pope Francis said in an interview.
COVID carves new path for parish youth ministry
The youth minister at St. John Chrysostom Parish in Wallingford tells how amidst the new health protocols, young people are happy to be together again to serve and just to hang out for fun.