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Demand at St. John’s Hospice triples; $30,000 needed for April
The archdiocesan ministry that serves homeless men is seeing a steep uptick in clients seeking food because of the coronavirus. Your emergency donation can help sustain the outreach.
Catholic leaders urge protection of indigenous during pandemic
Indigenous people in the Amazon basin live in remote areas far from medical facilities or in precarious housing on the edges of cities, often with unsafe water polluted by over development.
On outskirts of Buenos Aires, parishes mobilize for COVID-19
A parish soup kitchen in one of the rough shanty towns near the Brazilian capital was serving 1,500 people a day, but that has swelled to some 4,000 a day with coronavirus restrictions.
Mexican bishops: Avoid layoffs, ‘We’re all in the same boat’
The coronavirus crisis is escalating pressures on business leaders to lay off workers in a country with an already stagnating economy and a weak social safety net.
With PIAA playoffs stalled, Trevor Wall still ends career on high note
Sportswriter John Knebels chats with the St. Joe's Prep senior who scored 1,000 points for his career -- ending in Speedy Morris' last season as coach -- who wishes other Catholic teams could finish the state playoffs.
Thousands learn to ‘cling to God’ in 1st night of virtual retreat
Father Matthew Guckin spoke of meeting fear from the coronavirus with love and responding to the invitation to go to God, as more than 13,000 people joined the archdiocese's six-day online retreat.
Catholic agency still feeding local kids during pandemic
Nutritional Development Services will deliver some 14,000 federally funded meals this week to more than 25 sites in the Philadelphia region as food insecurity grows.
Vatican publishes document on right to water access
The right to clean water "can make the difference between survival and death," so defending it is part of the Catholic Church's promotion of the common good, according to a new document.
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.
Poor migrants in India suffer in lockdown with no food
India's prime minister apologized for the chaotic implementation of a 21-day lockdown of the country's 1.37 billion people that has left people scrambling for basics amid the harsh crackdown by police.