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Join in the Lenten virtual retreat this week
Watch, listen and pray in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia's “The Power of Faith and Hope in a Time of Uncertainty: A Virtual Lenten Retreat" featuring a video presentation every evening at 7 p.m.
Pope joins U.N. call for immediate global cease-fire
Saying conflicts can never be resolved with war, Pope Francis added his support to a U.N. appeal for a global cease-fire amid the worldwide threat of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Archbishop Perez invites all to online Lenten retreat
A slate of local priests, religious and lay leaders will offer a six-night series of videos offering reflections and prayers next week starting at 7 p.m. Monday, March 30.
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.
Pope offers Mass for those living in fear of pandemic
In his daily Mass, Pope Francis prayed for "people who cannot cope, who remain frightened by this pandemic. May the Lord help them to stand up, to react for the good of all society and the entire community."
Across Europe, churches offer empty facilities to help fight COVID-19
The church truly is becoming a "field hospital" during the pandemic as Catholic dioceses and parishes expand homeless shelters, offer rooms to medical personnel and create makeshift morgues.
Solidarity in ethical responses needed in pandemic, Vatican says
A new document by the Pontifical Academy for Life titled "Pandemic and Universal Brotherhood" discusses ethical treatment of the sick and how to speak not of divine retribution but loving, divine care.
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.
With few college students to feed, Neumann U donates its fresh food
The Delaware County university now feeds only a handful of students instead of 700 a day, so it donated perishable foods to families of Drexel Neumann Academy, a Catholic school in Chester.
As hard times descend, Project HOME still caring ‘for the least of these’
Philadelphia's premier organization for service to chronically homeless persons faces new challenges from coronavirus restrictions and rising joblessness.