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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.
While people stay home, pope calls for help for homeless
As governments have issued shelter-in-place orders to curb the spread of the coronavirus, Pope Francis asked people to pray for and assist those who are homeless, and offered a reflection on the cross.
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.
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.