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Strong communications key to restoring parish life after COVID-19
Even when restrictions on coming to church lift, parishes can't rely on traditional printed bulletins but instead must ramp up their digital outreach and use the language people use, say archdiocesan communicators.
May 5: Your chance to help church’s missionaries in crucial time
The suffering and uncertainties of the coronavirus pandemic are part of a typical day in mission lands. The Pontifical Mission Societies need your help now -- this Tuesday, May 5 -- to help millions.
Cross-country delivery helps fight Philly-area hunger during pandemic
Some 40,000 pounds of food will restock pantries of archdiocesan Nutritional Development Services and the nonprofit Caring for Friends, thanks to a donation by the Utah-based Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Catholic nurse brings Communion to COVID-19 patients in hospital
Monica Nash, director of nursing at Einstein hospital in East Norriton and a member of St. Teresa of Avila Parish in Limerick, worked to bring the Eucharist to Catholic patients separated from family and sacraments.
Go slow in reopening from pandemic, business leaders advise
Small businesses will need time to ramp up after restrictions are lifted, while larger employers must prepare to accommodate large numbers of people while social distancing. Care for people was the leaders' top concern.
Dioceses reviewing best, safest options for return of public Masses
Across the United States parishioners eager to return to attending Mass in person with friends are beginning to hear about plans to slowly bring back at least a minimal semblance of parish life.
Stargazing in a time of plague
A new image from space reminds us that times of crisis, such as the coronavirus pandemic, are the perfect moments to look up to the heavens and beyond our present suffering, writes Gina Christian.
Watch prayers today for consecration of U.S. to Mary
Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles will lead a special liturgy Friday, May 1 at 3 p.m. to renew the consecration of the United States to the care of Mary -- watch it online.
In new video, Archbishop Perez asks support for Catholic Charities Appeal
The video anticipates a special #GivingTuesday on May 5 in support of the annual major fundraiser for the archdiocese, as an emergency response to the unprecedented need caused by COVID-19.
‘No duty’ to boycott vaccine made from abortion, ethicist says
A Catholic ethicist in Britain, where a coronavirus vaccine derived from the cells of a fetus aborted in 1972 is under trial, said it may not be wrong to use the drug.