The surge of deaths of indigenous in the Amazon region due to COVID-19 may lead to the decimation of entire communities, say those fighting for indigenous rights.
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Survey: Most Americans aren’t comfortable going back to religious services
The results of the survey suggest that despite political pressure to reopen houses of worship—from President Donald Trump as well as leading conservative Christians and religious liberty advocates—Americans aren’t quite ready to take a seat in a sanctuary.
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What we lose when we teach—and learn—online
Has the coronavirus revealed that a good college education can be obtained online? No, writes Firmin DeBrabander, there is no substitute for three-dimensional debate.
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More testing urged for Baltimore’s hard-hit Latino, African American areas
Auxiliary bishop-designate Bruce A. Lewandowski of Baltimore is appealing to Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan to increase free Covid-19 testing to minority neighborhoods of the city.
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Catholic educators work to ease blow of pandemic-induced school closings
With numerous closures, Catholic schools are also victims of the pandemic, and school administrators are working on the challenges of keeping other schools open and operating.
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Women religious honored for work on pandemic’s front lines
In a recent symposium sponsored by the American and British embassies to the Holy See, women religious were recognized for being “on the front lines” in combatting the pandemic with faith, generosity, and compassion.
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The battle is not over: Rising coronavirus infections seen worldwide
In Germany, more than 1,550 people have tested positive for coronavirus at the Toennies slaughterhouse in Rheda-Wiedenbrueck and thousands more workers and family members have been put under a quarantine to try to halt the outbreak.
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In Togo, a Catholic nun fights coronavirus for the sake of her AIDS patients
Born in Togo in 1967, Sister Marie Stella Kouak attended nursing school in Belgium and returned in 1998 to work at a pediatric hospital in Dapaong run by her congregation, now known as the Sister Hospitallers of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
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At Angelus, Pope Francis calls for more protection of refugees during coronavirus pandemic
“The coronavirus crisis has highlighted the need to ensure the necessary protection for refugees.”
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Pope Francis thanks Italian doctors and nurses in first public audience since lockdown
“You have been one of the pillars of the whole country,” the pope said in his first public audience since lockdown.