The sacrifice of those we remember this month with “our undying gratitude” will not have been in vain.
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Coronavirus is a storm, but we must keep singing in the rain
Easter joy gives us the eyes to see those hints of eternity in the here and now, writes Matt Malone, S.J.
Posted inFaith, Features
The coronavirus gives Catholic universities a chance to strengthen their identity
In the coronavirus epidemic, Catholic educators have a real-world laboratory to evaluate how they make practical the too-often merely conceptual talk about Catholic identity. Do current pedagogies give students what we say they will—a truly distinctive way of being, a way of knowing and a way of responding to life’s most difficult problems?
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Advocates seek debt relief so poor nations can better respond to pandemic
More than 100 organizations–including Catholic religious congregations– which advocate for debt relief have publicized a letter to the International Monetary Fund calling on international policymakers to cancel debt payments for poor and developing nations so that they use focus their resources on dealing with the pandemic.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Bishops call for end to surrogacy as pandemic strands newborns in Ukraine
Ukrainian Catholic bishops are calling for an end to the practice of commercial surrogacy as dozens of babies are left stranded and not claimed by foreign adoptive parents because of the pandemic.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
9/11 led to a more militarized United States. Can we do better with Covid-19?
After the 9/11 attacks, the United States threw out international law and established a surveillance society, writes Margot Patterson. Covid-19 calls for a less heavy-handed approach, but will we realize that?
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
How the coronavirus can help us reclaim the virtues of self-sacrifice and prudence
How we choose to behave during the Covid-19 pandemic reveals who we are and whom we want to be, writes Michael Rozier, S.J. It is a time to rediscover true virtues.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Discontent—and hunger—in South Africa grows under pandemic lockdown
A senior opposition leader said that the lockdown—aimed not to prevent the spread of Covid-19 but to give the health services a window to prepare for it—was now doing more harm than good.
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Army, city sanitation workers begin sanitizing Rome churches
In anticipation of opening Rome’s churches for celebration of public Masses, the Italian army and city sanitation authorities are sanitizing the sacred spaces in order to keep the public safe.
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Italy grants temporary residency to migrant farmworkers
Mindful of how migrant farmworkers are often exploited, the Italian government has granted temporary residency to those agricultural workers who do not have proper documentation.