Mexico has recorded 13,842 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 1,305 deaths, the Health Secretariat reported April 26.
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On Fox News, Cardinal Dolan praises Trump’s sensitivity to ‘feelings of the religious community’
The cardinal’s appearance on Fox News follows a weekend during which he praised the president on a conference call with Catholic leaders hosted by the White House.
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Italian bishops demand plan for resuming public Masses
As of May 4, small funerals will be allowed, individuals will be permitted to visit family members, most factories will reopen and people will be able to go to a restaurant to order food to take away.
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Coronavirus outbreak discovered at Rome pontifical university
Pontifical Salesian University, which has been conducting classes online since March 5, houses some 280 members of six religious orders.
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Around the world, democracy is at risk from the coronavirus
Central governments must be able to respond to crises, writes Bill McCormick, S.J., but President Trump’s claim of “total” authority is a reminder that democracies must also be able to maintain limits on power.
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Advocates fear threats to religious freedom, health in northeast Syria
People are concerned that Syria will be further undermined not only by terrorism, humanitarian stresses, and lack of freedom but by the coronavirus pandemic as well.
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With world attention on Covid-19, China clamps down on Hong Kong
The mass protests that had roiled Hong Kong since June 2019, now largely subsided because of the Covid-19 pandemic, are likely to return, many warn, because of recent gestures by Beijing to tighten control over the former British colony.
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Podcast: Vatican bioethics official on rationing care during a pandemic
In this episode of “Inside the Vatican,” Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia speaks to Colleen Dulle about the bioethical and international solidarity concerns arising from the coronavirus pandemic.
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Pope Francis writes new prayers, asks Catholics to pray rosary in May for end to coronavirus pandemic
Pope Francis wrote two new prayers to Mary that can be recited at the end of the rosary, prayers he said he would be reciting “in spiritual union with all of you.”
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Bishops in Amazon urge Peru to guard indigenous needs during pandemic
The needs of the indigenous peoples in South America are especially urgent during this time of pandemic and eight bishops of Peru’s Amazon region are pointing this out.