Milan, under quarantine, has asked me to renounce the particular version of our American response to fear that I have made my own.
Coronavirus
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Ill-prepared for Covid-19, Mexico City prisons continue to allow visitors
At each of Mexico City’s 13 prisons, hundreds of people are still admitted each visiting day to see their imprisoned family members. For the inmates, they are a vital lifeline.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
CHA President: Catholic health care committed to ‘loving care’ of Covid-19 patients
Ethical concerns regarding coronavirus are being dealt with by members of the Catholic Health Association as well as secular medical institutions.
Posted inFaith, Of Many Things
A Special Message from the Editor in Chief
Last week, for the first time in 111 years, America Media produced and shipped America magazine while all of our staff were working remotely. Your support made that work possible.
Posted inFaith, News
U.S. bishop says cellphones cannot be used to administer sacraments
Archbishop Blair also said in the memo that in regard to anointing of the sick, the duty cannot be delegated to someone else, such as a doctor or nurse.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
How to build mutual aid that will last after the Coronavirus pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic is inspiring works of wonder, writes Nathan Schneider, but will volunteers and activists have the energy to keep going after the worst has passed?
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis approves new ‘Mass in Time of Pandemic’ and Good Friday coronavirus intention
“In these days, during which the whole world has been gravely stricken by the Covid-19 virus, many requests have come to be able to celebrate a specific Mass to implore God to bring an end to this pandemic.”
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Experts decry Mexico coronavirus policy delay
The Mexican government has defended its policies, saying that its robust health surveillance system gives it a good idea of how the epidemic is evolving and that health experts are charting the country’s fight against the virus.
Posted inFaith, News
Service agencies find workarounds for virus-mandated restrictions
Outreach efforts continue in large part, but with creative twists, according to Catholic Charities affiliates and other church-run social service agencies throughout the United States.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
The United States has criminalized asylum seeking. Covid-19 gives us a reason to reconsider.
The coronavirus poses a new threat to asylum seekers in detention centers and in crowded camps, writes Kathleen Bonnette of the School Sisters of Notre Dame.