In Buenos Aires, the local Catholic Church is doing what it can to help its flock during the coronavirus crisis.
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Seniors and their families adapt to residences’ precautions amid coronavirus
Catholic senior living facilities are taking aggressive measures to protect residents from coronavirus.
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Stimulus does little to stifle Covid-19 fears in the undocumented community
Ms. Aguila and her husband are undocumented immigrants, but their children are U.S. citizens. If the children catch the coronavirus, she said, they will have health care. But as far as her husband and herself, Ms. Aguila said their only plan is just to not get sick.
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An Italian I.C.U. doctor describes the desperate fight against Covid-19 in Lombardy
“The situation continues to be very, very difficult in the hospitals of northern Italy because of the lack of intensive care units,” Dr. Renata Ghelardi said, reporting that the hospital system in Bergamo “is in a state of collapse.”
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Covid-19 and a drought force a Jesuit school in Micronesia to end school year early
Father Baker, president of Xavier High School in Micronesia, knew how strongly the school featured in the lives of his students, but he was not prepared for the reaction after he called students together and shared the bad news that the school was ending early.
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Sisters’ work during 1918 flu epidemic seen as model for crisis today
Throughout the United States, thousands of women religious took on nursing duties in hospitals or clinics and went into private homes to offer food, medicine, comfort and even housecleaning to families affected by the Spanish flu.
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In India, migrants and the poor suffer under lockdown
Indians in several states said the situation has been exacerbated by poor preparation by state governments and conflicting messages from central and state governments.
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Priest who died from virus called ‘great missionary among us”
He died at Wyckoff Hospital Medical Center in Brooklyn from complications related to the coronavirus and is believed to be the first Catholic priest in the United States to die as a result of COVID-19.
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Pandemic fosters creativity as dioceses move toward Holy Week
Parishioners are taking part in phone trees, calling to check on vulnerable members of the parish. Others are donating grocery store gift cards to help families in need.
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Coronavirus has cancelled public Masses. How can we participate in our own homes?
While this physical separation from our parish communities is only temporary, it has real spiritual implications.