The number of COVID-19 cases in Los Angeles County was 144 as of March 17, with additional cases in nearby counties.
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Camus, community and coronavirus: What I’ve learned from self-quarantine
I am writing this column from my bedroom in New York on the seventh day of my self-quarantine. Last month I had the honor to co-lead America Media’s pilgrimage to the Holy Land with Father James Martin.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis tells Italian newspaper: ‘I asked the Lord to stop the epidemic.’
Francis counseled: “Don’t waste these difficult days,” instead “rediscover” the importance of “small, concrete gestures expressing closeness and concreteness toward the people closest to us, a caress for our grandparents, a kiss for our children, for the people we love.”
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
The good and beautiful things I’ve seen amid the coronavirus pandemic
It is good to know that people are still people, still willing to visit each other, still willing to bring hope, still willing to share what they have.
Posted inFaith, Podcasts
Podcast: Pope Francis makes pilgrimage through the deserted streets of Rome
This week on “Inside the Vatican,” the hosts discuss the pope’s pilgrimage through the empty streets of Rome.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
With St. Patrick’s Day canceled by Covid-19, Irish bishops offer prayers
“The strength of a culture is seen, not when things are going well, but when crisis strikes,” Bishop Donal McKeown of Derry said March 17 in his St. Patrick’s Day homily in Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
We must not allow the coronavirus to rob us of our humanity. How can we (safely) preserve it?
We cannot allow the coronavirus to make us see others as a threat.
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How can we be the body of Christ when the coronavirus closes our churches?
In this time in which we are not able to encounter Christ in the assembly or the Eucharist, we always have the opportunity to encounter Christ in the vulnerable.
Posted inNews Analysis, Politics & Society
Facing the fear: How Covid-19 and H.I.V./AIDS responses compare
Medically, the afflictions are quite different, and AIDS in the early days appears to have been much deadlier than Covid-19 today. Socially, the stigma that affected early cases of H.I.V. and AIDS is largely absent today.
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Pope Francis prays family relationships thrive while stuck at home
Pope Francis prayed for families who are cooped up in their homes and for all those who are ill with COVID-19.