Two sisters reflected for America on the experiences of faith and grace they have found in the midst of a profoundly challenging time for their community.
Faith in the time of Coronavirus
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Pope Francis: In new year, share the blessing of your time
At the beginning of a year people hope will mark the end of the Covid-19 pandemic, he urged them to create a “culture of care.”
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Christmas made my family’s favorite traditions. This one is breaking them.
This is the first Christmas in 35 years—my entire life—that I won’t be with my mother, father and older brother for Christmas.
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A pandemic won’t stop these California Catholics from (safely) celebrating Our Lady of Guadalupe
Celebrations for Our Lady of Guadalupe will look different this year.
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Can Pope Francis visit Iraq safely—even with a Covid vaccine?
While a visit from the pope will no doubt provide a spiritual and psychological boost to Nineveh Christians, under the current pandemic conditions it is a prospect that must give local public health officials pause.
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Mexico’s Guadalupe celebrations move online to prevent a potential Covid-19 catastrophe
The massive “Guadalupana,” as the annual celebration of the Day of the Virgin of Guadalupe is commonly known, would be a potential public health catastrophe.
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With pews emptied by Covid-19, a Catholic researcher asks, ‘What if they never come back?’
Covid-19 safety measures and social distancing have put further strain on many Catholic churches and parishes that have already seen their flocks dwindling.
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Mexican church and civic leader cancel public Guadalupe celebrations
Mexican church and civic officials have canceled public feast celebrations for Mexico’s patroness at her shrine in Mexico City due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Pope Francis talks about Uighurs, George Floyd and Universal Basic Income in new interview
The book-length interview is the product of a series of exchanges between the pope and Austen Ivereigh, his English-language biographer.
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When I lost my dad this year, Joe Biden taught me grieving is a lifelong process
I sought a roadmap for how to grieve, best practices for mourning the passing of loved ones. But still I have found no instruction manual on grief, no established set of rules.