Many parishes lack resources, having not received money in the collection basket because of suspended services.
Health and Wellness
Posted inFaith, Features
Can we make retreats better? How modern Catholics are reinventing an ancient tradition.
These modern retreat centers are helping people grow closer to God.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: A meditation on dementia and loss
Drawing on her years as a Baptist minister and nursing home chaplain, Lynn Casteel Harper asks the reader to reconsider much of the stigma—and terminology—that we place on people diagnosed with dementia.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Franciscan, volunteers help homeless in Bogota survive pandemic
Members of the Franciscan order in Columbia are assembling people and resources to help the homeless of Bogota during the pandemic.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Hunger high on list of battles that aid agency CRS faces amid pandemic
A July 13 report from the United Nations said almost 690 million people went hungry in 2019, an increase of 10 million from the previous year—figures arrived at before the pandemic began.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Fauci calls Covid-19 a ‘pandemic of historic proportion,’ like 1918’s flu
In recent weeks a majority of states have gradually opened up, but the number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 are now spiking around the country, sparking controversy about how to handle the pandemic.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: Annalena Tonelli, a humanitarian innovator
Annalena Tonelli moved to Kenya in her 20s to work as a teacher. Her desire was to live among the poor as one of the poor.
Posted inGoodNews, Politics & Society
Priest donates kidney to help mom lead life she imagines for her family
A priest’s selfless act of donating a kidney has allowed a mother to lead a normal family life.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Covid-19 pandemic seen increasing hunger, food insecurity around world
At a July 8 webinar sponsored by Georgetown University, participants have pointed out that the problem of world hunger is exacerbated by the pandemic and that addressing it should be a top priority.
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Lancet report urges phasing out institutional care for children
A report in the noted medical journals The Lancet Psychiatry and The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health have called for the phasing out of institutionalized care for children, favoring family-based care.