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A woman wearing a mask for protection from the coronavirus watches as Pope Francis leads the Angelus from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican March 1, 2020. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
These changes correspond to Italian government restrictions on large public gatherings to limit transmission of coronavirus.
Arts & CultureBooks
Joseph McAuley
Emmanuel Macron not only wants to “reform” France but to “transform” it.
People wearing masks for protection from the coronavirus tour the Vatican Museums at the Vatican Feb. 29. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
The normal services of the health and hygiene sector of the Vatican city-state were “temporarily suspended” following yesterday’s positive test for Covid-19 on one patient in order “to sanitize the areas.”
Pope Francis coughs inside the Basilica of Saint Anselmo prior to the start of a procession to the Basilica of Santa Sabina before the Ash Wednesday Mass in Rome on Feb. 26. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Politics & SocietyNews
Claire Giangravé - Religion News Service
Italy has reported more than 1,800 cases of the China-born virus and 66 people have died while nearly 150 have recovered, while the rest allegedly remain in quarantine. Most of the cases were reported in northern Italy, near Milan and Venice.
Photo: Zed Nelson
Arts & CultureFilm
David Stewart
Filmed over four years, the film is about the change that has come to Hoxton, the city’s latest chic, hipsterish district.
Arts & CultureBooks
Ellen O'Connell Whittet
Isabel Allende's novel of profound displacement reflects the life of someone who has known displacement as her permanent state.