Too often, our bishops respond by answering the questions that they wish people had instead of the ones they actually do have, Sam Sawyer, S.J., writes. It is a pastoral failure of communication that stems from a failure to listen.

The C.E.B.s have been assisting the most vulnerable victims of the pandemic on multiple levels. In El Salvador, they have been gathering food and money in order to prepare for a possible hunger crisis.

In Italy, which still has the highest death toll in Europe, small weddings and funerals are allowed, but restaurants, gyms and churches will be the last to reopen at the end of the month.

The ruling came soon after the church asked the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for an emergency order stopping Gov. Andy Beshear's mass gathering ban from being enforced against religious services.

The Italian bishops' conference are trying to find ways to provide needed care and programs for children and adolescents during the pandemic.

An Irish Dominican brother from Belfast who trained as a doctor is using his training to help patients during the pandemic in his hometown.