The economic strains of the pandemic have affected every entity, and despite some disruptions and upheavals, the American church is coping with new realities.

The headlines have stoked cynicism, but the Paycheck Protection Program have helped U.S. parishes to remain open during the pandemic. Pastoral associate Fran Rossi Szpylczyn explains how.

Kino was ”a classic example of the 17th-century philosopher-scientist, where faith meets science,” remembered as a defender of the Indigenous people of what would become the United States of America and Mexico.

The church in the United States is not a monolith. It is a network of affiliated but legally and financially independent institutions.

Helen Prejean: “While we were all sleeping, the government killed a man under cloak of darkness.”

As the number of coronavirus cases continues to rise in most states, school administrators are struggling to decide if classes can be held in person, if remote learning is here to stay for a while or if a hybrid of the two is needed.