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Franciscan Brother John-Sebastian Laird-Hammond, pictured in an undated photo, died from COVID-19 March 20, 2020. The 59-year-old friar from the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in Washington was the first person to die in the District of Columbia from the disease caused by the coronavirus. He suffered from leukemia and had struggled with the virus for about a week. (CNS photo/courtesy Greg Friedman, OFM)
Politics & SocietyNews
First U.S. clergy fatality from COVID-19 a deacon in Washington
Rhina Guidos - Catholic News Service
Brother John-Sebastian Laird-Hammond, 59, was soon to join the Franciscan friars of the Immaculate Conception Province in New York.
A man in Nashville, Tenn., picks up debris near his business March 3, 2020, after a tornado hit the area. In the Nashville Diocese, people and parishes, as well as Catholic Charities of Tennessee, are balancing their response to the coronavirus with ongoing tornado recovery. (CNS photo/Harrison McClary, Reuters
Politics & SocietyNews
Catholic Charities of Tennessee balances tornado recovery, virus response
Theresa Laurence - Catholic News Service
One of the chief concerns is how to provide counseling services to those who experienced the trauma of the tornado, followed by the anxiety surrounding COVID-19, when people are practicing social distancing and staying apart as much as possible.
The staff and 92 seminarians at the Pontifical North American College in Rome pose for a photograph March 15, 2020, on the steps leading to the seminary chapel. A week later, the college informed the seminarians that they should return to the United States because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. (CNS photo/courtesy of the Pontifical North American College)
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
The North American College in Rome sends seminarians back to the United States
Gerard O’Connell
The decision to close N.A.C. was taken after the Italian prime minister over the weekend imposed new restrictions on the production of goods and the movement of employees.
A woman reads a prayer book in the sanctuary of St. Mary Church in Appleton, Wis., on March 18,. Bishop David L. Ricken of Green Bay announced on March 17 that all public Masses in the diocese are suspended for the next four to eight weeks due to the coronavirus pandemic. (CNS photo/Brad Birkholz)
FaithDispatches
With Masses suspended, parishes face collection shortfalls and perilous finances
Michael J. O’Loughlin
Online donations may not be enough to compensate for the lack of a weekly collection plate in U.S. dioceses, writes Michael J, O'Loughlin, and Catholic charitable organizations are also being affected.
Medical workers at Gemelli Hospital in Rome wear protective suits as they attend an elderly coronavirus patient on March 16, 2020. (CNS photo/Policlinico Gemelli, handout via Reuters)
FaithVatican Dispatch
Pope Francis prays the rosary, imploring God to rid Italy and the world of the coronavirus pandemic
Gerard O’Connell
Pope Francis said, “The prayer of the rosary is the prayer of the humble and of the saints who, through its mysteries, contemplate with Mary the life of Jesus, the merciful face of the Father.”
A viewer watches a livestream Mass from the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Baltimore celebrated by Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori and a few concelebrants March 15, 2020. All Sunday Masses in the Archdiocese of Baltimore were canceled amid coronavirus pandemic concerns. (CNS photo/Ann M. Augherton, Arlington Herald)
FaithNews
With Masses cancelled, how can Catholics practice their faith from home?
Ryan Di Corpo
“You can meditate on the Sunday Gospel on your own, consult a Bible commentary about the readings, gather your family to talk about the Gospel or call friends and share your experiences of how God is present to you, even in the midst of a crisis,” James Martin, S.J., wrote.
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