Tag: COVID-19
Complicated crossings: Pandemic has not stopped migration
The coronavirus pandemic has complicated the situation of migrants and refugees, but it has not stopped people from seeking safety and a better life abroad, and it has not diverted the Vatican’s attention from their plight.
Citing COVID-19 economic toll, Newark closing five schools, merging three
Citing the toll COVID-19 is taking on school enrollments and finances, the Archdiocese of Newark’s Office of Schools announced Aug. 4 that five elementary schools will not reopen this fall and three elementary schools will consolidate with nearby school communities.
St. Paul church temporarily closes after visiting priest tests positive for coronavirus
St. Louis King of France church and its ministries in downtown St. Paul closed Aug. 4 as Marist priests serving there went into quarantine because a visiting priest tested positive for COVID-19.
Missing Mass: Social isolation keeps elders safe but lonely
In communities around the world, the social isolation that keeps elders safe from the coronavirus but precludes going to church is proving extremely difficult for many. In some remote areas, younger generations are helping their elders.
Vatican workers who meet public tested for COVID-19 antibodies
Vatican employees and workers who have contact with the public are being tested for the antibodies for COVID-19, said the new director of the Vatican department of health and hygiene.
Undocumented immigrants with COVID symptoms may be suffering in silence
Raul Castaneda, 48, didn’t feel well, with fluctuating fevers and fatigue, in the two weeks before he died of COVID-19 in April. But he didn’t want to seek medical attention.
Jesuit superior warns of pandemic’s threat to democracy
Human lives and jobs are not the only things threatened by the coronavirus pandemic: In many countries, democracy and efforts to build a more just world also are under attack, said Father Arturo Sosa, superior general of the Jesuits.
‘It spreads so fast,’ says Iowa Catholic; COVID-19 hits 15 family members
As Alicia Nava flipped through family photographs the morning of July 25, she said solemnly from behind a floral print mask, “We were taking precautions.”
COVID-19 magnifies the crisis of the family
Our families have emerged as many people’s primary community during the COVID-19 pandemic. This fits the family’s natural role in society, but the change has not been easy. Many families have experienced new challenges amid COVID-19.
Notre Dame won’t host Sept. 29 presidential debate; venue moves to Ohio
The University of Notre Dame has withdrawn as the host site for the first presidential debate, with its president saying the health precautions required because of COVID-19 “would have greatly diminished the educational value” of having the debate on campus.
COVID-19 changes campus classes, dining halls, dorms, and sometimes, fees
The fall semester at Catholic colleges and universities around the country will look and feel very different.
Show grandparents, the elderly that you care, pope tells young people
Pope Francis called on young people to reach out to their grandparents or the elderly who may be lonely or on their own.
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