Archbishop Bernard Hebda in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis and other faith leaders including Pope Francis called for prayer, peace and racial healing. Archbishop Hebda agreed to talk May 27 with The Catholic Spirit about the incident and its aftermath. The following conversation has been edited for clarity and length.
While tourism was severely affected by COVID-19, the pandemic may also present an opportunity to revitalize and renew the sector, said Cardinal Michael Czerny.
Catholic groups welcomed an announcement by the Biden administration confirming the May 23 end of a public health measure put in place at the start of the coronavirus pandemic that has kept asylum-seekers out.
A Ukrainian family who was repeatedly denied entry into the U.S. by Border Patrol agents at the U.S.-Mexico border was allowed entry March 10, bringing back debate about a public health measure that keeps migrants out.
The parish’s weekly events, which feature a meal and entertainment, can bring in up to $100,000 per week, said Father Joe Gillespie, pastor and emcee of the six weekly events the parish traditionally offers each year. That adds up to more than $400,000 in lost revenue per Lent, which is on the higher end of what parishes net from their Friday Lenten dinners.
Off and on, since the COVID-19 pandemic began and in-person instruction resumed, St. Joseph School counselor Suzanne Krumpelman in Fayetteville has spoken to students to gauge how they are coping.
An estimated 5.2 million children in 21 countries, including the United States, lost at least one parent, a custodial grandparent or a primary caregiver to COVID-19 during the first 20 months of the pandemic, social researchers and child well-being advocates said in a new study.
Lent, the spiritual season of prayer and sacrifice, has an extra pull to it this year because once again -- and now for the third time -- it will be under the cloud of the coronavirus pandemic.
As the omicron variant of COVID-19 continues spreading rapidly in Italy, the Vatican press office said both Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, and Archbishop Edgar Peña Parra, the substitute for general affairs in the secretariat, have tested positive for the coronavirus.
