It’s Time For The Church To Lead By Example
A new kind of front line is emerging on the scene of the next phase of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States: that of workers and security guards in retail establishments that have...
Category: Crisis
After Spate Of Protests, Bishops Again Express Sorrow Over Floyd Killing, Racism
By Rhina Guidos – Even as the United States still finds itself grappling with the coronavirus pandemic, outrage, grief and anger over the latest killing of an unarmed black man outweighed caution as hundreds...
New Chapter In My Great Book Of Life
Well, here we are. We find ourselves sitting on the benches in an arena as spectators to a fight between world leaders and this most unwelcome virus. Caught in the crossfire are healthcare workers...
Some European Catholic Leaders Echo Pope’s Call For Universal Basic Wage
By Jonathan Luxmoore – Catholic groups across Europe have echoed Pope Francis’ call for a universal basic wage as part of recovery plans after the coronavirus pandemic. “No one in the church should be...
Vatican Supports Day To Remember Coronavirus Victims
By Junno Arocho Esteves – The president of the Pontifical Academy for Life, publicly supporting a proposal to establish a national day in Italy to commemorate the tens of thousands of people who lost...
Evangelist: Pandemic Has Changed Parish Outreach Methods Forever
By Peter Finney Jr – During two months of social isolation, the work of American business has migrated, ready or not, into the home. If pajamas have become the new workplace attire and the sofa...
US Bishops Sickened By George Floyd’s Death
By Julie Asher – The US Catholic bishops said May 29 they “are broken-hearted, sickened and outraged to watch another video of an African American man being killed before our very eyes.” “What’s more astounding...
Bioethics Centre: U.K. Elderly Death Rate Greatest Failure Of Pandemic
By Simon Caldwell – The “extremely high death rate” in U.K. care homes for the elderly will go down as the greatest national failure of the coronavirus crisis, a Catholic bioethics institute said. The Oxford-based...
What Next for Church in Pandemic?
The Church must have taken note of the experts’ current position on the coronavirus pandemic, as encapsulated by Prof Shabir Madhi of the Wits University’s vaccinology department: About two-thirds of the South African population...
Extending Grace, Respect For Others Are Necessary As We Return To Mass
As public Masses resumed in the Archdiocese of St. Louis on May 18, many Catholics are relieved by being reunited with our eucharistic Lord and with one another. “I am filled with the joy...
Basic Income Grant has Catholic Backing
I hear everyone say, with much hope, that the Covid-19 virus will change how the world operates. When I hear that, I keep quiet because I don’t want to seem pessimistic. But I believe...
The Quiet Pandemic Victims: Those Grieving Death
By Mickey Conlon – The quiet victims during the worldwide coronavirus pandemic have been those grieving the death of a loved one. A different aspect of grieving has been introduced to a lot of...
