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As World Refugee Day approaches June 20, diocesan Catholic Charities is offering parishioners and the public the opportunity to understand what it is like to walk in the shoes of a refugee — virtually.
VATICAN CITY — As the number of coronavirus cases in Brazil continued to grow and as the country's daily death toll surpassed that of the United States, Pope Francis telephoned Archbishop Orlando Brandes of Aparecida, asking him to assure Brazilians of his prayers.
This year, the Catholic Church marks Religious Freedom Week June 22-29. To help Catholics pray, reflect and act, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has prepared materials about current issues and challenges to religious freedom, in the United States and around the world.
Father Alexander Diaz was standing in the airport in San Salvador, El Salvador, with his luggage — a light bag containing a pair of shoes and a few changes of clothes — ready to board a plane back to the United States when the airport shut down.
Pastoral message: Bishop Michael F. Burbidge writes a reflection on lessons learned from the coronavirus pandemic.
“Daddy, do you hear me when I ask you a question?” Christendom College professor and gentleman farmer John Cuddeback’s 8-year-old son asked him recently as he was sending some work emails from the living room couch.
The nurses kept using the same word. The doctors used it too.
Rock star.
“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also” (Mt 6:19–21).
Wisdom on how to be an engaged father is found in this grandfather’s latest book.
The first weekend of quarantine, my husband and I decided we were not going to attend Mass. Things weren't publicly suspended yet in our diocese, but I'd just returned home from Missouri and was self-isolating for fear I'd been exposed to COVID-19 while traveling. We watched Mass using the CatholicTV app and made a spiritual Communion.
