Catholic Review
Inspiring the Archdiocese of Baltimore
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OSV News
Filed Under: Coronavirus, Health Care, News, World News
Indeed, “in times of trouble” it’s only natural for Catholics to resort to petitioning their own Mother Mary. And five years ago — on May 1, 2020, during the first terrifying stages of the COVID-19 pandemic — the bishops of the United States did just that.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary, Coronavirus
Since COVID is still evolving, I think it is too soon to say we’ve reached a genetic truce, but it is certainly easy to say we’ve accepted it as just one more of life’s indignities.
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Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, Health Care, Local News, News
The coronavirus pandemic was just a dress rehearsal. Something bigger is coming, according to the former head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “It’s not a question of if; it’s a question of when,” said Dr. Robert Redfield, a parishioner of the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland who led the CDC from 2018 to 2021 and now is a disease and internal medicine physician at Greater Baltimore Medical Center in Towson.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary, Coronavirus
I am going to be more than a little interested to see how the graduating class of 2024 turns out, but in my mind, theirs may be our Resilient Generation.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, Health Care, News, World News
The U.S. Catholic bishops have reiterated the moral permissibility of the COVID vaccines available in the United States for Catholics as booster shots become available ahead of flu and cold season.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, World News
Despite Latin America’s economy having grown in the past two years, following a sharp contraction in 2020, the region has yet to overcome the scarring impact that COVID-19 left on its social fabric, according to a report released by CELAM, the Latin American bishops’ council.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary, Coronavirus
It is not every day that you see a cardinal publicly do an after-action review on what we got right, and what we could improve upon.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, World News, Worship & Sacraments
A new study indicates Americans are pleased with virtual religious services, but more prefer to attend in person now that the COVID-19 public health emergency has officially ended.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, World News
As the world marks this milestone, Carson and other Catholics say there are important takeaways for the church as it considers its ministry now and prepares for future pandemics, given the realities of international travel and trade.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Coronavirus, Feature, News, Social Justice, World News
A pandemic-era program that provided extra payments to Americans who qualify for food stamps ended March 1, causing concern for some Catholic advocates about how low-income individuals and families will put food on the table.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, World News
As many restrictions put in place at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic have been lifted, some Catholic dioceses around the country are returning, or already have returned, to offering consecrated wine in the chalice for Communion while others are waiting to do so.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2022, World News
The coronavirus pandemic, combined with inflation and a reorganization of the U.S. bishops’ communication arm, have altered the budget picture for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in the 2020s.
