world news CoronavirusNewsWorld News Catholic leaders decry prisoners’ exposure to COVID-19 during pandemic Mark PattisonMay 22, 20204 min read A May 19 statement by 14 Catholic leaders, including five bishops, decried the danger people in prison are exposed to during the coronavirus pandemic. CoronavirusNewsSportsVaticanWorld News Sporting event shows values needed in pandemic aftermath, pope says Junno Arocho EstevesMay 21, 20203 min read Sports can offer a unique witness of unity that can build a “bridge of peace” between men and women of different religions and cultures and promote solidarity, Pope Francis said. NewsObituariesWorld News Father Adolfo Nicolas, former Jesuit superior, dies in Tokyo Catholic News ServiceMay 21, 20203 min read The Jesuit General Curia in Rome announced that its former superior general, Father Adolfo Nicolas, died May 20 in Tokyo. He was 84. CoronavirusNewsWorld News Minnesota bishops not waiting for governor, resuming larger Masses May 26 Maria WieringMay 21, 20206 min read Minnesota’s bishops are moving ahead with plans to resume Masses at one-third church capacity May 26, a plan that defies current state directives limiting faith-based gatherings to 10 or fewer people. CoronavirusNewsRespect LifeWorld News Death penalty opponents decry first execution carried out amid pandemic Carol ZimmermannMay 20, 20204 min read Catholic advocates against the death penalty spoke out against Missouri’s May 19 execution of a death-row inmate, Walter Barton, whose death by lethal injection was the first execution to happen during the pandemic. CoronavirusEnvironmentNewsWorld News Vatican listens to ‘cry of poor, cry of the Earth’ during pandemic Cindy WoodenMay 18, 20204 min read Pope Francis’ vision of “integral human development” and “integral ecology” involves identifying the connections between the condition of human beings and the condition of the environment, said Cardinal Peter Turkson. NewsVaticanVideoWorld News St. John Paul was a good shepherd, pope says on saint’s birthday Carol GlatzMay 18, 20203 min read St. John Paul II was a man of deep prayer, who loved being close to people and loved God’s justice and mercy, Pope Francis said. CoronavirusNewsWorld News New emergency aid bill aims to cut most benefits to Catholic schools Dennis SadowskiMay 16, 20206 min read Catholic leaders expressed deep reservations about a new $3 trillion tax cut and spending bill in response to the economic fallout caused by the coronavirus pandemic that would restrict support for Catholic school students. CoronavirusNewsWorld News Fauci to Jesuit high school graduates: ‘We will get through this’ Carol ZimmermannMay 15, 20205 min read Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, is used to addressing the country about steps to contain the coronavirus, but in mid-May he spoke directly to graduates of the nation’s 60 Jesuit high schools with words of encouragement and congratulations. NewsWorld News Pope Benedict: St. John Paul’s life marked by mercy, not moral rigidity Junno Arocho EstevesMay 15, 20205 min read The continuity between St. John Paul II and Pope Francis is rooted in the message of God’s divine mercy for all men and women, retired Pope Benedict XVI said in a letter commemorating his predecessor’s birth. Previous 1 … 490 491 492 … 516 Next