Tag: COVID-19
Desk the answer to dad’s prayer
A Sydney company has come up with an easy to assemble desk to not only ease the shortage of homework spaces but also keep...
No regrets for bishop after COVID
Maronite prelate who caught virus said others tried to stop him helping a stranger who was coughing uncontrollably.
Charities welcome new JobKeeper lifeline
Changes recognise crucial role of churches amid crisis
Catholic charities, parishes and religious institutions which would have struggled to continue to remain viable due to...
The ethical dangers and opportunities in COVID-19 decision-making
In either case, who should decide? On what basis? These are vexed and very difficult ethical issues.
Mass for virus’ anonymous victims
Pope Francis prays for the many thousands in unmarked graves who succumbed to coronavirus.
Pope says thank you to street newspapers
These journalists and newspaper sellers 'understand what is really happening' to the most vulnerable.
Discrimination warning to protect elderly
Catholic hospitals say no patient "will be left behind" if the pandemic ramps up despite fears about the vulnerable.
Pope warns of danger in online Masses
Pope Francis says he accepted a "scolding" by an unnamed bishop over livestreamed Mass
Italian bishops discuss resuming public masses, funerals
As the Italian government makes plans for a gradual return to normality after the COVID-19 pandemic, representatives of the country's bishops' conference are meeting...
German bishops criticise decision to maintain church service ban
Separately, he told the newspaper Die Welt on 16 April that he could speak for the Catholic Church in stating that it would be able to stick to hygiene standards and social distancing rules in churches.
Annual Easter Rosary goes national
For fifteen years on Easter Monday, young adults from Somascan parishes in Western Australia have been trekking across the white sand of WA’s Coogee...
Plague and the Mass
There is a story in the Bible about how David came to buy something called “a threshing floor” as a site on which to...
