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Coronavirus hits priests retirement home in Missouri
22, April, 2020

Several priests located at a retirement home in Missouri have been diagnosed with the coronavirus, but those who have been hospitalized are likely to be released soon. The Archdiocese of St. Louis announced April 20 that nine of the 30 retired priests at the Regin

Public Masses to resume in Austria May 15
22, April, 2020

Public Masses will resume in Austria on May 15, the country’s chancellor has said.Sebastian Kurz made the announcement at a press conference in Vienna at noon local time April 21.Fr. Peter Schipka, secretary general of the Austrian bish

Priest arrested in Kenya for spreading coronavirus
19, April, 2020

A Catholic priest is one of two people in Kenya to be charged with “negligently spreading an infectious disease” after authorities allege he did not comply with quarantine regulations after he traveled to the country from Italy. Fr. Richard Onyango Odu

Germany says coronavirus outbreak under control
19, April, 2020

The health minister of Germany says the month-long lockdown has brought his country's coronavirus outbreak under control. The comments by Jens Spahn came as welcome news for several other European Union nations struggling to contain the outbreak of Covid-19.Health Mini

Covid-19: EU bishops call for the relocation of refugees
19, April, 2020

EU bishops appeal for the relocation of asylum seekers held on Greek islands to curb the risk of spreading Covid-19 infections and provide adequate health care to those already infected.On the 4th anniversary of Pope Francis’ visit to the Greek island of Lesbos

Covid-19: Death toll rises in Chinese city of Wuhan
19, April, 2020

In the Chinese city of Wuhan the death toll rose by 50% on Friday, to 3,869 after an official review, while in the U.S. deaths from the virus increased to more than 32,000.The Chinese city of Wuhan is where Covid-19 was first detected late last year. Thi

From a young migrant, educated as an atheist, to bishop in Albania
15, April, 2020

He arrived in Italy by boat in 1993, became a welder, discovered the faith that his grandmother had transmitted to him by singing, and became a priest. Three years ago, he returned to Albania. The Pope has appointed him an auxiliary bishop of Tiranë.I

Forest fires continue to rage near Chernobyl power plant
15, April, 2020

Environmental activists are concerned that major forest fires that have been burning for over a week, are now just one kilometre from the abandoned Chernobyl nuclear power plant.Ukraine's Emergency Service continued on Tuesday to battle major forests fires that began f

How going online might help you stop watching porn
12, April, 2020

Watching online videos leads many men to pornography addiction. But now one set of online videos aims to lead them out.STRIVE is video series developed by Matt Fradd, author of “The Porn Myth,” in collaboration with Cardinal Studios, a Catholic media aposto

Virginia bishops condemn Good Friday signing of abortion bill
12, April, 2020

Virginia’s Catholic bishops lamented a decision by the state’s governor to sign abortion legislation passed in the Virginia legislature earlier this year. The bishops said it is offensive to pro-life Christians that the governor chose Good Friday as the day to sign the legislation

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