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Nigerian sisters providing for homeless, abandoned children during lockdown

May 6, 2020 Patrick Egwu 3

Sisters of the Daughters of Divine Love congregation in Nigeria are providing relief packages and other supplies to street children across the country who have been left homeless and abandoned  as a result of the […]

Analysis

Wanted: A COVID-19 vaccine that’s safe, effective, and moral

May 4, 2020 Sister Renée Mirkes 16

The biopharma sprint toward production of a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine has everyone’s attention. Some experts predict one of two vaccine producers will be first to reach the finish line: Sanofi-GSK with its Sars-CoV […]

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Opinion: We must question the white-robed experts and their infallible directives

May 2, 2020 Michael Severance 62

The great 19th-century British historian of liberty, Lord John Acton, stood tall against the tyrants of yesteryear and his own day. He admonished modern civilization against ceding too much power to unquestioned singular authority. He […]

The Dispatch

Survey: Religious Americans say coronavirus crisis has strengthened their faith

May 2, 2020 Catholic News Agency 3

Denver Newsroom, May 1, 2020 / 03:50 pm (CNA).- A segment of Americans say their faith has grown stronger since the coronavirus epidemic began, including 27% of Catholics, though the rise seems most pronounced among […]

The Dispatch

Accompaniment in the “here we are” moment

April 22, 2020 Amy Welborn 6

“At this very moment,” he said, “the men you imprisoned are in the Temple. They are standing there preaching to the people.”  This, from today’s first reading at Mass, struck me as quite appropriate for […]

The Dispatch

Religious freedom is not a boon granted by the benign state

April 21, 2020 George Weigel 6

Sometimes the mask slips. Sometimes the curtain is drawn back prematurely. And then the reality of things comes into clearer focus. That is what happened when the April 20 edition of the Washington Post, the […]

Essay

An Open Letter to the Priests of the Catholic Church

April 13, 2020 George Weigel 16

Dear Fathers, my brothers in Christ: On Easter Sunday evening, I received a text message from one of your number, a close friend whose message was short and to the point: “The strangest day of […]

The Dispatch

“Don’t take refuge in escapism”: Pope Francis discusses COVID-19 and life under lockdown

April 8, 2020 CWR Staff 6

In an interview with papal biographer Austen Ivereigh, published today at Commonweal, Pope Francis gave some details about his life under the COVID-19 lockdown, and addressed some of the spiritual concerns prompted by the pandemic […]

The Dispatch

Hope when all seems hopeless: The virtue we need right now

April 5, 2020 Del Torkelson 4

“I don’t want to live in 28 Days Later!” my friend lamented over the phone from Colorado. “If my life is going to be a movie, why can’t it be a rom-com?” I laughed as […]

The Dispatch

Full text: Pope Francis’ “Urbi et Orbi” meditation

March 27, 2020 CWR Staff 10

Below is the official text of Pope Francis’ meditation delivered in St. Peter’s Square on March 27, as part of an extraordinary “Urbi et Orbi” blessing “to the city and the world” amid the spread […]

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