News

Vatican issues decree for Holy Week liturgies with pandemic restrictions

By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service

Coronavirus gathering bans raise religious freedom questions

By Elana Schor, The Associated Press

No Mass, no offertory: Parish, diocesan, national collections take a hit

By Mark Pattison, Catholic News Service
Francis, the comic strip

If you can't go to confession, take your sorrow directly to God, pope says

By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service

Vatican makes clear: general absolution allowed during coronavirus contagion

By Joshua J. McElwee

3/20 Coronavirus Tracker: Vatican allows general absolution, new ways of being church

By Joshua J. McElwee, Jesse Remedios

Pandemic response raises institutional stresses, new ways to be church

By Don Clemmer
Politics

Forest loss drives viruses as well as climate change, indigenous leaders warn

By Covering Climate Now

Competent coronavirus management matters, and it's political

By Michael Sean Winters

Your thoughts on revelations of abuse by Jean Vanier

By NCR Staff

Still, we find ways to connect

By Tom Roberts
Guest Voices

Indian women wait for when Cardinal Gracias 'walks the talk'

By Astrid Lobo Gajiwala

Houses of worship pitch in to help those left vulnerable by virus outbreak

By Aysha Khan, Religion News Service

Hispanic Catholics asked to skip healing sites amid outbreak

By Russell Contreras, The Associated Press

Conscience decides if a lawyer can defend someone like Harvey Weinstein

By Colman McCarthy

White House takes low-key approach to churches that ignore coronavirus advice

By Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service
Francis, the comic strip

At Mass, pope prays for prisoners, families

By Junno Arocho Esteves, Catholic News Service

3/19 Coronavirus Tracker: New Orleans an epicenter, London tube limiting service

By Joshua J. McElwee, Jesse Remedios

Links for 3/19/20

By Michael Sean Winters

Survival ethos marks New Orleans, now an epicenter of COVID-19

By Jason Berry

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