After a year of painful pandemic milestones, the United States has reached a hopeful statistic. As of May 2, more than 101 million Americans have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More than 43%
As COVID-19 continues to claim thousands of lives daily in India, some Catholic leaders have called on the federal government to deploy the military to deal with the crisis before it worsens.
"The second wave of COVID-19 is surely a national calamity, and
OSV publisher Scott Richert writes that as we look toward a post-COVID world, the reality is that society largely will go back to doing things the way it did them before the virus. However, Richert writes, we do not have to mindlessly
Bishops in Brazil must remain united, among themselves and with their people, to overcome "one of the most difficult trials in its history," Pope Francis said.
In a video message sent April 15 to the general assembly of the Brazilian bishops' conference, the
California's Catholic bishops "remain committed to the complete resumption of indoor worship in a responsible and safe manner," said an April 13 statement issued by the Executive Committee of the California Catholic Conference, the public policy arm of the bishops.
The bishops also
The Our Sunday Visitor Editorial Board writes: “The coronavirus pandemic, with its novelty, its impact on every citizen, and its heavy reliance on the leadership of government and the scientific community, has created even more opportunity for misinformation. Tapping into fear of
In a new essay for Our Sunday Visitor, Dr. Thomas McGovern, who serves on the national board of the Catholic Medical Association, writes that the progress the United States is seeing with its vaccination program is a cause for celebration and has
Parishes in the Manila metropolitan area have been forced to cancel Holy week celebrations after government health authorities prohibited religious gatherings due to a spike in COVID-19 infections.
Church officials said they would be locked down beginning March 22 and would reopen for
On the evening of March 27, 2020, as dusk was descending on Rome, Pope Francis stepped onto a covered podium as raindrops danced around him on the ancient cobblestones of a deserted St. Peter’s Square. As he gave an extraordinary blessing “urbi
OSV joins other Catholic media outlets to educate the faithful about COVID-19 vaccines
he Google News Initiative announced that it will fund a consortium of Catholic media companies, news agencies and scientists to provide reliable information about COVID-19 and the vaccines that have been developed to turn back the pandemic. Our Sunday Visitor is a