One year after a fire ravaged Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, restoration of the famed landmark has been halted due to the pandemic.

Bishop Giovanni Nerbini of Prato, Italy made six doctors extraordinary ministers of the Eucharist so that coronavirus patients could receive Communion on Easter, offering a new way to provide spiritual care and comfort.

Praying that "the Lord may be close to them in this moment," Pope Francis publicly offered prayers for the elderly afraid of the coronavirus and of dying alone.

This week on the “Inside the Vatican” podcast, the hosts look back at the response to St. John Paul II’s call for debt forgiveness in 2000.

While the doors of our churches are closed for now, the shepherds have not abandoned their flocks

My heart rate spiked. My hands began to shake and sweat and then turned cold. I was suddenly alert, alarmed. Were we just zoombombed?

Cardinal George Pell, in his first television interview after being released from prison after his sexual abuse conviction was overturned, reflects on how he endured his incarceration.

From Damascus, Syria, Melkite Catholic Patriarch Joseph Absi stressed how faith and hope are needed "in these difficult days that we live in pain, in anxiety and fear."

More than 60 people live at the nonprofit continuing-care retirement community run by the Little Sisters, including 40 residents in nursing units.

"This Easter Monday began with the sad news that storms swept through multiple states in the South overnight, killing at least 19 people at the time of this statement across Mississippi, Georgia, Arkansas and South Carolina," they said.

Catholic migrant ministries in Latin America are calling for an end to deportations while the pandemic continues.

In an appearance on the CBS news magazine, "60 Minutes" Easter Sunday, Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York reflected on what Easter has meant for people of faith during the pandemic.

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Our annual #AmericaAnniversary Giving Day is coming up on April 17, 2020 and we’re counting on you to help us celebrate hope.

The country’s economy was already in serious difficulty before the pandemic hit. Now, Italy could enter its fourth recession in a decade.

The coronavirus pandemic is a shared experience for all inhabitants of the world, but it is not the same experience for all.

On Easter Monday, Pope Francis offered solidarity and prayers to the people of the United States and other countries hard hit by Covid-19.

Join America Media for Easter Sunday Mass on April 12 at 11:30 a.m. The Rev. Matt Malone, S.J., will be the presider.

Join us throughout the Lenten season as we offer a special presentation of the Gospel, Passion and Resurrection narratives. 

“This may be the time,” he said, “to consider a universal basic wage.” This points to what is usually known as universal basic income—a regular, substantial cash payment to people just for being alive.