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Seagulls fly over a fishing boat off the shore of Balikesir, Turkey, March 6, 2020. This year the Apostleship of the Sea celebrated its annual National Day of Prayer in Remembrance for Mariners and People of the Sea online May 22. (CNS photo/Umit Bektas, Reuters)

Bishop reminds seafarers they are ‘not forgotten’ even amid pandemic

Rhina Guidos
May 22, 2020
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The bishop, directing his prayer to the maritime workers, urged them to “know that you are not forgotten, know of our love for you each and every day.”

Bishop John E. Stowe of Lexington, Ky., livestreams Palm Sunday Mass from his diocese's nearly empty Cathedral of Christ the King April 5, 2020, amid the coronavirus pandemic. Scot Landry, a Boston-based Catholic evangelist who is co-leader of Dynamic Catholic, says livestreamed Masses are here "forever." (CNS photo/Deacon Skip Olson, courtesy Diocese of Lexington)

Pandemic has changed parish outreach methods ‘forever,’ says evangelist

Peter Finney Jr.
May 22, 2020
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During two months of social isolation, the work of American business has migrated, ready or not, into the home.

Dontaine Thompson walks to meet his ride April 28, 2020, after being released from the District of Columbia Central Detention Facility because of the coronavirus pandemic. He tested positive for COVID-19 April 9. (CNS photo/Jonathan Ernst, Reuters)

Catholic leaders decry prisoners’ exposure to COVID-19 during pandemic

Mark Pattison
May 22, 2020
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A May 19 statement by 14 Catholic leaders, including five bishops, decried the danger people in prison are exposed to during the coronavirus pandemic.

Pope Francis meets May 20, 2020, with professional and amateur athletes, Special Olympians, Paralympians and athletes who are refugees. The meeting in the library of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican took place the day the athletes were supposed to run together; instead they will sponsor an online auction in June to raise money for two hospitals in northern Italy that were at the center of caring for COVID-19 patients. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Sporting event shows values needed in pandemic aftermath, pope says

Junno Arocho Esteves
May 21, 2020
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Sports can offer a unique witness of unity that can build a “bridge of peace” between men and women of different religions and cultures and promote solidarity, Pope Francis said.

Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda of St. Paul and Minneapolis prays in front of the Blessed Sacrament at the Cathedral of St. Paul in St. Paul March 27, 2020. Minnesota bishops announced May 20 that they are moving forward with plans to reopen Mass, defying current state limitations requiring 10 or fewer people at faith-based gatherings. (CNS photo/Dave Hrbacek, The Catholic Spirit)

Minnesota bishops not waiting for governor, resuming larger Masses May 26

Maria Wiering
May 21, 2020
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Minnesota’s bishops are moving ahead with plans to resume Masses at one-third church capacity May 26, a plan that defies current state directives limiting faith-based gatherings to 10 or fewer people.

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