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Italian Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, former apostolic nuncio to the United States, is pictured at his residence at the Vatican in this Oct. 20, 2011, file photo. German bishops have rejected COVID-19 "conspiracy theories" by Archbishop Vigano and Cardinal Gerhard Muller, former prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

German bishops reject COVID-19 ‘conspiracy theories’ by prominent clergy

Catholic News Service
May 12, 2020
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Catholic bishops have distanced themselves from a letter in which several prominent Catholic clergy warned there were attempts to use the COVID-19 pandemic to create a “world government beyond all control.”

The U.S. Supreme Court is seen in Washington May 3, 2020. The court heard arguments May 11 about fired Catholic school teachers where schools said they have a "ministerial exception" to discrimination laws. (CNS photo/Will Dunham, Reuters)

Divided court examines if religious schools exempt from discrimination laws

Carol Zimmermann
May 12, 2020
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In oral arguments May 11, the Supreme Court examined, and seemed divided about, laws governing church and state in its look at two California Catholic schoolteacher firings where the teachers claimed they had been victims of job discrimination.

Unable to accept visitors to their monastery in Timonium, the Carmelite Sisters have taken to sharing vesper services on Zoom, an online video teleconference platform. (Courtesy Carmelite Sisters)

Like everyone else, religious lean on tech in time of COVID-19

Mary K. Tilghman
May 12, 2020
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Until churches and schools reopen and people can gather again, however, technology is the next best way to connect, not just for laypeople, but those living in religious communities.

Mary Ford walks toward her husband, Kevin, as he inspects the soil quality of a garden bed in 2013 on their family farm in St. Leo, Kan. In an age of pandemic, Edward Herrera says families must strive to do things together, including outdoor activites. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)

Wake up

Edward Herrera
May 11, 2020
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Now more than ever, we must deepen the relationships around us, which afford us an opportunity to encounter God anew.

The COVID-19 unit at UPMC Western Maryland, the major hospital serving Cumberland, includes Matt Greise, back row, second from left, an alumnus of Bishop Walsh School and assistant coach of the Spartans’ softball team, which provided Easter Sunday dinner for the unit. (Courtesy Bishop Walsh School)

Response grows to those out of work, on front lines during crisis

Paul McMullen
May 10, 2020
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The COVID-19 pandemic has taken lives and strained healthcare workers. It has shuttered businesses, putting more in a hand-to-mouth existence and further burdening food banks and soup kitchens. Fortunately, many are doing something to stem those needs.

Bishop Heinrich Bedford-Strohm, council president of the Protestant Church in Germany, and Limburg Bishop Georg Batzing, president of the German bishops' conference, lead a service to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II at the Berlin cathedral May 8, 2020. (CNS photo/Christian Ditsch, epd pool via Reuters)

German church leaders recall end of WWII, urge commitment to peace

Catholic News Service
May 8, 2020
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In a joint service marking the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II, Christian churches in Germany issued a call for a commitment to work for peace, reported the German Catholic news agency, KNA.

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