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Pope Francis holds the monstrance as he gives his extraordinary blessing "urbi et orbi" (to the city and the world) from the atrium of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican March 27, 2020. The blessing was livestreamed because of the coronavirus pandemic. (CNS photo/Yara Nardi, pool via Reuters)

COVID-19 is not God’s judgment, but a call to live differently, pope says

Cindy Wooden
March 27, 2020
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The worldwide coronavirus pandemic is not God’s judgment on humanity, but God’s call on people to judge what is most important to them and resolve to act accordingly from now on, Pope Francis said.

In a screen grab from a viral video posted March 21, 2020, Ali Hoffman dances with her father, Michael, in their Carrollton, Texas, home in an effort to spread joy and humor to families who are increasingly being told to self-isolate amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The Texas family had another video go viral in 2015, depicting them dancing during a snow day in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. (CNS photo/ courtesy Texas Catholic Herald)

Texas Catholic family’s quarantine dancing video goes viral

James Ramos
March 27, 2020
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Within 72 hours of Ali Hoffman’s March 21 Facebook post, the video went viral, racking up nearly 5 million views and more than 183,000 shares.

Restorer Luke Jonathan Koeppe cleans part of the shrine with the relics of St. Corona at the cathedral in Aachen, Germany, March 25, 2020, amid the coronavirus pandemic. (CNS photo/Thilo Schmuelgen, Reuters)

Pandemic casts spotlight on a nearly forgotten martyr: St. Corona

Catholic Review Staff
March 27, 2020
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She had become nearly forgotten. Little is known about the young woman who was killed for her Christian faith, presumably in the second century A.D. But now, a pandemic is shedding light on her: St. Corona.

Emergency medical technicians in Louisville, Ky., transport a possible coronavirus patient March 24, 2020, into the emergency department of Norton Women's and Children's Hospital. Amid pandemic, ethicists and lawyers see dangers in rationing of scarce health resources. (CNS photo/Bryan Woolston, Reuters)

Ethicists, lawyers see dangers in rationing of scarce health resources

Catholic News Service
March 26, 2020
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Catholic ethicists and legal experts are sounding the alarm that the scarcity of resources such as ventilators and hospital beds during the current coronavirus pandemic could prompt health care decisions based only on age and disability — and in some cases already is.

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