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Dr. Robert Redfield, a Catholic who is director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, testifies about coronavirus preparedness and response to the House Government Oversight and Reform Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington March 11, 2020. (CNS photo/Joshua Roberts, Reuters)

At the forefront of the U.S. response to coronavirus is a devout Baltimore Catholic

Tim Swift
March 13, 2020
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As Redfield helps lead the federal response to the growing threat of the coronavirus, also known as Covid-19, his pastor and friends say his years of work studying viruses along with his deep Catholic faith will help guide the country through the crisis.

A person from inside the Life Care Center of Kirkland, Wash., peers through the blinds March 11, 2020. The Seattle-area nursing home is at the epicenter of one of the biggest coronavirus outbreaks in the United States. (CNS photo/Karen Ducey, Reuters)

Coronavirus leads to Mass suspension in Seattle, dispensation in Kentucky

Rhina Guidos
March 12, 2020
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The Archdiocese of Seattle became the first in the country to announce March 11 the temporary suspension of all public Masses to help prevent the spread of coronavirus.

Pope Francis is pictured near a Marian statue as he celebrates morning Mass in the chapel of his residence, the Domus Sanctae Marthae, at the Vatican March 11, 2020. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope composes prayer to Mary during coronavirus pandemic

Catholic News Service
March 11, 2020
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Here is a CNS translation of the prayer Pope Francis recited by video March 11 for a special Mass and act of prayer asking Mary to protect Italy and the world during of the coronavirus pandemic.

John Rhys-Davies stars in "I Am Patrick," a docudrama screening in theaters for two nights only, March 17 -- St. Patrick's Day -- and March 18. The Catholic News Service classification is A-II -- adults and adolescents. Not rated by the Motion Picture Association. (CNS photo/courtesy CBN)

Movie Review: ‘I Am Patrick’

Sister Hosea Rupprecht
March 11, 2020
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The reasons the church continues to honor the Apostle of Ireland more than 1,500 years after his death shine forth in the film “I Am Patrick” (CBN), a docudrama screening in theaters for two nights only, March 17 — St. Patrick’s Day — and March 18.

St. Joseph and the infant Jesus are depicted in a stained-glass window at Immaculate Conception Church in Westhampton Beach, N.Y. The feast of St. Joseph is March 19. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

A good and upright man

Christopher Gunty
March 11, 2020
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Joseph is a strong role model for someone who accepts the will of the Lord and lives it out.

A man wearing a mask for protection from the coronavirus carries groceries in Rome March 10, 2020. Italy is in a state of lockdown with extreme measures imposed on the entire country to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Baltimore seminarian returns from Rome as Marylanders prepare for coronavirus threat

Tim Swift
March 11, 2020
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Deacon Justin Gough, a Baltimore seminarian studying in Rome, has just returned home after spending the last few weeks amid the serious outbreak of the novel coronavirus in Italy — an experience that has taught him not to panic but also not to underestimate the threat of Covid-19.

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