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Pope Francis celebrates Mass in the chapel of his Vatican residence, the Domus Sanctae Marthae, March 26, 2020. About a dozen priests also live in the Vatican guesthouse, and news reports March 25 said one of them, an Italian monsignor working in the Vatican Secretariat of State, had tested positive for COVID-19. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Vatican confirms pope does not have COVID-19

Cindy Wooden
March 28, 2020
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Neither Pope Francis nor any of his closest collaborators have the COVID-19 virus, said Matteo Bruni, director of the Vatican press office.

A woman prays with a rosary from the window of her home in Grosseto, Italy, March 25, 2020. Joined by Orthodox, Anglican and Protestant church leaders and faithful from around the world that day, Pope Francis led the recitation of the Lord's Prayer, imploring God's mercy on humanity amid the coronavirus pandemic. (CNS photo/Jennifer Lorenzini, Reuters)

Baltimore native in Italy knows about life amid COVID-19 pandemic

Brooke Mosca
March 28, 2020
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“My concerns are that not everybody will be able to get 100 percent care and that many (more) will die,” said Castagna,

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.

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