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A woman wearing a mask is seen at a subway station in Shanghai Feb. 13, 2020, as the country is hit by an outbreak of the coronavirus. Around the world, people are paying close attention to the coronavirus, which has infected more than 64,000 people and killed at least 1,383 as of Feb. 14. (CNS photo/Aly Song, Reuters)

CRS health official keeps close eye on coronavirus

Carol Zimmermann
February 17, 2020
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Suzanne Van Hulle, the global public health expert for Baltimore-based Catholic Relief Services, is paying particularly close attention to the spread of the virus, also called COVID-19, to ensure CRS staff members in Asia are safe.

A group of Cubans travels via horse cart Feb. 8, 2020, in the countryside outside Santiago, Cuba. Reflecting on the scenes he saw on a 11-hour road trip from Santiago en route to Havana over two days, New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan said he was grateful to have witnessed the daily routine of people on the island. (CNS photo/Rhina Guidos)

At end of trip, New York cardinal recalls moments of faith, hope for Cuba

Rhina Guidos
February 17, 2020
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“We had the ability to see people, the homes and the baseball games on the side of the road,” Cardinal Dolan said in a Feb. 11 interview with Catholic News Service in Havana.

Pope Francis leads an annual meeting to exchange greetings for the new year with diplomats accredited to the Holy See, at the Vatican Jan. 7. (CNS photo/Ettore Ferrari, pool via Reuters)

Pope adds year of missionary service to Vatican diplomats’ training

Cindy Wooden
February 17, 2020
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Pope Francis, adopting a suggestion made at the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon, has decided that every priest preparing for service in the Vatican diplomatic corps must spend a year in ministry as a missionary.

A memorial stone is seen at the burial site of 2,411 aborted babies, whose remains were interred Feb. 12, 2020, at Southlawn Cemetery in South Bend, Ind. The babies had been aborted between 2000 and 2003 by the late Dr. Ulrich "George" Klopfer, who operated abortion clinics in Indiana since the 1970s and committed an estimated 30,000 abortions before having his license revoked in 2016. (CNS photo/Indiana Office of the Attorney General)

Remains of aborted babies now in final resting place in Indiana cemetery

Ann Carey
February 14, 2020
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A cold, gray, wintry day in South Bend seemed like an appropriate setting for the burial of 2,411 aborted babies, whose remains were interred in Southlawn Cemetery in the city Feb. 12.

Bishop Michael C. Barber of Oakland, Calif., concelebrates Mass at the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls in Rome Jan. 31, 2020. Bishop Barber has called for the Oakland Diocese of hold a eucharistic congress June 19-20 at the Cathedral of Christ the Light in Oakland. The congress is in response to a recent Pew Research Center poll showing that fewer than one-third of Catholics believe the Eucharist is the actual body and blood of Jesus Christ. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

‘Shocking’ ignorance on Real Presence prompts eucharistic congress

Catholic News Service
February 13, 2020
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Fewer than one-third of Catholics believe the Eucharist is the actual body and blood of Jesus Christ, the Pew Research Center found in a recent poll.

Damien Bonnard, Alexis Manenti, and Djebril Zonga star in a scene from the movie "Les Miserables." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. The Motion Picture Association rating is R -- restricted. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. (CNS photo/Amazon Studios)

Movie Review: ‘Les Miserables’

Kurt Jensen
February 13, 2020
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“Les Miserables” (Amazon) has no connection to Victor Hugo’s classic novel of the same name other than its setting — the rundown Paris suburb of Montfermeil, where the poor still struggle and continue to distrust authority figures.

Jesuit Father George V. Coyne, former president of the Vatican Observatory Foundation and director of the Vatican Observatory, is shown in a 2009 file photo. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)

Father George Coyne, Vatican astronomer from Baltimore, dies at 87

George P. Matysek Jr.
February 13, 2020
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Jesuit Father George V. Coyne, a Baltimore native who led the Vatican Observatory as its director for 28 years, got his start in the field of astronomy as a young student in formation for the priesthood by secretly studying under his blanket, flashlight in hand.

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