As part of the Jubilee Year, the Vatican plans an ecumenical service to honor martyrs who stood firm against violence and persecution.
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As COVID-19 cases increase, Kenyans flee cities, seeking safety
WEB-ONLY FEATURE: Officials urged city-dwellers to shun travel to avoid infecting rural areas...
Coronavirus may produce misery beyond disease to migrants, home countries
WEB-ONLY FEATURE: Organizations worry about migrants who had journeyed for weeks and months when...
Haiti will likely be hit hard during pandemic
The country just reported its first COVID-19 cases, and many Haitian people will suffer ||...
Fearing the worst if/when COVID-19 arrives in South Sudan
No cases of coronavirus reported yet in South Sudan but country is ill-prepared to handle the...
Latin American governments weigh pandemic shutdown vs. economic hardship
WEB-ONLY FEATURE: Government officials must balance COVID-19 hazard against risk of people going...
Catholic agencies urge moving refugees from Greece to avoid pandemic disaster
WEB-ONLY FEATURE: Social distancing and frequent hand-washing seen as "simply impossible" in...
India exemplifies problems facing Southeast Asia as COVID-19 spreads
WEB-ONLY FEATURE: Future of pandemic will be determined by what happens to densely populated...
Forget me not: Prison ministry faces challenges of global pandemic
WEB-ONLY FEATURE: With virus, inmates are now thrown further into isolation from their loved ones...
Africa’s informal settlements ‘perfect storm’ for COVID-19
WEB-ONLY FEATURE: Across Africa, by March 23 more than 1,600 people had been infected with...
Chinese diocese donates masks to Vatican, Italy, to help fight COVID-19
WEB-ONLY FEATURE: Ucanews.com reports Xi'an Diocese donated medical masks to Vatican and religious...
With borders closed because of pandemic, ‘an infinite abyss’ opened
WEB-ONLY FEATURE: Former Maryknoll lay missioner reflects on the need to feel connected to family...
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