Note from the Assistant Managing Editor:

Christian leaders who have shut their churches should follow the example of Pope Francis, who reversed a decision to close the churches of Rome.

We can say that never before in history has an Urbi et Orbi blessing been given by a pope all alone in St. Peter's Square, followed worldwide by believers through the media: a unique historical event.

This Sunday's Gospel deals with death through the story of Lazarus who, after four days in his tomb, represents someone who is totally sunk in sin, totally dead spiritually. The voice of Jesus calls Lazarus, and all of us, back to life — no matter what we've done, and no matter how dead we are.

The document recommends that bishops postpone those liturgies which may be postponed. It also indicates how priests and bishops can offer those celebrations which cannot be moved, such as Easter, in places where public liturgies are suspended.

It's hard to be away from someone you love so much, and who loves you even more.

A priest processes the Blessed Sacrament through the near-empty streets of his Italian parish.

Special indulgences are granted to the faithful suffering from COVID-19 and to health care workers, family members, and all those who in any capacity, including through prayer, care for them.

Anyone who recites the Divine Mercy Chaplet with the intention "to implore from Almighty God the end of the epidemic, relief for those who are afflicted and eternal salvation for those whom the Lord has called to Himself" can receive a plenary indulgence each day.

The Clerics of Saint Viator in Arlington Heights, a Chicago suburb, has donated $63,000 to help over 60 homeless people stay at two hotels in the city.

She is the oldest known patient to recover in Italy by some reports.

Just a little something to brighten your day. What started as an idea on my flight home from college ended in a collaboration with some of the most incredible people.

Bloom had led the life of a playboy but was not happy. A friend suggested he try celibacy before seeking to date anyone new.

To understand ourselves, we need God.

A master of purity is able to see, to read, in the language of the body, the mystery of God's presence hidden in the intimate center of another. A master of modesty does not exploit this mystery, nor expose this mystery, nor run away from this mystery, but rather veils the mystery with his love.

How do you put something on that shows who you really are?

Like her mother Queen Isabella, Catherine was Catholic first and a monarch second.

Our culture is already desensitizing us for this next phase by "training" us to see illness as a kind of luxury, treatment as a concession, and the old as a separate category of the human.

Let us now consider the question: what have we learned, or are we learning, from the current Wuhan Flu catastrophe?

As humans have spread across the world, so have infectious diseases. Even in this modern era, outbreaks are nearly constant, though not every outbreak reaches pandemic level as the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) has.

Schools and daycares have closed. Suddenly, it's impossible to sustain an economy built around two-income households that outsource parenting to professionals.

It would be totally unsurprising to me to find that Satan is the owner of a for-profit nursing home.

Ladies from the Diocese of Arlington in Virginia share their meatless soup recipes for your Lenten enjoyment.