Thursday, October 28, 2021049With the COVID-19 pandemic still underway and with restrictions on gatherings still in place in some countries, the Vatican has again extended the period of time when people can earn a plenary indulgence for visiting a cemetery and praying for the souls of the faithful in purgatory.
Wednesday, March 31, 2021027The eviction moratorium put in place by the Centers for Disease Control has been extended three months, until June 30. The order from Dr. Rochelle Walensky, CDC director, said the extension was necessary to prevent potentially millions of renter households from being forced from their homes in the coming weeks.
Friday, March 5, 20210344Health and safety protocols currently in place concerning COVID-19 will remain for the Diocese of Dallas parishes and schools, Bishop Edward J. Burns announced March 5.
Thursday, January 28, 20210173Boasting 522 students in its Upper School and 314 in its lower, St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic School is the biggest Catholic pre-K through eighth grade school in the Lone Star State—which, during a pandemic, means more than enough sticky hands, runny noses, and sore throats to make a school nurse’s job complicated.
Saturday, December 26, 20200428Father Elmer Herrera-Guzman is a newcomer to the team of diocesan priests that since last spring has answered the precarious call to provide personal ministry to Catholics who have contracted the coronavirus. With only a few weeks’ experience at making visits to hospitals, nursing homes and residences, the parochial vicar at Holy Cross...
Friday, December 25, 2020017Christmas messages shared by U.S. Catholic leaders stressed the need to keep hope and faith alive this season particularly in the midst of the challenging pandemic year.
Tuesday, December 8, 2020040No pandemic and no kind of crisis can extinguish the light of Christ, Pope Francis said. May people let his light into their heart "and let us lend a hand to those who need it most. In this way God will be born anew in us and among us," the pope said in his remarks after praying the Angelus with visitors gathered in St. Peter's Square...
Thursday, December 3, 20200497Students at St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic School in Plano extend their fond hellos to a new inhabitant of their hallways—no, not another student but an autonomous sanitizing robot. The school welcomed this unique occupant, affectionately named LEO, in October of this year—another tech-forward move for a school already recognized...
Thursday, November 19, 20200203What started out as an initiative to give students more outside time at Mount St. Michael Catholic School in Dallas has turned out to be a bonus during the COVID-19 pandemic.
