Read more about the article Vatican calls for creative ways to protect elderly from loneliness
Lois Best, 91, waves from a window as her daughters, Sharon Ganote and Lynda Brisco, are reflected blowing a kiss and smiling at Wesley Manor retirement center in Okolona, Ky., April 4, 2020. Visitors are not allowed inside the senior facility during the coronavirus pandemic, so families talk through a glass window during arranged visits. (CNS photo/Matt Stone, Courier Journal via Reuters) See VATICAN-ELDERLY-COVID-19 April 7, 2020.

Vatican calls for creative ways to protect elderly from loneliness

Lois Best, 91, waves from a window as her daughters, Sharon Ganote and Lynda Brisco, are reflected blowing a kiss and smiling at Wesley Manor retirement center in Okolona, Ky.,…

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Read more about the article Update: Cardinal Pell released from prison after court overturns conviction
Cardinal George Pell is seen in a car after being released from Barwon prison in Geelong, Australia, April 7, 2020. (CNS photo/James Ross, AAP Image via Reuters) See PELL-RELEASED April 7, 2020.

Update: Cardinal Pell released from prison after court overturns conviction

Cardinal George Pell is seen in a car after being released from Barwon prison in Geelong, Australia, April 7, 2020. CNS photo/James Ross, AAP Image via Reuters VALLA BEACH, Australia…

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Read more about the article Surgical masks, social distancing: Palm Sunday in Jerusalem’s Old City
A member of the Missionaries of Charity gives an olive branch to a Palestinian Catholic man holding a child outside his home in Jerusalem's Old City on Palm Sunday, April 5, 2020. The traditional Palm Sunday procession from the Mount of Olives to the Old City was canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. (CNS photo/Debbie Hill) See COVID-PALM-SUNDAY-JERUSALEM April 6, 2020.

Surgical masks, social distancing: Palm Sunday in Jerusalem’s Old City

A member of the Missionaries of Charity gives an olive branch to a Palestinian Catholic man holding a child outside his home in Jerusalem's Old City on Palm Sunday, April…

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Read more about the article Gomez: Churches may be closed, but ‘Lord’s heart remains’ open to all
Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, is seen at the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls in Rome Jan. 31, 2020. In his message for Holy Week, he said Christ is "not quarantined" and the Lord's heart "remains open" to all amid the coronavirus pandemic. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) See USCCB-GOMEZ-HOLY-WEEK-MESSAGE April 6, 2020.

Gomez: Churches may be closed, but ‘Lord’s heart remains’ open to all

Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, is seen at the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls in Rome Jan. 31,…

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Read more about the article SBA allows church entities to obtain needed loans to keep workers on staff
People in Fort Smith, Okla., wait in line to file for unemployment April 6, 2020, during the coronavirus pandemic. Religious nonprofits, including schools, parishes and some dioceses, are eligible for assistance under regulations implementing portions of the massive $2.2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act, or CARES Act. (CNS photo/Nick Oxford, Reuters) See SBA-LOANS-ACCESS April 7, 2020.

SBA allows church entities to obtain needed loans to keep workers on staff

People in Fort Smith, Okla., wait in line to file for unemployment April 6, 2020, during the coronavirus pandemic. Religious nonprofits, including schools, parishes and some dioceses, are eligible for…

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Read more about the article Archbishop Gregory calls abuse a ‘spiritual felony,’ prays for victims
Washington Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory livestreams a Mass April 3, 2020, for National Child Abuse Prevention Month. At right is his priest secretary, Father Conrad Murphy. (CNS photo/Andrew Biraj, Catholic Standard) See GREGORY-MASS-ABUSE-PREVENTION April 6, 2020. Editor's note: Best image available.

Archbishop Gregory calls abuse a ‘spiritual felony,’ prays for victims

Washington Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory livestreams a Mass April 3, 2020, for National Child Abuse Prevention Month. At right is his priest secretary, Father Conrad Murphy. CNS photo/Andrew Biraj, Catholic…

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