Smaller parishes look for relief from pandemic financial strain
Economic Slump and fewer people at Mass lead to smaller Sunday collections
Pope Francis waves during his Angelus in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Dec. 3, 2017. Conversion during Advent is, in particular, "a question of converting our idea of God," Pope Francis remarked Dec. 15, 2019. (CNS photo/Tony Gentile, Reuters)
Editorial: Advent is call to open our hearts to a new way of living
Long months of the vicious COVID-19 pandemic preceded the arrival of this year’s Advent season leading to Christmas.
Parishes clear hurdles when COVID forces priests into quarantine
Diocese helps pastors find replacements in times of need
Pope Francis meets author Austen Ivereigh at the Vatican in October 2019. The pope collaborated with Ivereigh on the book, "Let Us Dream: The Path to A Better Future." In the book the pope said he experienced three "COVID moments" in his lifetime: lung problems that threatened his life when he was 21; his "displacement" in Germany in 1986 for studies; and when he was sent away to Cordoba, Argentina, for almost two years in the early 1990s. "Let Us Dream" will be published Dec. 1 by Simon & Schuster. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Pope, in new book, talks about personal ‘lockdowns’ that changed his life
"Let Us Dream: The Path to A Better Future," Pope Francis said he had experienced three "COVID moments" in his lifetime
Mexican Cardinal Carlos Aguiar Retes conducts an online service via YouTube and television at the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City March 22, 2020, after churches were closed during the early days of the coronavirus pandemic. Mexico's bishops, the Mexico City government and other religious and civil authorities have announced the closure of the basilica Dec. 10-13, 2020, due to COVID-19 concerns. Normally an estimated 8 million pilgrims visit the basilica for the Dec. 12 feast of the national patroness. (CNS photo/Henry Romero, Reuters)
Mexican church, civic leaders: No pilgrims at basilica for Guadalupe feast
The Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the world's most-visited Marian shrine, normally attracts 8 million visitors for the Dec. 12 feast day
