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Covid-19
How can the Catholic Church better prepare for the next pandemic?
By David Ramos ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 10, 2024 / 08:00 am “Everything possible must be done to keep the churches open and operational,” said Dr. José María Simón Castellví, president emeritus of the International Federation of Catholic Medical Associations (FIAMC) in a recent essay for that organization titled “Preparing the …
Catholic survey shows ‘shocking’ impact of church closures during COVID pandemic
By Daniel Payne CNA Staff, Dec 12, 2023 / 14:00 pm A survey released this month by a British Catholic organization demonstrates what the group says were the “shocking” effects of COVID-19-related church closures in that country. Catholic Union, a lay organization that bills itself as “dedicated to the defense of …
COVID on the rise again: Which states now protect churches from closure?
By Jonah McKeown, Zelda Caldwell Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 15, 2023 / 16:40 pm After hitting their lowest recorded levels since the start of the pandemic in early summer, COVID-19 cases have begun to increase again, raising the specter of new mask mandates and recalling the early days of the pandemic, when …
National data shows U.S. students still ‘stalled’ after pandemic
By Daniel Payne Washington D.C., Jul 12, 2023 / 08:21 am A new national survey shows students in the United States are still struggling to make up learning loss experienced over the course of the COVID-19 crisis. The report this week from NWEA examined test scores from nearly 7 million elementary and …
Recovering from COVID-19: Business Tips From A Not-So-Average Joe
We usually imagine St. Joseph as “The Worker,” but what about St. Joseph “The Employer”? Jesus surely would have grown up working for His earthly father, and there surely were times when projects were so large that Joseph needed to bring in additional hands for support. St. Joseph was an …
Gallup poll: Church attendance sees slight uptick; still below pre-pandemic levels
By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 28, 2023 / 07:00 am Although church attendance in the United States saw a slight uptick in 2023, fewer Americans are going to church than they did before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns, according to a Gallup poll released June 26. Gallup …
Detroit Mass Mobs to return June 25 after three-year pandemic hiatus
By Kelly Luttinen Detroit, Mich., Jun 25, 2023 / 08:00 am After a three-year hiatus because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Detroit Mass Mobs will officially resume at the Our Lady Queen of Angels Church at 4200 Martin St. in Detroit on June 25 at 10 a.m. The church is part …
In pandemic’s wake, churchgoing takes a hit, survey indicates
By Kevin J. Jones Denver, Colo., Jan 9, 2023 / 16:00 pm The percentage of Americans who attend religious services is now “significantly lower” than before the COVID-19 pandemic, especially among young people and other groups identified as less likely to regularly attend, a new survey indicates. “The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted …
COVID setback: Public school students in some grades lost more ground than Catholic school students
by Joe Bukuras Boston, Mass., Oct 26, 2022 / 07:45 am The pandemic’s negative effect on learning was more pronounced among fourth- and eighth-graders at public schools than among their Catholic school counterparts, according to a new report from the U.S. Department of Education. The new data comes from The …
Catholic schools are booming — new EWTN poll sheds light on possible reasons
by Jonah McKeown, Zelda Caldwell Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 7, 2022 / 06:00 am An EWTN News/RealClear Opinion Research poll of Catholic voters suggests that dissatisfaction with several aspects of public education may help explain why Catholic schools are enjoying an increase in enrollment nationwide. The poll found that 74% of …
