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VATICAN CITY -- Neither Pope Francis nor any of his closest collaborators have the COVID-19 virus, said Matteo Bruni, director of the Vatican press office.

Give online through your own parish website (if your parish offers online giving), through the archdiocesan website (sfarch.org), by mailing your giving envelope to your church, or by dropping it in the mail slot at your parish office, says Rod Linhares, development director for the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

WASHINGTON -- One byproduct of canceled Masses is no offertory collection. And a byproduct of no offertory collection is puncture wounds in the budgets of parishes, dioceses and national collections.

In the Gospel passage about the raising of Lazarus, Pope Francis said, “we are able to touch with our hand the fact that God is life and gives life, yet takes on the drama of death.”

Pope Francis joined the U.N. Secretary General, Antonio Guterres in calling for a global ceasefire as the world faces the onslaught of the OOVID-19 pandemic.

"All will benefit greatly from using the principles of Catholic social teaching" during the pandemic, Sister Carol Keehan said, especially in making sure that no one is "left out or last in line."

"Our faith teaches us that God does not cause evil, but he does permit it, always with the intention of drawing good out of it," Los Angeles Archbishop Jose Gomez writes. "God's ways may always remain mysterious to us, but we can be confident in his love for his creation and his love for each one of us.

St. Francis of Assisi in East Palo Alto felt like a ghost town in the days after shelter-in-place orders were imposed but technology has brought the busy parish back to life. “It’s just amazing to see it work, to be able to connect with people,” said pastor Father Larry Goode.

A Catholic media group in central India has initiated a campaign to feed the poor as a government-imposed lockdown entered its second day on March 26, forcing hundreds living on the streets to go hungry.

On March 29 at midday, Catholics and other Christians across England will take part in the “rededication” of the country to the Virgin Mary in the time of the coronavirus. 

​​​​​​​VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis prayed Saturday for everyone who is going hungry, or who will go hungry, because of the coronavirus pandemic.

In a March 24, 2020, letter to priests, Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone addressed celebration of Holy Week liturgies -- Palm Sunday, April 5, 2020, through Easter, April 12, 2020, in the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

The worldwide coronavirus pandemic is not God's judgment on humanity, but God's call on people to judge what is most important to them and resolve to act accordingly from now on, Pope Francis said.

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis will follow a slightly modified schedule this year for the liturgies of Holy Week and Easter, which will all take place inside St. Peter’s Basilica and without the presence of the public, the Vatican announced Friday.

It is impossible to impose a lockdown in Manila, where 2.5 million of the capital region's nearly 13 million people live in slums and 3.1 million are homeless, said Bishop Broderick Pabillo.

'The name corona can call you and me to prayer," Pittsburgh Bishop David Zubik said. He noted that an early name for the rosary -- still used in many parts of the world -- is 'Corona del Rosario' or 'Crown of the Rosary,'"

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis expressed his gratitude to the many men and women who have been inspired to help the poor and accompany the sick and the elderly during the coronavirus pandemic.

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis said he will grant a plenary indulgence to the faithful who watch or listen to his extraordinary blessing "urbi et orbi" (to the city and the world) at 6 p.m. Rome time March 27. Here is an explainer.

BONN, Germany -- She had become nearly forgotten. Little is known about the young woman who was killed for her Christian faith, presumably in the second century A.D. But now, a pandemic is shedding light on her: St. Corona.

VATICAN CITY Pope Francis offered his early morning Mass for vulnerable people and health care workers who live in fear that they or their loved ones may fall ill to the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the world.