In this exclusive interview with America, Father Zampini said, “The future starts today, and we should be conscious that the decisions that are being taken by governments and world leaders in these months will shape the future of our world.”

Bishop Giovanni Nerbini of Prato, Italy made six doctors extraordinary ministers of the Eucharist so that coronavirus patients could receive Communion on Easter, offering a new way to provide spiritual care and comfort.

Praying that "the Lord may be close to them in this moment," Pope Francis publicly offered prayers for the elderly afraid of the coronavirus and of dying alone.

While the doors of our churches are closed for now, the shepherds have not abandoned their flocks

My heart rate spiked. My hands began to shake and sweat and then turned cold. I was suddenly alert, alarmed. Were we just zoombombed?

From Damascus, Syria, Melkite Catholic Patriarch Joseph Absi stressed how faith and hope are needed "in these difficult days that we live in pain, in anxiety and fear."