Before resuming their studies at the Pontifical North American College in Rome, seminarians from the United States had to undergo a 14-day quarantine, as mandated by Italian authorities.

Catholic churches in California have been resuming baptism, First Communion and Mass services outdoors after a series of COVID-19 closures shut down indoor church services in most of the state.

Christians must “own up to our own complicity and guilt in many systems of oppression” and resist the “temptation” to blame the poor for their poverty.

Catholic bishops are urging governments all over the world to prioritize coronavirus vaccines that are ethically developed and are also telling Catholics that not getting vaccinated is a "serious moral problem."

The “common thread” among the celebrations, especially in 2020, the cardinal said, “is our common home in which the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor are one cry.”

Bolivia’s bishops want environmental concerns to play a key role when voters go to the polls to elect a new government in October.