These appointments are a further indication of the pope’s determination to give more responsibility to women in the Vatican in positions that do not require ordination.

For many in the hospitality industry, writes J.D. Long-García, the lingering pandemic means no job, unpaid bills and even imminent homelessness.

There are more young girls selling their bodies as Zimbabwe’s economic difficulties continue, in a broad collapse now exacerbated by the pandemic. The city is experiencing a spike in social vices like child prostitution and domestic violence.

The economic strains of the pandemic have affected every entity, and despite some disruptions and upheavals, the American church is coping with new realities.

Bishops from around the world are demanding that governments pay attention to the plight of workers in the international supply chain, stating that "acts of violence and suffering" are the result of behaviors of irresponsible companies.

Faith-based organizations are pleading with Congress to fund world-wide pandemic relief efforts.