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Pope Francis exchanges gifts with French President Emmanuel Macron during a private audience at the Vatican in June 2018. (CNS photo/ Alessandra Tarantino, pool via Reuters)
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Pope Francis expressed his closeness and support to France, where Covid-19 has claimed more than 20,000 lives.
A woman carries bottles of water at a temporary camp for refugees on the island of Lesbos, Greece, Feb. 6, 2020. (CNS photo/Elias Marcou, Reuters) 
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Melissa Vida
Around Europe, asylum seekers typically live in crowded shelters or detention centers, makeshift refugee camps or on the streets.
Politics & SocietyNews
Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
The church and government in Italy are making plans which would allow for the gradual--though limited--resumption of public Masses and funerals.
Arts & CultureBooks
Benjamin Carter Hett’s 'The Death of Democracy: Hitler’s Rise to Power and the Downfall of the Weimar Republic' shows how a flawed but genuine democracy could give way to the vilest regime imaginable.
A cameraman films Father Herbert Gugler celebrating a Good Friday liturgy, livestreamed on the internet, at the Assumption of the Virgin Mary Catholic Church in Aichach, Germany, April 10, 2020. The church was closed to the public amid the coronavirus pandemic. (CNS photo/Andreas Gebert, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyNews
KNA International
Ahead of a meeting on April 17 between religious leaders and the federal government, there are growing calls to allow the German faithful to worship together as soon as possible.
Politics & SocietyNews
Elaine Ganley - Associated Press
One year after a fire ravaged Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, restoration of the famed landmark has been halted due to the pandemic.