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People transporting the remains of deceased loved ones wait in a slow moving line outside Jardines de la Esperanza Cemetery to hold burials in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on April 6, 2020. Guayaquil, a normally bustling city that has become a hot spot in Latin America as the coronavirus pandemic spreads, also has untold numbers dying of unrelated diseases that can't be treated because hospitals are overwhelmed. (AP Photo/Luis Perez)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Eduardo Campos Lima
The C.E.B.s have been assisting the most vulnerable victims of the pandemic on multiple levels. In El Salvador, they have been gathering food and money in order to prepare for a possible hunger crisis.
Politics & SocietyGoodNews
Michael Kelly - Catholic News Service
An Irish Dominican brother from Belfast who trained as a doctor is using his training to help patients during the pandemic in his hometown.
Politics & SocietyNews
Michael Brown - Catholic News Service
At a migrant outreach center in New Mexico, refugees describe what it is like to be living during the pandemic.
Fra' Giacomo Dalla Torre is seen smiling alongside Pope Francis in a 2017 file photo at the Vatican. (CNS photo/Alberto Pizzoli, pool via Reuters)
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Fra’ Giacomo led the 1,000-year-old sovereign order following an institutional crisis that caused deep internal fractures and a confrontation with the Holy See.
South African National Defense Forces patrol the Sjwetla informal settlement after pushing back residents into their homes on the outskirts of the Alexandra township in Johannesburg, on April 20. The residents were protesting the lack of food. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Anthony Egan, S.J.
The national coronavirus lockdown has translated into a sharp increase in levels of poverty and malnutrition in South Africa. Because of that emerging suffering, some are already beginning to wonder if the nationwide restrictions are doing more harm than good.
Politics & SocietyNews
Dale Gavlak - Catholic News Service
People are concerned that Syria will be further undermined not only by terrorism, humanitarian stresses, and lack of freedom but by the coronavirus pandemic as well.