The speed and virulence of the Covid-19 outbreak in India have been among its most shocking aspects. Could an outbreak as ferocious happen somewhere else?

Poverty is profound around with “hungry people...knocking at the parish gates” on a daily basis because of Covid-19.

In one diocese nine priests and two women religious have been lost to Covid-19 just in April. The deceased clergy include four Jesuits.

When some people without housing opted to sleep outside in tents rather than accept the heightened risk at the shelters, 28-year-old carpenter Khaleel Seivwright came up with a creative solution to help them.

“We will never get [the pandemic] under control here in the United States until we get it under control everywhere,” C.R.S.'s Sean Callahan said.

The head of the Irish bishops' conference said the government's move to criminalize attendance at Mass as part of Covid-19 regulations was a "potential infringement of religious freedom and of constitutional rights."