"Such a tragic event, involving the meaningless death of so many of our fellow citizens, has shocked us all," he said, "adding more collective suffering to an already tragic time in our province, our country and our personal lives.

While the pandemic is being handled on the home front, many U.S.-based aid groups are working to assist the poor and migrant communities around the world in dealing with the crisis.

"This individualized consideration should be based on current objective medical evidence and the expressed views of the patients themselves as opposed to unfounded assumptions," the guidelines said.

Until the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the 1995 bombing was the deadliest terrorist attack in the history of the United States. It remains the deadliest incident of domestic terrorism in the country's history.

Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI commemorated his 93rd birthday with morning Mass, Bavarian folk songs and congratulatory phone calls.

Cardinal George Pell, in his first television interview after being released from prison after his sexual abuse conviction was overturned, reflects on how he endured his incarceration.

From Damascus, Syria, Melkite Catholic Patriarch Joseph Absi stressed how faith and hope are needed "in these difficult days that we live in pain, in anxiety and fear."

The Knights of Columbus is providing funding to food banks in several American cities to help deliver food to those in need during the pandemic.

Archbishop Jose H. Gomez, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, reminds fellow Catholics that in this pandemic crisis, "Christ is not quarantined" and that the Lord's love is always available to those who seek it.

The 90-day program provides a way for Catholics to make a daily commitment in addition to regular weekly donations.