Catholic Church

By Matt Hadro, CNA - New York has been one of the states hardest-hit by the crisis, with more than 5,700 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 38 deaths as of Friday morning, according to the Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center… “In about 42 days, we’re expecting the virus to really hit us,” Fr. Anderson said Thursday. According to New York’s Governor Andrew Cuomo, as many as 110,000 hospital beds could be needed by early May to deal with the expected spike in new coronavirus cases, but only 53,000 beds currently exist.

By Ben Reinhard, Crisis Magazine - The nation has been treated to an uncanny spectacle over the past few weeks. Schools and businesses closed in the face of the Wuhan flu, and public health officials urged all Americans to stay home and practice “social distancing” to slow the spread of the disease. But as anxious families braved supermarket lines to stock up on staple foods and household goods, the young and unattached queued for an altogether different reason, packing the bars of New York, Washington, D.C., and other major cities.

By Stephen Kokx, LifeSiteNews - Earlier today, Cardinal Raymond Burke released a statement on the coronavirus. In his lengthy remarks, His Excellency described the virus as “insidious” and advised persons to take precautions againt spreading and contracting it. He also stated that it’s “essential” for Catholics “at all times and above all in times of crisis, to have access to our churches and chapels, to the Sacraments, and to public devotions and prayers.”

By Fr. Thomas G. Weinandy, OFM, Cap., The Catholic Thing - Sin, by its very nature, is a direct attack upon or a violation of some good. For example, lying offends the good of truth; gluttony transgresses the good of proper eating. Now, do some evil acts contravene a good to such a degree that they merit everlasting damnation? According to the Catholic tradition, these acts are termed mortal sins. Let us look at some examples… Fornication and adultery grievously violate the good of marriage and sexuality. While couples, in these sexual acts, may desire to express their love for one another, what they are actually doing is attacking the good of marriage and the sexual acts that pertain exclusively to marriage.