Local Catholic nursing homes face days of uncertainty and hope as pandemic persists

August 5, 2020

PROVIDENCE — The dedicated days for those working at local nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic are full of anxiousness, caution and concern. As staff navigate the unknown, they do so while working diligently to make sure those they serve each day truly feel safe and loved.

Rest in Peace Father Robert Perron

August 4, 2020

Calling Hours will be on Thursday, August 6, from 4 - 7pm at the O’Neill Funeral Home, 3102 Mendon Road, Cumberland. A Concelebrated Mass of Christian Burial will be offered on Friday, August 7, at 9:30am at Holy Spirit Parish, 1030 Dexter Street, Central Falls. Private Burial will follow.

Join a Rosary Novena, beginning Fri., Aug. 7

August 4, 2020

Rosary Relay for Vocations, Diocese of Providence, Aug. 7 through Aug. 15

08.03.2020 German author says retired Pope Benedict is 'extremely frail'

August 3, 2020

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- An author with a long and close relationship to retired Pope Benedict XVI told a German newspaper that the 93-year-old retired pope is "extremely frail."

Update: COVID-19 changes campus classes, dining halls, dorms and maybe fees

August 3, 2020

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The fall semester at Catholic colleges and universities around the country will look and feel very different.

Show grandparents, the elderly that you care, pope tells young people

August 2, 2020

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis called on young people to reach out to their grandparents or the elderly who may be lonely or on their own.

Fauci calls COVID-19 a 'pandemic of historic proportion,' like 1918's flu

August 1, 2020

PHOENIX (CNS) -- There is no denying the fact "this is a pandemic of historic proportion," Dr. Anthony Fauci told students at Jesuit-run Georgetown University in a recent online webinar focused on young people's risks and responsibilities in mitigating the spread of COVID-19.