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On this Sunday, the readings turn our attention to the problem of hunger and the miracle of the multiplication of five loaves and two fish to feed more than five thousand people.

Caritas Internationalis, the Catholic Church’s social service organization, called on governments around the world to provide safety nets against human trafficking amidst the coronavirus pandemic.

The suspension of public celebrations of the Holy Mass remains in Hong Kong as cases of the new coronavirus disease continue to rise in the city.

The Covid pandemic has radically changed the face of education. Online learning is by far the most compelling alternative which ensures physical distancing and safe learning in a home-based environment. Education is going through a paradigm shift.

The Catholic Diocese of Myitkyina in the northern part of Myanmar has distributed food aid to poor families and those badly affected by the coronavirus pandemic in 25 parishes.

Pope Francis expressed support for the United Nations’ call last week for a global ceasefire amid the coronavirus pandemic.

In this challenging situation of death or survival in the face of an anti-social virus, who dares to play with a dangerous visitor?

While churches have been closed, the faithful continue attendance in liturgical services on various social media platforms.

“Marriage is a commitment not only between the couple but to God,” sad the priest, adding that a husband and wife enter into a lifelong partnership that “symbolizes God’s love.”

Amid the coronavirus rampage, Church leaders in the Philippines have called on the faithful to pray for the safety of priests who continue to do their work amid the coronavirus outbreak.

Pope Francis has appealed to the faithful to be more aware of the need to protect refugees and migrants as the number of those infected by the coronavirus disease continues to soar.

Pope Francis thanked maritime personnel and fishermen for their contribution to feeding humanity amidst the coronavirus pandemic.

A group of Christian youth volunteers who offered their services to assist medical workers fight the coronavirus pandemic in Myanmar has completed their two-week service in Yangon's South Okklapa Hospital on June 6.

In India’s West Bengal state, a young girl from the South Raypur village of Pathar Pratima Block, rose to the occasion during the situation.

Husband and wife Andrea Lapi and Anna Sansoni are both doctors and Salesian cooperators who are active in Siena. Together, they fought in the frontlines against the new coronavirus disease.

The Global Catholic Climate Movement in Myanmar facilitated its first online "eco-reflections" from May 17 to 23 to mark the fifth anniversary of Pope Francis' encyclical Laudato si'.

For a month now, a group of students in Bangladesh has been distributing food to poor families and those who lost their jobs during the pandemic in the northern and southern part of the country.

South Asian nations are scrambling to repatriate hundreds of thousands of migrants stuck abroad without work due to the coronavirus crisis — a huge challenge that risks sparking social unrest and spreading COVID-19, labor experts and researchers say.

Illness and death, anguish and anger are not the only legacies of the novel coronavirus contagion in the Philippines.

Lapsed Catholics riding out the pandemic in their homes have found renewed faith and are fueling a resurgence in “communion of souls,” said Bishop Gerardo Alminaza.

The coronavirus emergency is also causing a food-related crisis, Vatican officials said Saturday, encouraging people to do their small part to help those who are going hungry.