March 30, 2020 Rome cardinal tests positive for coronavirus, Vatican announces A cardinal with the Rome diocese has tested positive for coronavirus on Monday, according to the Vatican. The report said the cardinal is doing well.
March 26, 2020 Pope Francis tests negative for coronavirus, Italian media report Pope Francis has tested negative for COVID-19, Italian media reported just days after the Vatican confirmed four positive cases.
March 15, 2020 Pope leaves Vatican, walks to 2 Rome churches to pray for coronavirus victims Pope Francis ignored the lockdown of Italy amid the country's severe coronavirus outbreak, and shocked two churches with a special visit to soothe fears.
March 6, 2020 First coronavirus case confirmed at Vatican: report A patient in its health services tested positive for the viral illness.
March 1, 2020 Pope Francis cancels audiences for 3rd day with apparent cold Pope Francis canceled official engagements for the third day in a row Saturday as he battled an apparent cold.
February 28, 2020 Pope Francis sick a 2nd day, cancels official audiences Pope Francis canceled his official audiences Friday after apparently coming down with a cold.
February 20, 2020 Vatican set to open Pope Pius XII's secret WWII archives The Vatican is set to open the secret archives of Pope Pius XII, the World War II-era pope whose record during the Holocaust has come under intense scrutiny.
February 19, 2020 Pope Francis receives kiss on forehead from front-row admirer Pope Francis on Wednesday allowed a man to give him a long tender kiss on the forehead, a move that surprised observers after his angry reaction to a woman who violently grabbed his hand while he was greeting pilgrims at the Vatican on New Year’s Eve.
February 3, 2020 Vatican responds to coronavirus outbreak by giving China hundreds of thousands of masks The Vatican has sent hundreds of thousands of masks to China amid the coronavirus outbreak that has killed hundreds and sent Chinese officials scrambling to contain the illness.
January 27, 2020 Keeping the sisterhood from extinction: The struggle to save nuns in America Today, the time-honored notions of service, chastity, poverty, and obedience – sheathed in a habit – seem somewhat removed from the voracious modern orbit in which we live. For years, the number of women stepping forth to devote their lives to the Lord has been in decline – raising fears that the several hundred orders of nuns are not only endangered but teetering on the edge of extinction.
