Thousands of individual churches, schools, food pantries, and other programs, which provide the spiritual and physical needs of those most affected by #cornavirus, would have been shut down across the country if not for emergency bridge funding from the Paycheck Protection Program.

Tens of thousands of parish secretaries, food bank workers, teachers, health care providers, social service workers, and others who -- despite being at risk themselves -- were able to continue to meet the needs of their neighbors in crisis.

Open Wide Our Hearts: Race and Racism through the Lens of Catholic Social Teaching

“Virtual” Stations of the Cross draws attention to the sin of racism

The California Bishops have produced  a statewide  Stations of the Cross to draw attention to the sin of racism and ask God’s help in eliminating it.  The “virtual” Stations are also intended to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the tragic killings at Emmanuel AME Church in Charleston, SC, and the Juneteenth holiday, celebrating the end of slavery in the United States. Recording locations included Oakland’s Fruitvale BART Station, California’s first African-American Catholic Church and a former KKK headquarters in San Diego.