Articles/Commentaries
Pope denounces Mafia’s exploitation of pandemic by Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service
As vaccinations lag, Italy’s elderly again pay a price by Xollwwn Bary The Associated Press
Italy honors COVID dead with living monument on anniversary by Nicole Winfield The Associated Press
Italy prepares for an Easter lockdown as Covid-19 cases grow exponentially by Delia Gallagher, Valentina Di Donato and Kara Fox CNN
43 Catholic priests have died in Italy’s 2nd wave of coronavirus by Hannah Brockhaus CNA/The Catholic World Report
Novena launched for top Italian prelate in ICU with COVID-19 by Elise Ann Allen Crux
Several American seminarians in Rome test positive for COVID-19 by Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service/America
General Audience Closes to Public After Positive Case of COVID-19 by Junno Arocho Esteves CNS/The Tablet
Two more Swiss Guards test positive for the coronavirus by CNA Daily News/The Catholic World Report
Vatican: Coronavirus case in Pope Francis’ residence by CNA/The Catholic World Report
As Italy Faces “Second Wave” of COVID-19, Evidence Shows A Different Impact by Currents News Staff Currents/NetTV
For Italy’s Muslims, few places to pray and fewer places to bury COVID-19 dead by Lorenzo Bagnoli Religion News Service
Dozens test positive for coronavirus at Rome pontifical university by Carol Glatz Catholic News Service/National Catholic Reporter
Caritas supporting local Churches in fighting Covid-19 by Devin Watkins VaticanNews
103-year-old Italian says ‘courage, faith’ helped beat virus by Paolo Santalucia Associated Press
An Italian I.C.U. doctor describes the desperate fight against Covid-19 in Lombardy by Gerard O’Connell America
A Jesuit went to Milan to learn Italian. Covid-19 taught him something more. by Patrick Gilger, S.J. America
Italian Jews Battle COVID-19—and Isolation by Nathan Greppi Tablet Magazine
An Italian I.C.U. doctor describes the desperate fight against Covid-19 in Lombardy by Gerard O’ConnellAmerica
Papacies in Lockdown. How does the pandemic compare to crises of the past? byMassimo FaggioliCommonweal
Italian government clarifies lockdown rules for churches by Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service/National Catholic Reporter
Facing Covid-19 in Italy — Ethics, Logistics, and Therapeutics on the Epidemic’s Front Line by Lisa Rosenbaum, M.D. New England Journal of Medicine
Pope Francis Donates 30 Ventilators to Hospitals Amid Coronavirus Outbreak by Catholic News Agency/National Catholic Register
Italy Marks First ‘Dante Day’ Under Coronavirus Lockdown by Father Raymond J. de Souza National Catholic Register
160-year-old Vatican newspaper succumbs to coronavirus by Philip Pullella, Reuters
Coronavirus: How Covid-19 is denying dignity to the dead in Italy by Sofia Bettiza BBC News
‘We are collapsing’: Virus pummels medics in Spain and Italy by Joseph Wilson and Artitz Parra Associated Press
Italian doctors: Staff overwhelmed during pandemic; model must change by Carol Glatz Catholic News Service/America
Italy Marks First ‘Dante Day’ Under Coronavirus Lockdown by Father Raymond J. de Souza National Catholic Register
Coronavirus Tracker: Vatican allows general absolution, new ways of being church by Joshua J. McElwee and Jesse Remedios National Catholic Reporter
Nearly 60 nuns test positive for COVID-19 at two convents outside Rome by Elise Ann Allen Crux
Chinese Catholics donate masks to Italy, Vatican by UCA News reporter UCANews.com
Diocese of Rome shuts down all churches amid coronavirus fears by Dorothy Cummings McLean LifeSite News
As Italy urges staying home, Pope tells priests to ‘get out’ to comfort the sick by Crux Staff Crux
Vatican closes Italy's catacombs due to coronavirus by Philip Pullella Reuters
Dioceses in northern Italy suspend Mass during coronavirus outbreak by Hannah Brockhaus CNA News
At least 28 priests in northern Italy have died from COVID-19 by Courtny MaraesThe Pilot
Pope at General Audience Prays for Victims of Coronavirus, “A Cruel Illness” by Rome reports
Letter from Rome: The Coronavirus Outbreak by Christopher R. Altieri The Catholic World Report
Japanese dioceses suspend Masses amid coronavirus epidemic by CNA Daily News
Dioceses in northern Italy suspend Mass during coronavirus outbreak by Hannah Brockhaus CNA News