COVID-19

A student completes a math assessment on her computer in her Broward County, Fla., home May 29, 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. (OSV News photo/Maria Alejandra Cardona, Reuters)

Educators: Special needs, disabilities on the rise, thanks to screen time, pandemic

Two key educators associated with Head Start of Miami-Dade County in Southern Florida and Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Miami worry about an uptick in youngsters with specific developmental disabilities and special needs.
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Seeking Balance in a Crisis

When Scripture encourages us to “fear not,” God isn’t promising to keep us safe, just to stay with us.
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Dear Reader: A World Waiting to Exhale

When I think of what our country has faced in recent years, I’m only beginning to understand how my mental health has taken a hit. 
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Embracing Our Own Mortality

Living a deep, intentional, fully present, values-aligned life is one of the most pleasurable and satisfying things you can do in the face of your mortality.
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A health care worker in New York City administers a shot of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to a woman at a pop-up vaccination site Jan. 29, 2021.(CNS photo/Mike Segar, Reuters)

As COVID’s Emergency Phase Ends, Catholic Experts Share Takeaways

As of late May 2023, COVID-19 has taken more than 6.9 million lives around the globe, including more than 1.1 million in the United States.
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In the Face of Distressing Times

Reflect “My 19th birthday was celebrated with a death.”—St. Thérèse of LisieuxAs variations of COVID-19 continue to resurface now and then, we can consider how St. Thérèse also endured a resurgence of a pandemic (called an epidemic at the time, ...
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