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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‘We Will See Him’: An Easter Message

These bittersweet times are an opportunity for all of us, changed by the Risen Lord into joyful disciples, to touch the wounds of our weary world with hope, love, and faith in the power of the Resurrection.
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