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Why Catholics Can Believe in Evolution: Part I: God's Gift of the Periodic Table - Catholic Stand

“A common-sense interpretation of the facts suggests that a super-intellect has monkeyed with physics, as well as with chemistry and biology and that there are no blind forces worth speaking about in nature. The numbers one calculates from the facts seem to me so overwhelming as to put this conclusion almost beyond question.”  Why Catholics Can Believe in Evolution: Part I: God's Gift of the Periodic Table - Catholic Stand :

What does the Bible say about quarantine?

In recent weeks, the Jewish community has been hit hard by the novel coronavirus. The good news is, we’re old hands at dealing with quarantines. COVID -19 seen from a Jewish perspective. Remember folks, those who don't remember history are doomed to repeat its failures. We'd do well to consider their understanding of how to successfully defeat a plague. They know wherefore they speak on this subject. We should listen. What does the Bible say about quarantine? – The Forward :

A pastoral letter from +Michael Mulhall, Archbishop of Kingston and Apostolic Administrator of Pembroke

Pastoral letter from Archbishop Mulhall Fourth Sunday of of March 22, 2020 My dear faithful from the Archdiocese of Kingston and the diocese of Pembroke, I'm writing to you on the fourth Sunday of Lent. In each of our dioceses, provinces, countries and continent, Sunday Mass was celebrated privately by our priests. This Sunday was a unique experience as we feel the absence of a Sunday mass together. Many other ordinary activities in our communities have been cancelled while citizens are invited to stay at home as much as possible. It is becoming increasingly aware that this state of affairs could continue for some time. With this letter, I would like to ask you your prayers for all those who work in all areas and aspects of health care. The vocation of health care has always been dear to the ministry of the Church and these people will be invited to give themselves generously to treat those who are likely to be infected with the virus. Let us also pray for those in public of

Churches, other non-profit organizations look for help as they prepare for COVID-19 donation crunch | National Post

As a pastor of three rural parishes, I know all too well how much of a financial crisis the suspension of Church services will affect us. We still need to pay our bills but we have no revenue coming in to pay them with. While we have some limited savings to draw upon, these will soon be exhausted if this suspension lasts more than a few weeks. Perhaps the answer lies in setting up something like a GoFundMe campaign so that parishioners can provide some financial support. Or  perhaps asking parishioners to make electronic transfers will be the way to go. But either way, we will need to come up with an answer... and soon! Your feedback here will be greatly appreciated in helping decide which way to proceed. Thank you. Fr. Tim Moyle Parishes of the Upper Pontiac Churches, other non-profit organizations look for help as they prepare for COVID-19 donation crunch | National Post

My thoughts in these difficult times.

On January 27th, Canada had its first confirmed coronavirus case. That number rose slowly but steadily to where it stood at 93 last Thursday. Since then the numbers have started to explode exponentially both in terms of confirmed cases and those requiring hospitalization. It stood at 313 this morning. If you plot the numbers on a graph, it looks just like what transpired in Italy and Spain with the number projected to double every day or two. Unfortunately for we Canadians, it's going up even faster in our neighbours to the south. So the threat is real and present from within and without our borders. These figures were taken from the WHO website and are easily available for anyone to read. If you want to know the facts, I highly recommend checking their site out. I post this not to try to gin up anymore panic or stress for people, but only to try to reinforce just how dire our potential future looks if we ALL don't get with the program and hunker down in our homes until we a

Archdiocese of Washington Announcement Regarding Coronavirus - Archdiocese of Washington

George: Evidently there's no Mass for you either. This is really getting serious. We've had our first positive case identified in Chapeau. He's the guy the was running a Driver's Instruction School. So this virus is making into towns and cities around the world irrespective of size or importance. Stay safe my friend. Tim Archdiocese of Washington Announcement Regarding Coronavirus - Archdiocese of Washington

Opinion | God vs. Coronavirus

Religion is supposed to be a source of comfort in times of confusion and suffering. And yet everywhere you look, services are being suspended. An interesting article that examines both sides of the argument without a bias towards either. Opinion | God vs. Coronavirus - The New York Times

God and goal: Catholic priests and seminarians compete in 13th annual Vatican soccer tournament

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope Francis is the honorary captain of the 13th annual Clericus Cup in Rome this weekend, where Catholic priests and seminarians will toss their cassocks aside and give their all on the soccer field. God and goal: Catholic priests and seminarians compete in 13th annual Vatican soccer tournament - Religion News Service :

God can work in mysterious ways, turning ill fortune to good and good luck to bad.

We lack God's perspective to know which way things will turn out and so all we can do is pray and place our trust that He will work things out according to what's best for us from His point of view.